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Damian Chapa

1963-10-29 Dayton, Ohio, USA

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Biografia

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​

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Love, Hate & Security Nick 2014-05-28
Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster Eduardo 2012-08-15
Red Rose of Normandy Brahms 2011-05-03
Killer Priest 2011-01-11
Vatos Locos Mickey Solice 2011-01-01
Brando Unauthorized Marlon Brando 2011-01-31
Dark Crossing Jack O'Reilly 2010-04-26
Polanski Unauthorised Roman Polanski 2009-02-13
Bad Cop Angel Almaraz 2009-11-03
Vampiro Casanova 2009-01-01
Bobby Fischer Live Bobby Fischer 2009-10-01
Chicano Blood Gabriel Bentez 2008-05-13
Mexican Gangster Johnny Sun 2008-11-01
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion Kilo 2008-01-01
Fuego Fuego 2007-10-29
I.R.A. King of Nothing Bobby O'Brien 2007-07-10
Mexican American Tony 2007-05-29
The Switch 2006-04-25
Shade of Pale Thomas 2005-05-21
El padrino Kilo 2004-09-27
The Calling Leroy Jenkins 2003-10-10
Betrayal Tony 2003-08-01
U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force Chief Frank Ratliff 2001-06-21
Cypress Edge Beau McCammon 1999-01-01
Hitman's Run Paolo Catania 1999-01-01
Facade Raul Belliard 1999-06-15
Sometimes They Come Back... for More Dr. Carl Schilling 1998-11-01
Exposé Jason Drake 1998-02-23
Kill You Twice Mickey 1998-01-01
Money Talks Carmine 1997-08-22
Midnight Blue Martin 1997-04-21
On Seventh Avenue Anthony Occipente 1996-06-10
Street Fighter Ken Masters 1994-12-23
Saints and Sinners Pooch 1994-09-28
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills Lyle Menendez 1994-05-22
Dead Connection Det. Louis Donato 1994-05-01
Bound by Honor Miklo 1993-02-05
Under Siege Tackman 1992-10-08
Night Bird Jack Kennedy