Arlen Escarpeta
Known For
Acting
Born
1981-04-09 in Belize, Central America
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arlen Alexander Escarpeta (born April 9, 1981) is a Belizean actor. In 2004, Escarpeta earned critical acclaim for his breakout film role as an honor student caught with a handgun at school in the independent drama American Gun. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, also starred Forrest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden and Donald Sutherland. The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's true-life drama We Are Marshall, about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall University's football team. Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wain's comedy, The Ten, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He had earlier appeared in Carls Franklin's coutroom thriller High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashely Judd. Escarpeta first gained attention on the small screen when he starred in the NBC series American Dreams. He played Sam Walker, a young black man dealing with the changing times of the turbulent '60s. His television work also includes guest roles in on such series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Judging Amy, ER, The Shield, Boomtown, 7th Heaven and Boston Public. In 2009 he played Lawrence, in the horror slasher Friday the 13th. Arlen follows Friday the 13th with leading roles in several features. He next stars in the drama Roslyn, followed by Preston Whitmore's Dough Boys. He also stars as a young LAPD officer on patrol during the racial gang war in the drama 818, on which Escarpeta also serves co-producer. Escarpeta has also been cast in Final Destination 5, the fifth film in the hit horror franchise.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ezra Odami
NCIS
as Randall White
House
as Brant
S.W.A.T.
as Devlin
Grimm
as Clay Pittman
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Chester Wilkins
ER
as Adrian
The Shield
as Sonny
Cold Case
as Clyde Taylor
The Magicians
as Prince Ess
Without a Trace
as Peter Taha
7th Heaven
as Detention Student #2
Boston Public
as Scott
Judging Amy
as Driver
Judging Amy
as Anhel
Extant
as Tim Dawkins
Found
as Zeke Wallace
The Client List
as Bobby Burnett
Friday the 13th
as Lawrence
American Dreams
as Sam Walker