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Damian Chapa
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Acting
Birthday
1963-10-29,Dayton, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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

Filmography

Mexican Gangster

5.7

Mexican Gangster
2008-11-01

4.6

Street Fighter
1994-12-23

6.276

Under Siege
1992-10-08

8.143

Bound by Honor
1993-02-05

Sometimes They Come Back... for More

4.3

Sometimes They Come Back... for More
1998-11-01

The Devil's Ring

0

The Devil's Ring
2021-12-06

3.4

Bad Cop
2009-11-03

4

Betrayal
2003-08-01

Proof of the Illuminati

0

Proof of the Illuminati
2017-01-01

U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force

5.8

U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
2001-06-21

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

7.017

El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004-09-27

El Padrino II: Border Intrusion

6.2

El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
2008-01-01

3.3

The Calling
2003-10-10

Red Rose of Normandy

3.2

Red Rose of Normandy
2011-05-03

4.9

Hitman's Run
1999-01-01

3.9

Vampiro
2009-01-01

Brando Unauthorized

3.5

Brando Unauthorized
2011-01-31

Mexican American

7.5

Mexican American
2007-05-29

Mexican Connection

2

Mexican Connection
2023-05-20

I.R.A. King of Nothing

2.3

I.R.A. King of Nothing
2007-07-10

Polanski Unauthorised

2.2

Polanski Unauthorised
2009-02-13

3.667

Facade
1999-06-15

0

Kill You Twice
1998-01-01

4.8

Dark Light
2021-09-08

Born Into a Dream

0

Born Into a Dream
2023-11-28

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

5.7

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994-05-22

Dead Connection

4.3

Dead Connection
1994-05-01

2.5

Chicano Blood
2008-05-13

2

Dark Crossing
2010-04-26

Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy

3

Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy
2022-09-09

3

Exposé
1998-02-23

On Seventh Avenue

2

On Seventh Avenue
1996-06-10

0

The Switch
2006-04-25

3

Cypress Edge
1999-01-01

Love, Hate & Security

0

Love, Hate & Security
2014-05-28

Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster

0

Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster
2012-08-15

0

Shade of Pale
2005-05-21

1.3

Vatos Locos 2
2016-03-21

To Live and Die in Amsterdam

0

To Live and Die in Amsterdam
2016-07-06

3

Midnight Blue
1997-04-21

3

Fuego
2007-10-29

Father Rupert Mayer

7

Father Rupert Mayer
2015-05-01

0

Night Bird

New York Murder

0

New York Murder
2016-06-28

Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati

0

Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
2018-06-06

6.044

Money Talks
1997-08-22

Bobby Fischer Live

5.7

Bobby Fischer Live
2009-10-01

0

Killer Priest
2011-01-11

Rifkin’s Festival

6.1

Rifkin’s Festival
2020-10-01

4.3

Enemy Within
2020-07-14

5.6

Pistolera
2020-09-18

3.5

Vatos Locos
2011-01-01

0

Latin Hitman
2020-11-01

Saints and Sinners

4.3

Saints and Sinners
1994-09-28

5

Luz
2018-05-29

Walker, Texas Ranger

7

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21

5.8

Melrose Place
1992-07-08

FBI: Most Wanted

7.7

FBI: Most Wanted
2020-01-07