Jesse García Biography

Fast Facts

• Was raised a Jehovah's Witness
• Attended the University of Nebraska on a cheerleading scholarship
• Dropped everything, including college, when he moved from Nebraska to Atlanta to pursue acting after a 45-minute phone conversation with Judson Vaughn, who at the time was the CEO and founder of WHAT Films
• Landed his first role in the movie Delivery Boy Chronicles, in which he played "Mexican leaf blower
• " Arrived in Los Angeles in 2003 and found steady work appearing in national commercials for such brands as McDonalds, Toyota, Avis, Miller beer and State Farm
• Won Best Actor at the 2007 ALMA Awards for playing a troubled gay teenager named Carlos in Quinceaera
• Appeared on Broadway as Sergio the Handyman in The Pee-wee Herman Show