Jsu Garcia

Jsu Garcia
Born	October 6, 1963 New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Nick Corri
Occupation	Actor, Director, Minister
Years active	1982–present

Jsu Garcia (born October 6, 1963, also credited as Nick Corri) is an American film and television actor and producer. Together with author John-Roger, he runs the production company Scott J-R Productions.

Early life

Jsu Garcia was born in New York City, to Mexican and Cuban immigrant parents.^[1]

Career

His first role was on the TV show Fame (1982). He then appeared in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). This was followed by an appearance in Universal's Gotcha! (1985), and then in features such as Wildcats (1986), Slaves of New York (1989), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), and Traffic (2000). In 2002 Garcia was in Randall Wallace's We Were Soldiers (2002) in which he portrays Mel Gibson's heroic buddy, the commander of a company fighting against the Viet Cong; and in Andrew Davis' Collateral Damage (2002), in which he plays a villainous Communist guerrilla who battles good guy Arnold Schwarzenegger. In addition to appearances on TV shows, including JAG (1995), Arli$$ (1996), The Facts of Life, Miami Vice, Babylon 5, She Spies, Crossing Jordan and Murder One (1995), Garcia also played the male lead in an ABC / Touchstone pilot, Then Came Jones, and has a recurring role on Without a Trace (2007). Garcia also played a major supporting role in Along Came Polly (2004). Garcia played revolutionary Che Guevara in Andy García's Cuban story, The Lost City. He took part in the 2010 documentary film Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy discussing his roles in various films in the Elm Street franchise. Garcia portrayed Francisco d'Anconia in Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 (2011), based on Ayn Rand's novel of the same name.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Silence	Soldier	Short
1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Rod Lane	Credited as Nick Corri
1985	Gotcha!	Manolo
1986	Wildcats	Cerulo	Credited as Nick Corri
1988	Tropical Snow	Gustavo 'Tavo' Luna
	The Lawless Land	Falco
1989	Slaves of New York	Marley
1990	Predator 2	Detective
1992	In the Heat of Passion	Charlie Bronson
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Nick Corri
1995	Vampire in Brooklyn	Anthony
1996	Red Shoe Diaries 13: Four on the Floor	Miguel	Segment: Four on the Floor
1997	Strategic Command	Captain Rattner
1998	Woo	Maitre d'
	My Little Havana	Jesu Matamoro	Short
1999	Candyman: Day of the Dead	David de la Paz	Direct to video
	Window	New Patient	Short
2000	Teacher's Pet	Sam Deckner
	Traffic	Pablo Obregón
2001	The Quickie	Miguel
2002	L.A.X.	Jorge Colon
	Collateral Damage	Roman
	We Were Soldiers	Capt. Tony Nadal
2003	Klepto	Nick	Video
2004	Along Came Polly	Javier
	After the Past
	Back by Midnight	Carlos
2005	Sueño	Rafael
	The Lost City	Ernesto "Che" Guevarra
2007	The Go-Getter	Arlen
	Spiritual Warriors	Christopher Finn
2008	Me and My Daddy	Dad	Short
	Che: Part One	Jorge Sotús
	Shattered!	Jimmy
	Blind	The Boss	Short
2009	Who You Are	Finn	Short
2010	Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope	Speaker: 7th Circle - The Blasphemers	Short
	Once Fallen	Benny
	Undocumented	El Torro
2011	The Wayshower	Jesus
	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	Francisco D'Anconia
2016	Miracle Underground
	Inferno by Dante	Speaker - 7th Circle: Capaneus and Latini

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Generation	Scrad	TV Movie
1986	American Playhouse	Javier Iglesia	1 Episode: The House of Ramon Iglesia
	Babe Ruth	Enrico Quinterez	1 Episode: The Wedding Day
1986 - 88	Miami Vice	Colon / Officer Ramirez	2 Episodes: Badge of Dishonor, The Good Collar
1987	The Bronx Zoo	Mario Dagostine	1 Episode: Changes
1994	Red Shoe Diaries	Miguel	1 Episode: Four on the Floor
1994 - 96	Murder, She Wrote	Alex Lebron / Manuel Ramirez	2 Episodes: Proof in the Pudding, Death Goes Double Platinum
1995	Babylon 5	Lt. Ramirez	1 Episode: All Alone in the Night
1996	Murder One	Eduardo Portalegre	3 Episodes: Chapter Eleven, Chapter Seventeen, Chapter Twenty
	Arliss	Robo	1 Episode: A Man of Our Times
	Dave's World	Juan	2 Episodes: Crime and Coconuts, Miami Beached
	Women: Stories of Passion	Eddie	1 Episode: Blind Love
1997	Crisis Center	Arturo Garcia	1 Episode: Someone to Watch Over Me
1998	JAG	Branko Mendoza	1 Episode: Yesterday's Heroes
1998 - 99	The Net	Mariano Maza	2 Episodes: Zero, Go Like You Know
2000	Secret Agent Man	Vargas	2 Episodes: From Prima with Love, Like Father, Like Monk
	Rocky Times		TV Movie
2002	She Spies	Antonio Ronoso	1 Episode: Three Women and a Baby
2003	These Guys	Rick	TV Movie
	Then Came Jones		TV Movie
2004	Crossing Jordan	Det. Martin Cruz	2 Episodes: Dead or Alive, Most Likely
2005	Love, Inc.	Antonio	1 Episode: Three's Company
2006	CSI: Miami	Cesar 'Cuzz' Morales	1 Episode: Fade Out
	Our House	Officer Gibbs	TV Movie
2007	Without a Trace	Carlos Aguilar	4 Episodes
2011	CSI: NY	Hector Vargas	1 Episode: Holding Cell
2015	All I Want for Christmas	Doug Matthews	TV Movie

Spiritual Warriors

Jsu Garcia created a production company, Scott J-R Productions, together with author John-Roger. They made their first full-length feature Spiritual Warriors in 2005, written and executive produced by Garcia and John-Roger, starring Garcia, and based on John-Roger's book "Spiritual Warrior: The Art of Spiritual Living." The films metaphysical and New Age themes led to its being screened at venues such as the 2007 Los Angeles Conscious Life Expo.^[2] Music was by Zeljko Marasovich. Spiritual Warriors has had over 130 screenings in 47 cities across 20 countries, and was released on DVD in 2009.

Garcia is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, founded by John-Roger.^[3]

References

1. biographical information at Garcia website
2. Cohn, Beverly (2007). "Spiritual Warriors" Santa Monica Mirror, January 25–31, 2007.
3. "Jsu Garcia Biography". Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.

External links

• Jsu Garcia's website
• Jsu Garcia at the Internet Movie Database
• Spiritual Warriors at IMDB
• Spiritual Warriors official website