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Arlen Escarpeta | |
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 Escarpeta at WonderCon 2014. | |
| Born | Arlen Alexander Escarpeta |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | Benita Nall (m. 2011;div. 2012) |
Arlen Alexander Escarpeta is a Belizean-born American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Friday the 13th , Brotherhood , Final Destination 5 , Into the Storm (2014), and most notably, his portrayal of Bobby Brown in the 2015 film Whitney.[ citation needed ]
In 2000, Escarpeta received his first on-screen role in Greg Morgan's The Playaz Court. In the following years, he appeared in various television programs such as Boston Public , The Shield , Judging Amy and Boomtown . In 2002, Escarpeta appeared in High Crimes . In that same year, he was cast as Sam Walker in the historical drama series American Dreams , which aired on NBC.
Escarpeta then appeared in American Gun . He also appeared television shows ER and Cold Case . The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in true-life drama We Are Marshall .
In 2007, Escarpeta appeared in David Wain's comedy film, The Ten . He made appearances on Law and Order: SVU and Without a Trace , respectively. In 2009, he starred in Preston Whitmore's Dough Boys . He also starred as a young LAPD officer on patrol during the racial gang war in the drama 818, on which Escarpeta also serves co-producer. He appeared as Lawrence in the 2009 version of Friday the 13th . He followed the film with an additional television appearance on the short-lived medical drama, Mental .
Escarpeta followed Friday the 13th with leading roles in several features, including Brotherhood . Escarpeta had a role in Final Destination 5 as Nathan Sears, and he dubbed the same role in the Latin Spanish dub. It was the fifth film in the horror franchise, and was featured in 3D.
In November 2011, Escarpeta made an appearance on The CW's The Secret Circle . He also appeared in an episode of FOX's House (2012), NBC's Grimm (2014), and CBS' Extant (2014).
Escarpeta played the role of Bobby Brown in the new Whitney Houston biopic, Whitney , airing on Lifetime on January 17, 2015.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Playaz Court | Reggie | |
| 2002 | High Crimes | Guard #2 | |
| 2005 | American Gun | Jay | |
| 2006 | The Substance of Things Hoped For | Patrolman Powers | |
| We Are Marshall | Reggie Oliver | ||
| 2007 | The Ten | Todd Jaffe | |
| 2009 | Dough Boys | Corey | |
| Friday the 13th | Lawrence | ||
| 2010 | Brotherhood | Mike | |
| Privileged | Deshaun | Video | |
| 2011 | Midnight Son | Russell | |
| Final Destination 5 | Nathan Sears | ||
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2014 | Frenzy | Marcus | Short |
| Into the Storm | Daryl | ||
| 2015 | Whitney | Bobby Brown | TV movie |
| 2016 | Wolves at the Door | Officer | |
| 2017 | Question 50 | Landry | Short |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Boston Public | Scott | Episode: "Chapter One" |
| 2001 | Judging Amy | Driver | Episode: "Look Closer" |
| 2002 | The Shield | Sonny | Episode: "Circles" |
| Boomtown | Cantrel LaFontaine | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2002-05 | American Dreams | Samuel "Sam" Walker | Main cast |
| 2005 | ER | Adrian | Episode: "Refusal of Care" |
| Judging Amy | Anhel | Episode: "Getting Out" | |
| Cold Case | Clyde Taylor | Episode: "Colors" | |
| 2006 | 7th Heaven | Detention Student #2 | Episode: "The Magic of Gershwin" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Peter Taha | Episode: "Lost Boy" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ezra Odami | Episode: "Fight" | |
| 2009 | Mental | Lt. Clay Jefferson | Episode: "Lines in the Sand" |
| 2011 | The Secret Circle | Holden Glaser | Episode: "Balcoin" |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Chester Wilkins | Episode: "Higher Power" | |
| David Tutera's CELEBrations | Himself | Episode: "Hollywood Glam Bride" | |
| 2012 | House | Private Brant Macklin | Episode: "Blowing the Whistle" |
| The Client List | Bobby Burnett | Episode: "Ring True" | |
| 2014 | Extant | Tim Dawkins | Episode: "Wish You Were Here" |
| Grimm | Clay Pittman | Episode: "The Last Fight" | |
| 2015 | NCIS | Randall White | Episode: "The Enemy Within" |
| 2017 | Bronzeville | Himself | Episode: "6, 42, 63" |
| 2017-18 | The Magicians | Prince Ess | Recurring cast: season 2-3 |
| 2018 | The Oath | Damon Boyd | Main cast: season 1 |
| S.W.A.T | Devlin | Episode: "S.O.S." & "Inheritance" | |
| 2019 | I Am the Night | Xander | Recurring cast |
| 2021 | David Makes Man | Adult JG | Main cast: season 2 |
| 2023 | Found | Zeke Wallace | Upcoming, Main cast |
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