From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arlen Alexander Escarpeta (born April 9, 1981) is a Belizean actor. In 2004, Escarpeta earned critical acclaim for his breakout film role as an honor student caught with a handgun at school in the independent drama American Gun. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, also starred Forrest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden and Donald Sutherland. The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's true-life drama We Are Marshall, about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall University's football team. Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wain's comedy, The Ten, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He had earlier appeared in Carls Franklin's coutroom thriller High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashely Judd. Escarpeta first gained attention on the small screen when he starred in the NBC series American Dreams. He played Sam Walker, a young black man dealing with the changing times of the turbulent '60s. His television work also includes guest roles in on such series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Judging Amy, ER, The Shield, Boomtown, 7th Heaven and Boston Public. In 2009 he played Lawrence, in the horror slasher Friday the 13th. Arlen follows Friday the 13th with leading roles in several features. He next stars in the drama Roslyn, followed by Preston Whitmore's Dough Boys. He also stars as a young LAPD officer on patrol during the racial gang war in the drama 818, on which Escarpeta also serves co-producer. Escarpeta has also been cast in Final Destination 5, the fifth film in the hit horror franchise.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 9, 1981 (45)
- Belize, Central America
- Actor, also producer
- 30 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
What are Arlen Escarpeta's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 4
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Bobby Brown in Whitney (2015)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Arlen Escarpeta's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Arlen Escarpeta's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
44 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Newlyweds: Blood at the Altar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Found(2023)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Discovering Ella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
David Makes Man(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
The Oath(2018)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all showsQuestion 50 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
S.W.A.T.(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Wolves at the Door(2016)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Magicians(2015)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Whitney(2015)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Into the Storm(2014)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Extant(2014)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Loss of Life(2013)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Client List(2011)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Grimm(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Secret Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Final Destination 5(2011)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midnight Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Brotherhood(2010)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Privileged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Mental(2009)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Friday the 13th(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Dough Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Ten(2007)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
We Are Marshall(2006)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
American Gun(2005)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
American Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Boomtown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all showsPlayers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
High Crimes(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Shield(2002)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Boston Public (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Playaz Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
7th Heaven(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles from 1994 to 2025; peak year 2010.
Biggest box office
Into the Storm (2014)
Highest rated
Brotherhood (2010)
Most popular right now
Friday the 13th (2009)
Film career
Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2006Screen debut· We Are Marshall
- 2023Career best· Found
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Arlen Escarpeta's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 30 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Arlen Escarpeta's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Arlen Escarpeta work with?
People who share at least 2 of Arlen Escarpeta's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walter Hamada shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Steven QualeShared titles: Into the Storm (2014), Final Destination 5 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Quale
Actors
- Miles FisherShared titles: Wolves at the Door (2016), Final Destination 5 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Miles Fisher
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ken BlackwellShared titles: Wolves at the Door (2016), Friday the 13th (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Ken Blackwell
- Brian PearsonShared titles: Into the Storm (2014), Final Destination 5 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Pearson
- Brian TylerShared titles: Into the Storm (2014), Final Destination 5 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Tyler
- Eric A. SearsShared titles: Into the Storm (2014), Final Destination 5 (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Eric A. Sears
Producers
- Walter HamadaShared titles: Wolves at the Door (2016), Final Destination 5 (2011), Friday the 13th (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Walter Hamada
