Arlen Escarpeta

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 costarred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McGs truelife drama We Are Marshall about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall Universitys football team Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wains comedy The Ten which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival He had earlier appeared in Carls Franklins 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 amp 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 Whitmores 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 coproducer Escarpeta has also been cast in Final Destination 5 the fifth film in the hit horror franchise