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'''Jesse Garcia''' (born December 14, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Quinceañera (film)|Quinceañera]]'' and ''[[Flamin' Hot]]'' for which he won [[Imagen Awards]] Best Actor.
==Career==
Garcia starred in the award-winning film ''[[Quinceañera (film)|Quinceañera]]'', written and directed by [[Wash Westmoreland]] and [[Richard Glatzer]] with executive producer [[Todd Haynes]], which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]] in the Dramatic Independent Feature Competition. ''Quinceañera'' was also selected to play at the [[2006 Berlin Film Festival]]. Garcia won Best Actor at the [[2007 ALMA Awards]] for his role as Carlos, a troubled gay teenager, in ''Quinceañera''. He appeared in the thriller ''[[Locker 13]]'' in 2009. He made a cameo appearance on Marvel's ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' in 2012.
Garcia was born December 14, 1982 in [[Rawlins, Wyoming]], and spent most of his childhood in [[Hanna, Wyoming]].<ref name=AllMovie>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jesse-garcía-vn15355668/filmography |title= Jesse García |work= [[All Movie]] |access-date= May 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3stKxDhN0 |title=The Daydreamers |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331024342/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3stKxDhN0&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised as a [[Jehovah's Witness]], though he no longer practices that faith.<ref name="twitch">Although, he stopped practicing that religion a few years ago.[http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2006/07/quinceaerathe-evening-class-interview.html Twitch - QUINCEAÑERA—Interview With Emily Rios and Jesse Garcia<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016081446/http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2006/07/quinceaerathe-evening-class-interview.html |date=October 16, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jesse+gets+big%3A+playing+a+gay+cholo+in+Quinceanera%2C+the+summer%27s...-a0150864843 |title=Jesse gets big: playing a gay cholo in Quinceanera, the summer's hottest gay movie, Jesse Garcia is on the path to stardom. - Free Online Library<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=October 28, 2007 |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116020547/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jesse%20gets%20big%3A%20playing%20a%20gay%20cholo%20in%20Quinceanera%2C%20the%20summer%27s...-a0150864843 |url-status=live }}</ref> his sister one year younger worked oilfield trucking for over 19 years. His father is from the [[Mexican state]] of [[Durango]] and his mother, a native of [[Wyoming]], is of Spanish and Mexican descent.<ref name="twitch"/><ref>[http://www.latina.com/latina/entertainment/entertainment.jsp?genre=movies&article=jessegarcia15 Latina.com - Entertainment - Movies - Meet ''Quinceañera''´s Breakout Star, Jesse Garcia<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He appeared in the 2010 revival of ''[[The Pee-wee Herman Show]]''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Limited Engagement of THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW Begins January 12 at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE |url=http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.cfm?id=95307 |newspaper=Broadway World |date=2010-01-08 |accessdate=2010-01-21 |archive-date=February 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228225408/http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.cfm?id=95307 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in the 2010 music video of [[Wisin & Yandel]]'s "[[Estoy Enamorado (Wisin & Yandel song)|Estoy enamorado]]".
He portrayed [[Richard Montañez]] in the [[Biographical film|biographical movie]] ''[[Flamin' Hot]]'' (2023), based on Montañez's [[Richard Montañez#Flamin' Hot Cheetos|disputed claim]] of inventing [[Flamin' Hot Cheetos]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=2023-06-07 |title=
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