Damian Chapa

Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is a Mexican-American actor, film director and film producer. Chapa was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was briefly married to Natasha Henstridge. Among his earlier notable film roles are one of the leads in Taylor Hackford's Blood In Blood Out and the part of Ken in the film adaptation of Street Fighter. Subsequently, Chapa has directed and produced, in addition to starring in, his own films. These movies include 1998's Kill You Twice, 2000's The Lonely Life of Downey Hall, 2002's Man of Faith, 2004's Shade of Pale, 2004's El Padrino, and 2006's I.R.A.: King of Nothing. Chapa co-wrote and directed Polanski Unauthorized, a biopic of Roman Polanski, in which he played the title role. It was released on February 13, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Chapa will begin filming the only film about Marlon Brando ever to be made, in June 2010 called Brando Unauthorized. He followed this with "Vatos Locos", starring himself. Albert Pyun was supposed to direct, but left the project following a dispute over his salary, so Chapa directed himself. The film is about the Chinese mafia in Los Angeles and how the Mexican gang boys, known as "vatos," fought back and defeated the Chinese gang-bangers. As of 2011, Chapa has yet another project in development, an indie drama titled "The Best So Far," which takes place in the late 80's, about a small-town Canadian girl who loves Judo and dreams about being one of the finalists at the '88 Olympics. The ensemble drama follows the lines of Rocky, in the sense that it's not about winning, but going the distance and getting your life back. Chapa, who wrote the drama, will play the widowed father, who does his best to make life easier for his daughter. Although the film is in its very early development stages, Chapa hopes the script will attract the interest of talented artists such as Ellen Page for the main role and Jennifer Connelly for the supporting role, this being the part of the final, toughest competition Page's character faces off during the '88 Olympics and gets defeated by. Although not winning, she gets her sense of victory be offering a brave stand against the better fighter, and both discover, in the process, they are quite simillar, despite their differences. Insiders who had a chance to read the script stated that it is one of the finest not-yet-filmed scripts they had ever seen. Acclaimed director David Cronenberg asked for New Line to bid for the script, but Chapa wouldn't sell it, because of his determination to direct the picture himself. The project is slated to be shot sometime in mid-2012, for tentative release in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Damian Chapa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Dayton, Ohio, USA, 1963-10-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1992	Under Siege	Tackman	63
2	1993	Bound by Honor	Miklo	81
3	1994	Dead Connection	Det. Louis Donato	39
4	1994	Dead Connection		39
5	1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Lyle Menendez	61
6	1994	Saints and Sinners	Pooch	43
7	1994	Street Fighter	Ken	46
8	1996	On Seventh Avenue	Anthony Occipente	20
9	1997	Midnight Blue	Martin	37
10	1997	Money Talks	Carmine	60
11	1998	Kill You Twice	Mickey	0
12	1998	Exposé	Jason Drake	35
13	1998	Sometimes They Come Back... for More	Dr. Carl Schilling	42
14	1999	Hitman's Run	Paolo Catania	49
15	1999	Cypress Edge	Beau McCammon	30
16	1999	Facade	Raul Belliard	37
17	2001	U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force	Chief Frank Ratliff	56
18	2003	Betrayal	Tony	42
19	2003	The Calling	Leroy Jenkins	33
20	2004	El padrino: The Latin Godfather	Kilo	70
21	2005	Shade of Pale	Thomas	10
22	2006	The Switch		0
23	2007	Mexican American	Tony	75
24	2007	I.R.A. King of Nothing	Bobby O'Brien	23
25	2007	Fuego	Fuego	20
26	2008	El Padrino II: Border Intrusion	Kilo	62
27	2008	Chicano Blood	Gabriel Bentez	25
28	2008	Mexican Gangster	Johnny Sun	57
29	2009	Vampiro	Casanova	39
30	2009	Polanski Unauthorised	Roman Polanski	22
31	2009	Bobby Fischer Live	Bobby Fischer	57
32	2009	Bad Cop	Angel Almaraz	31
33	2010	Dark Crossing	Jack O'Reilly	20
34	2011	Vatos Locos	Mickey Solice	35
35	2011	Killer Priest		0
36	2011	Brando Unauthorized	Marlon Brando	30
37	2011	Red Rose of Normandy	Brahms	32
38	2012	Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster	Eduardo	0
39	2014	Love, Hate & Security	Nick	0
40	2015	Father Rupert Mayer	Capitan Paintsville	70
41	2016	Vatos Locos 2	Mickey Solis	13
42	2016	New York Murder		0
43	2016	To Live and Die in Amsterdam		0
44	2016	Enemy Within	Nick	43
45	2017	Proof of the Illuminati	Self	0
46	2018	Luz	Michael	50
47	2018	Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati	Marquis de Sade	0
48	2020	Pistolera	Rico	52
49	2020	Rifkin’s Festival	Festivalgoer	61
50	2020	Latin Hitman	Ramos	0
51	2021	Dark Light	Agent Sonny Pietra	48
52	2021	The Devil's Ring	Mr.Deville	0
53	2022	Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy	Brahms	23
54	2023	Mexican Connection	Anthony D'Angelo	20
55	2023	Born Into a Dream	Scribe Of Dreams	0
56		Night Bird	Jack Kennedy	0
57	2024	Last Kiss in Paris	David	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1992	Melrose Place	Josh Laughlin	59
2	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Santiago 'Santos' Perez	70
3	2020	FBI: Most Wanted	Warden Smith	77

Damian Chapa

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