Arlen Escarpeta

Arlen Escarpeta
Escarpeta at WonderCon 2014.
Born
Arlen Alexander Escarpeta

(1981-04-09) April 9, 1981
OccupationActor
Years active2000–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).