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Jsu Garcia
Garcia in February 2022
Born	Jesus Garcia (1963-10-06) October 6, 1963 (age 61) New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Nick Corri, Thom Fox
Occupations	Actor director minister
Years active	1982–present

Jesus "Jsu" Garcia (/dʒeɪˈzuː/), 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

Television

References

1. "About". The Love of a Master. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
2. "Jsu Garcia ALS IceBucket Challenge & Nomination". MSIA LiveOnline. August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
3. ^ "Jsu Garcia Biography". Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.
4. ^ Hutson, Thommy (2016). Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. Simon and Schuster. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-61868-640-4. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
5. ^ "Nick Corri Travels Road To Success". Cumberland News. Copley News Service. May 18, 1985. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

External links

• Jsu Garcia's website
• Jsu Garcia at IMDb

• 1963 births
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American stage actors
• American entertainers of Cuban descent
• Hispanic and Latino American actors
• Living people
• Male actors from New York City
• Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness