Jesse Garcia

Jesse Garcia

Birth : 1982-12-14, Rawlins, Wyoming, USA

History

Jesse Garcia is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for playing the lead role of Carlos in the feature length film "Quinceañera", as well as Freddie Gonzalez in the television series "From Dusk Till Dawn".

Profile

Jesse Garcia

Movies

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Frank Garcia
A Mexican American family who have recently lost their connection to each other and their roots, embark on an epic road trip that immediately goes hilariously wrong.
Murder City
Cale Gallo
A disgraced former cop finds himself working for a ruthless female kingpin to pay off his estranged father’s debt and protect his family.
Flamin' Hot
Richard Montañez
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.
Tell It Like a Woman
Johnny
Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that are directed by female directors from different parts of the world and shot in Italy, India, Japan, and the U.S. Each segment is an inspirational and empowering story about women, by women, for everyone.
What Comes Around
Tim
Part thriller, part thoughtful domestic drama, Amy Redford’s new film looks at troubles that arise between a mother and her teen daughter after the latter is seduced online by a 28-year-old man.
Ambulance
Roberto
Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.
The Starling
Hector
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Adverse
Detective Ranie
In order to save his sister, a ride-share driver must infiltrate a dangerous crime syndicate.
Collisions
Evencio
The possibly devastating impact of the Trump administration crackdown on immigration, for one Bay Area family.
Collisions
Producer
The possibly devastating impact of the Trump administration crackdown on immigration, for one Bay Area family.
Sick
Sebastian
"SICK" takes a brief look into a young couple's dysfunctional relationship.
Re-Kill
Hernandez
Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.
Letter Never Sent
Tyler
Home for a visit, Henry finds a love letter written in high school for best friend Claire. Still in love with her, he decides to finally share the letter only to find it's missing and in the hands of Claire's new boyfriend.
Pocha: Manifest Destiny
Lecho
When she’s deported to México, Claudia must choose between reconciling with her estranged father or partnering with a dangerous smuggler to return to the U.S.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Dwayne
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Rafael Soto
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
Locker 13
Ray (segment "story #1")
The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the ropes, but more importantly attempts to convey critical philosophical messages through a series of four stories: a down and out boxer is given the opportunity to become a real golden gloves killer; an assassin kidnaps three people in order to find out who hired him for his latest hit; a new recruit is initiated into a lodge of fez-wearing businessmen where hazing can take a malevolent turn; and a member of a suicide club introduces real fear into a man about to jump to his death.
The Avengers
Carrier Bridge Techs
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
Without Men
Boss' Assistant
In a small and remote Latin American mountain village, all the men are recruited to fight in the country's civil war. Left to fend for themselves, the women of the town, led by Rosalba, slowly emerge from their supporting roles as wives and daughters to become unwitting founders of a remarkable new society: an all female utopia. When the men, led by an American reporter, return to try to reclaim their power, a clash of sexes ensues with unsuspected consequences.
Three Veils
Carlos
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
Sergio
Pee-Wee is excited when Jambi the genie grants him a wish. He wishes to fly but gets upset when he sees Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne on a romantic date with each other.
Sold
Producer
Told through the eyes of a young journalist named Maya, who has inadvertently gotten captured into a human trafficking ring while doing an investigative article on the treatment of illegal immigrants in America
Sold
Rio
Told through the eyes of a young journalist named Maya, who has inadvertently gotten captured into a human trafficking ring while doing an investigative article on the treatment of illegal immigrants in America
Cholo Comedy Slam: Stand Up and Lean Back
Joey Medina star of The Latin Lings of Comedy & Latin Palooza, has brought together some of the best hard-hitting Latino talent from both the stand up comedy and musical communities to tear up the stage and leaving you begging for more!
Bedrooms
Sal
Bedrooms tells a story about the walls that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that's often the result and the redemption that comes from tearing those walls down. The film is told in 4 stories by 3 filmmakers. Three of the stories deal with married couples of various ages confronting the turning points of their relationships. A fourth story is interwoven throughout, providing bookends and context in the form of a story about ten year old twins, who, tired of sharing their bedroom set out to build a wall between their beds to create their own spaces. In building the wall to separate, they come to fully appreciate all things that connect them. Bedrooms explores human relationships, their myriad complications and the daily choice we face to either make them work or to move on.
A Beautiful Life
David
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Good Dick
Jose
A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.
Under the Same Moon
David
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
Marrying God
Jesus
In a seedy Hollywood motel where her mother works as a maid, a little girl must find the courage to confront the harsh reality of life when she discovers that nothing is quite what it seems, especially her big sister.
The Comebacks
Jorge Juanson
A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!
Put It in a Book
Tiny
When one brother is killed as the result of gang violence, the other must choose between righteousness or revenge.
Quinceañera
Carlos
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Walkout
Armando Lopez
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.