Jesse Garcia (born December 14, 1982) is an American actor.

Career

Garcia starred in the award-winning film ''

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'', written and directed by

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and

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with executive producer

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, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in the Dramatic Independent Feature Competition. ''Quinceañera'' was also selected to play at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival. Garcia won Best Actor at the 2007 ALMA Awards for his role as Carlos, a troubled gay teenager, in ''Quinceañera''. He appeared in the thriller ''

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'' in 2009. He recently made a cameo appearance on Marvel's '' The Avengers'' in 2012. Garcia was born in

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, and spent most of his childhood in

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. He was raised as a

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, though he no longer practices that faith.Although, he stopped practicing that religion a few years ag
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his sister one year younger worked oilfield trucking for over 19 years. His father is from the

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and his mother, a native of

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, is of Spanish and Mexican descent. He appeared in the 2010 revival of ''

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'' and in the 2010 music video of

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's " Estoy enamorado".

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

* * 1982 births Living people American male film actors Male actors from Wyoming People from Rawlins, Wyoming Former Jehovah's Witnesses American male actors of Mexican descent {{US-film-actor-1980s-stub