Jsu Garcia
Jesus "Jsu" Garcia, also credited as Nick Corri, is an American film and television actor and producer. Together with author John-Roger, he runs the production company Scott J-R Productions.
Early life
Garcia was born in New York City as Jesus Garcia, to Cuban immigrant parents. He attended Fairfax High School where he studied acting.Career
His first role was on the TV show Fame, where he used the stage name Thom Fox. He then appeared in his first film Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. This was followed by an appearance in Universal's Gotcha!, and then in features such as Wildcats, Slaves of New York, Vampire in Brooklyn, and Traffic. In 2002 Garcia was in Randall Wallace's We Were Soldiers in which he portrays Mel Gibson's heroic friend, the commander of a company fighting against the Viet Cong; and in Andrew Davis' Collateral Damage, in which he plays a villainous Communist guerrilla who battles Arnold Schwarzenegger's character. In addition to appearances on TV shows, including JAG, Arli$$, The Facts of Life, Miami Vice, Babylon 5, She Spies, Crossing Jordan and Murder One, Garcia also played the male lead in an ABC / Touchstone pilot, Then Came Jones, and had a recurring role on Without a Trace. Garcia also played a supporting role in Along Came Polly. Garcia played revolutionary Che Guevara in Andy García's The Lost City. He took part in the 2010 documentary film ' discussing his roles in various films in the Elm Street franchise.Garcia portrayed Francisco d'Anconia in ', based on Ayn Rand's novel of the same name.
Garcia has also acted in theater including a production of Grease and won a Drama-Logue Award for his performance in the play Short Eyes.
Personal life
Garcia is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, founded by John-Roger. He was struggling with a heroin addiction during the filming of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984 and it was revealed later that in the finished movie he is seen high on the drug in one scene.Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1982 | The Silence | Soldier | Short film |
1984 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Rod Lane | Credited as Nick Corri |
1985 | Gotcha! | Manolo | |
1986 | Wildcats | Cerulo | Credited as Nick Corri |
1988 | Tropical Snow | Gustavo 'Tavo' Luna | |
1988 | The Lawless Land | Falco | |
1989 | Slaves of New York | Marley | |
1990 | Predator 2 | Detective | |
1992 | In the Heat of Passion | Charlie Bronson | |
1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Himself | Credited as Nick Corri |
1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Anthony | |
1996 | Red Shoe Diaries 13: Four on the Floor | Miguel | Segment: "Four on the Floor" |
1997 | Strategic Command | Captain Rattner | |
1998 | Woo | Maitre d' | |
1998 | My Little Havana | Jesu Matamoro | Short film |
1999 | ' | David de la Paz | Direct-to-video |
1999 | Window | New Patient | Short film |
2000 | Teacher's Pet | Sam Deckner | |
2000 | Traffic | Pablo Obregón | |
2001 | The Quickie | Miguel | |
2002 | L.A.X. | Jorge Colon | |
2002 | Collateral Damage | Roman | |
2002 | We Were Soldiers | Capt. Tony Nadal | |
2003 | Klepto | Nick | Video |
2004 | Along Came Polly | Javier | |
2004 | After the Past | ||
2004 | Back by Midnight | Carlos | |
2005 | Sueño | Rafael | |
2005 | The Lost City | Ernesto "Che" Guevarra | |
2007 | The Go-Getter | Arlen | |
2007 | Spiritual Warriors | Christopher Finn | |
2008 | Me and My Daddy | Dad | Short film |
2008 | Che: Part One | Jorge Sotús | |
2008 | Shattered! | Jimmy | |
2008 | Blind | The Boss | Short film |
2009 | Who You Are | Finn | Short film |
2010 | ' | Speaker: 7th Circle - The Blasphemers | Short film |
2010 | Once Fallen | Benny | |
2010 | Undocumented | El Torro | |
2011 | The Wayshower | Jesus | |
2011 | Francisco D'Anconia | ||
2016 | Miracle Underground | ||
2016 | Inferno by Dante | Speaker - 7th Circle: Capaneus and Latini |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1985 | Generation | Scrad | Television movie |
1986 | American Playhouse | Javier Iglesia | Episode: "The House of Ramon Iglesia" |
1986 | The Facts of Life | Enrico Quinterez | Episode: "The Wedding Day" |
1986, 1988 | Miami Vice | Colon / Officer Ramirez | Episodes: "Badge of Dishonor", "The Good Collar" |
1987 | The Bronx Zoo | Mario Dagostine | Episode: "Changes" |
1994 | Red Shoe Diaries | Miguel | Episode: "Four on the Floor" |
1994, 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Alex Lebron / Manuel Ramirez | Episodes: "Proof in the Pudding", "Death Goes Double Platinum" |
1995 | Babylon 5 | Lt. Ramirez | Episode: "All Alone in the Night" |
1996 | Murder One | Eduardo Portalegre | Episodes: "Chapter Eleven", "Chapter Seventeen", "Chapter Twenty" |
1996 | Arliss | Robo | Episode: "A Man of Our Times" |
1996 | Dave's World | Juan | Episodes: "Crime and Coconuts", "Miami Beached" |
1996 | ' | Eddie | Episode: "Blind Love |
1997 | Crisis Center | Arturo Garcia | Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
1998 | JAG | Branko Mendoza | Episode: "Yesterday's Heroes" |
1998–99 | The Net | Mariano Maza | Episodes: "Zero", "Go Like You Know" |
2000 | Secret Agent Man | Vargas | Episodes: "From Prima with Love", "Like Father, Like Monk" |
2000 | Rocky Times | Television movie | |
2002 | She Spies | Antonio Ronoso | Episode: "Three Women and a Baby" |
2003 | These Guys | Rick | Television movie |
2003 | Then Came Jones | Television movie | |
2004 | Crossing Jordan | Det. Martin Cruz | Episodes: "Dead or Alive", "Most Likely" |
2005 | Love, Inc. | Antonio | Episode: "Three's Company" |
2006 | ' | Cesar 'Cuzz' Morales | Episode: "Fade Out" |
2006 | Our House | Officer Gibbs | Television movie |
2007 | Without a Trace | Carlos Aguilar | 4 episodes |
2011 | Hector Vargas | Episode: "Holding Cell" | |
2015 | All I Want for Christmas'' | Doug Matthews | Television movie |