Jesse Garcia

Jesse Garcia’s career is wild, honestly. He blew up with “Quinceañera”—yeah, the one that cleaned up at Sundance and Berlin back in 2006. Winning both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize? Not too shabby. He played Carlos, and the dude just nailed it, snagging an ALMA Award for it the next year. Since then, you’ve probably spotted him in “The Avengers”—not exactly a small gig, considering it smashed box office records. He’s also turned up in stuff like “A Beautiful Life” with Angela Sarafyan, “Periphery” with Tessa Thompson, “Days of Wrath” hanging with legends like Laurence Fishburne, and even got his zombie on in “Re-Kill.” Garcia’s all over the indie scene too, like “Saint John of Las Vegas” with Steve Buscemi and “La Misma Luna,” which dropped at Sundance. He’s not just about the drama—he played a cocky football player in “The Comebacks.” But what’s wild is how it all started: small-town Wyoming, population barely a blip. His first role? A brown bear in a school play. The costume? Basically a flipped coat and paper ears. The performance? Iconic, if you ask his six-year-old self. He shelved acting for a while, picking up cheerleading scholarships and then, boom—ditched college to chase acting in Atlanta. He learned the ropes at WHAT Films, picking up skills all over the place. That risk paid off; he’s been hustling ever since, and honestly, his filmography just keeps getting more stacked.