Arlen Escarpeta
Arlen Escarpeta | |
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Escarpeta at WonderCon 2014. | |
| Born | Arlen Alexander Escarpeta April 9, 1981 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse |
Benita Nall
(m. 2011; div. 2012) |
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).