Jesus "Jsu" Garcia (), also credited as Nick Corri (born October 6, 1963), is an American film and television actor and producer. Together with author

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, he runs the production company Scott J-R Productions.

Early life

Garcia was born in New York City as Jesus Garcia, to Cuban immigrant parents. He attended Fairfax High School where he studied acting.

Career

His first role was on the TV show '' Fame'' (1982), where he used the stage name Thom Fox. He then appeared in his first film Wes Craven's '' A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984). This was followed by an appearance in Universal's '' Gotcha!'' (1985), and then in features such as '' Wildcats'' (1986), '' Slaves of New York'' (1989), '' Vampire in Brooklyn'' (1995), and '' Traffic'' (2000). In 2002 Garcia was in Randall Wallace's '' We Were Soldiers'' (2002) in which he portrays Mel Gibson's heroic friend, the commander of a company fighting against the Viet Cong; and in Andrew Davis' '' Collateral Damage'' (2002), in which he plays a villainous Communist guerrilla who battles

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's character. In addition to appearances on TV shows, including '' JAG'' (1995), '' Arli$$'' (1996), '' The Facts of Life'', '' Miami Vice'', '' Babylon 5'', '' She Spies'', '' Crossing Jordan'' and '' Murder One'' (1995), Garcia also played the male lead in an ABC /

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pilot, ''Then Came Jones'', and had a recurring role on '' Without a Trace'' (2007). Garcia also played a supporting role in ''

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'' (2004). Garcia played revolutionary Che Guevara in Andy García's '' The Lost City''. He took part in the 2010 documentary film '' Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy'' discussing his roles in various films in the '' Elm Street'' franchise. Garcia portrayed

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in '' Atlas Shrugged: Part 1'' (2011), based on

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's novel of the same name. Garcia has also acted in theater including a production of '' Grease'' and won a

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for his performance in the play ''Short Eyes''.

Personal life

Garcia is an ordained minister in the

Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious corporation, incorporated in California on June 25, 1971. Before incorporation, the group was founded in California in 1968 by John-Roger (formerly Roger D ...

, founded by John-Roger.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Jsu Garcia's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Jsu 1963 births American male film actors American male television actors American stage actors American people of Cuban descent Hispanic and Latino American actors Living people Male actors from New York City Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness