Arlen Escarpeta

Arlen Alexander Escarpeta (born April 9, 1981) is a Belizean-born American actor. He originally gained recognition for his main role as Samuel "Sam" Walker on the NBC television series ''American Dreams'' (2002–2005).

In the mid-to-late 2000s, Escarpeta portrayed college football player Reggie Oliver in the biographical film ''We Are Marshall'' (2006) and had a supporting role in the slasher film ''Friday the 13th'' (2009). In the 2010s, Escarpeta starred in the films '' Brotherhood'' (2010), ''Final Destination 5'' (2011), and '' Into the Storm'' (2014), and portrayed singer Bobby Brown in the Lifetime television film '' Whitney'' (2015). Escarpeta had a main role as Officer Damon Byrd on the Crackle series '' The Oath'' (2018).

In the 2020s, Escarpeta had main roles as Adult JG on season 2 of the OWN series ''David Makes Man'' (2021) and Zeke Wallace on the NBC series '' Found'' (2023–2025).

Career

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 & Order: Special Victims Unit'' 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 served as 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 Whitney Houston biopic, '' Whitney'', airing on Lifetime on January 17, 2015.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies

Television

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Living people
American male television actors
American people of Belizean descent
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
Belizean emigrants to the United States
21st-century African-American male actors
20th-century African-American male actors
20th-century American male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)