Jesus "Jsu" Garcia (), also credited as Nick Corri (born October 6, 1963), 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 Garcia was born in New York City as Jesus Garcia, to Cuban immigrant parents. He attended Fairfax High School where he studied acting.

Career His first role was on the TV show Fame (1982), where he used the stage name Thom Fox. He then appeared in his first film 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), Tropical Snow (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 friend, 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 Arnold Schwarzenegger's character. 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 had a recurring role on Without a Trace (2007). Garcia also played a supporting role in Along Came Polly (2004). Garcia played revolutionary Che Guevara in Andy García's 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.

Garcia has also acted in theater including a production of Grease and won a Drama-Logue Award for his performance in the play Short Eyes.

Personal life Garcia is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, founded by John-Roger.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1982 The Silence Soldier Short film 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street Rod Lane Credited as Nick Corri 1985 Gotcha! Manolo Credited as Nick Corri 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 Dvorkin 1992 In the Heat of Passion Charlie Bronson 1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare Himself Credited as 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 film 1999 Candyman: Day of the Dead David De La Paz Direct-to-video Window New Patient Short film 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 Captain 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 film Che: Part One Jorge Sotús Shattered! Jimmy Blind The Boss Short film 2009 Who You Are Finn Short film 2010 Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope Speaker: 7th Circle - The Blasphemers Short film 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' Television movie 1986 American Playhouse Javier Iglesia Episode: "The House of Ramon Iglesia" The Facts of Life Enrico Quinterez Episode: "The Wedding Day" 1986-1988 Miami Vice Colon / Officer Ramirez Episodes: "Badge of Dishonor", "The Good Collar" 1987 The Bronx Zoo Mario Dagostine Episode: "Changes" 1994 Red Shoe Diaries Miguel Episode: "Four on the Floor" 1994-1996 Murder, She Wrote Alex Lebron / Manuel Ramirez Episodes: "Proof in the Pudding", "Death Goes Double Platinum" 1995 Babylon 5 Lieutenant Ramirez Episode: "All Alone in the Night" 1996 Murder One Eduardo Portalegre Episodes: "Chapter Eleven", "Chapter Seventeen", "Chapter Twenty" Arliss Robo Episode: "A Man of Our Times" Dave's World Juan Episodes: "Crime and Coconuts", "Miami Beached" Women: Stories of Passion Eddie Episode: "Blind Love" 1997 Crisis Center Arturo Garcia Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" 1998 JAG Branko Mendoza Episode: "Yesterday's Heroes" 1998–1999 The Net Mariano Maza Episodes: "Zero", "Go Like You Know" 2000 Secret Agent Man Vargas Episodes: "From Prima with Love", "Like Father, Like Monk" Rocky Times Television movie 2002 She Spies Antonio Ronoso Episode: "Three Women and a Baby" 2003 These Guys Rick Television movie Then Came Jones Television movie 2004 Crossing Jordan Detective Martin Cruz Episodes: "Dead or Alive", "Most Likely" 2005 Love, Inc. Antonio Episode: "Three's Company" 2006 CSI: Miami Cesar 'Cuzz' Morales Episode: "Fade Out" Our House Officer Gibbs Television movie 2007 Without a Trace Carlos Aguilar 4 episodes 2011 CSI: NY Hector Vargas Episode: "Holding Cell" 2015 All I Want for Christmas Doug Matthews Television movie

References

External links Jsu Garcia's website