Background
Jsu Garcia was born in New York City, to Cuban immigrant parents.
Jsu Garcia was born in New York City, to Cuban immigrant parents.
Together with author John-Roger, he runs the production company Scott J-R Productions. His first role was on the television show Fame (1982). He then appeared in 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), 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 buddy, the commander of a company fighting against the Viet Congress. And in Andrew Davis" Collateral Damage (2002), in which he plays a villainous Communist guerrilla who battles good guy Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In addition to appearances on television shows, including Judge Advocate General (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 American Broadcasting Company / Touchstone pilot, Then Came Jones, and has a recurring role on Without a Trace (2007). Garcia also played a major supporting role in Along Came Polly (2004).
Garcia played revolutionary Che Guevara in Andy García"s Cuban story, 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: Participant 1 (2011), based on Ayn Rand"s novel of the same name. Jsu Garcia created a production company, Scott J-R Productions, together with author John-Roger.
Music was by Zeljko Marasovich. has had over 130 screenings in 47 cities across 20 countries, and was released on Digital Video Disc in 2009.