Damian Chapa
Actor/Actriz
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Películas
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Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is a Native-Latino 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.
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Como Actor/Actriz
Casados con hijos
Police Officer
Melrose Place
Josh Laughlin
FBI: Los más buscados
Warden Smith
Walker, Comisario de Texas
Santiago 'Santos' Perez
Sangre por Sangre
Miklo
Alerta Máxima
Tackman
Street Fighter: La última batalla
Ken
Dinero fácil
Carmine
Exposé
Jason Drake
Rifkin’s Festival
Festivalgoer
Betrayal
Tony
Pistolera
Rico
El Padrino: The Latin Godfather
Kilo
Dead Connection
Det. Louis Donato
The Calling
Leroy Jenkins
Fuego
Fuego
Sometimes They Come Back... for More
Dr. Carl Schilling
Latin Hitman
Ramos
Midnight Blue
Martin
Enemy Within
Nick
Cypress Edge
Beau McCammon
Vatos Locos 2
Mickey Solis
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
Kilo
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Lyle Menendez
U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
Chief Frank Ratliff
Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy
Brahms
The Switch
Vatos Locos
Mickey Solice
Shade of Pale
Thomas
Hitman's Run
Paolo Catania
Detrás de Cámaras
Pistolera
Director
El Padrino: The Latin Godfather
Director, Guionista, Historia
The Calling
Escritor, Director
Fuego
Director, Escritor, Productor
Latin Hitman
Director
Enemy Within
Productor, Director, Escritor
Vatos Locos 2
Director
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
Director, Escritor
The Switch
Director
Vatos Locos
Director, Escritor
Shade of Pale
Escritor, Director, Productor
I.R.A. King of Nothing
Director
Mexican American
Productor, Director, Escritor
Bad Cop
Director, Productor
Mexican Gangster
Escritor, Director
Chicano Blood
Productor, Associate Producer, Escritor
Vampiro
Productor
Dark Light
Director, Escritor
Father Rupert Mayer
Dir. de Fotografía, Productor, Director
Proof of the Illuminati
Director, Escritor
Bobby Fischer Live
Director, Escritor
Love, Hate & Security
Director
Born Into a Dream
Director, Escritor
Mexican Connection
Productor, Director
Brando Unauthorized
Director, Productor, Escritor
Luz
Escritor, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Director
Kill You Twice
Director, Escritor
Polanski Unauthorised
Director, Escritor
Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
Escritor, Director
Killer Priest
Director, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía