Jesse Garcia (born 1982) is an American actor.Garcia starred in the
award-winning film Quinceañera, written and directed by Wash
Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer with executive producer Todd Haynes,
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 Locker 13 in 2009. He recently made a cameo appearance
on Marvel's The Avengers in 2012.Garcia was born in Rawlins, Wyoming,
and spent most of his childhood in Hanna, Wyoming. He was raised as a
Jehovah's Witness, though he no longer practices that faith. his
sister one year younger worked oilfield trucking for over 19 years.
His father is from the Mexican state of Durango and his mother, a
native of Wyoming, is of Spanish and Mexican descent.He appeared in
the 2010 revival of The Pee-wee Herman Show and in the 2010 music
video of Wisin & Yandel's "Estoy enamorado".
award-winning film Quinceañera, written and directed by Wash
Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer with executive producer Todd Haynes,
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 Locker 13 in 2009. He recently made a cameo appearance
on Marvel's The Avengers in 2012.Garcia was born in Rawlins, Wyoming,
and spent most of his childhood in Hanna, Wyoming. He was raised as a
Jehovah's Witness, though he no longer practices that faith. his
sister one year younger worked oilfield trucking for over 19 years.
His father is from the Mexican state of Durango and his mother, a
native of Wyoming, is of Spanish and Mexican descent.He appeared in
the 2010 revival of The Pee-wee Herman Show and in the 2010 music
video of Wisin & Yandel's "Estoy enamorado".
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