Arlen Alexander Escarpeta is a Belizean-born American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Friday the 13th, Brotherhood, Final Destination 5, Into the Storm (2014), and most notably, his portrayal of Bobby Brown in the 2015 film Whitney.[citation needed]

Arlen Escarpeta
Escarpeta at WonderCon 2014.
Born
Arlen Alexander Escarpeta

OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Benita Nall
(m. 2011; div. 2012)

Career

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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 and Order: SVU 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 new Whitney Houston biopic, Whitney, airing on Lifetime on January 17, 2015.

Filmography

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Film and TV Movies

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Year Film Role Notes
2000 The Playaz Court Reggie
2002 High Crimes Guard #2
2005 American Gun Jay
2006 The Substance of Things Hoped For Patrolman Powers
We Are Marshall Reggie Oliver
2007 The Ten Todd Jaffe
2009 Dough Boys Corey
Friday the 13th Lawrence
2010 Brotherhood Mike
Privileged Deshaun Video
2011 Midnight Son Russell
Final Destination 5 Nathan Sears
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Additional Voices (voice)
2014 Frenzy Marcus Short
Into the Storm Daryl
2015 Whitney Bobby Brown TV movie
2016 Wolves at the Door Officer
2017 Question 50 Landry Short

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Boston Public Scott Episode: "Chapter One"
2001 Judging Amy Driver Episode: "Look Closer"
2002 The Shield Sonny Episode: "Circles"
Boomtown Cantrel LaFontaine Episode: "Pilot"
2002-05 American Dreams Samuel "Sam" Walker Main cast
2005 ER Adrian Episode: "Refusal of Care"
Judging Amy Anhel Episode: "Getting Out"
Cold Case Clyde Taylor Episode: "Colors"
2006 7th Heaven Detention Student #2 Episode: "The Magic of Gershwin"
2007 Without a Trace Peter Taha Episode: "Lost Boy"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ezra Odami Episode: "Fight"
2009 Mental Lt. Clay Jefferson Episode: "Lines in the Sand"
2011 The Secret Circle Holden Glaser Episode: "Balcoin"
NCIS: Los Angeles Chester Wilkins Episode: "Higher Power"
David Tutera's CELEBrations Himself Episode: "Hollywood Glam Bride"
2012 House Private Brant Macklin Episode: "Blowing the Whistle"
The Client List Bobby Burnett Episode: "Ring True"
2014 Extant Tim Dawkins Episode: "Wish You Were Here"
Grimm Clay Pittman Episode: "The Last Fight"
2015 NCIS Randall White Episode: "The Enemy Within"
2017 Bronzeville Himself Episode: "6, 42, 63"
2017-18 The Magicians Prince Ess Recurring cast: season 2-3
2018 The Oath Damon Boyd Main cast: season 1
S.W.A.T Devlin Episode: "S.O.S." & "Inheritance"
2019 I Am the Night Xander Recurring cast
2021 David Makes Man Adult JG Main cast: season 2
2023 Found Zeke Wallace Upcoming, Main cast
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