Damian Chapa
Acting
Born 1963-10-29
Dayton, Ohio, USA
63 credits
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Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is a Native-Latino American actor, film director and film producer.
Chapa was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was briefly married to Natasha Henstridge. Among his earlier notable film roles are one of the leads in Taylor Hackford's Blood In Blood Out and the part of Ken in the film adaptation of Street Fighter. Subsequently, Chapa has directed and produced, in addition to starring in, his own films. These movies include 1998's Kill You Twice, 2000's The Lonely Life of Downey Hall, 2002's Man of Faith, 2004's Shade of Pale, 2004's El Padrino, and 2006's I.R.A.: King of Nothing.
Chapa co-wrote and directed Polanski Unauthorized, a biopic of Roman Polanski, in which he played the title role. It was released on February 13, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Chapa will begin filming the only film about Marlon Brando ever to be made, in June 2010 called Brando Unauthorized. He followed this with "Vatos Locos", starring himself. Albert Pyun was supposed to direct, but left the project following a dispute over his salary, so Chapa directed himself. The film is about the Chinese mafia in Los Angeles and how the Mexican gang boys, known as "vatos," fought back and defeated the Chinese gang-bangers.
As of 2011, Chapa has yet another project in development, an indie drama titled "The Best So Far," which takes place in the late 80's, about a small-town Canadian girl who loves Judo and dreams about being one of the finalists at the '88 Olympics. The ensemble drama follows the lines of Rocky, in the sense that it's not about winning, but going the distance and getting your life back. Chapa, who wrote the drama, will play the widowed father, who does his best to make life easier for his daughter. Although the film is in its very early development stages, Chapa hopes the script will attract the interest of talented artists such as Ellen Page for the main role and Jennifer Connelly for the supporting role, this being the part of the final, toughest competition Page's character faces off during the '88 Olympics and gets defeated by. Although not winning, she gets her sense of victory be offering a brave stand against the better fighter, and both discover, in the process, they are quite simillar, despite their differences. Insiders who had a chance to read the script stated that it is one of the finest not-yet-filmed scripts they had ever seen. Acclaimed director David Cronenberg asked for New Line to bid for the script, but Chapa wouldn't sell it, because of his determination to direct the picture himself. The project is slated to be shot sometime in mid-2012, for tentative release in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Married... with Children
Melrose Place
FBI: Most Wanted
Walker, Texas Ranger
Bound by Honor
Under Siege
Street Fighter
Money Talks
Rifkin's Festival
Exposé
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Bad Cop
Betrayal
Sometimes They Come Back... for More
Mexican American
Mexican Gangster
Dead Connection
Night Bird
U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
Killer Priest
Vatos Locos 2
Polanski Unauthorised
Vampiro
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
La Rancherita
Love, Hate & Security
Last Kiss in Paris
Vatos Locos
Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
Shade of Pale
Pistolera
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
Midnight Blue
I.R.A. King of Nothing
Hitman's Run
The Devil's Ring
Kill You Twice
Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy
Facade
Born Into a Dream
The Calling
On Seventh Avenue
Fuego
Cypress Edge
Dark Crossing
Enemy Within
Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster
Father Rupert Mayer
Saints and Sinners
Red Rose of Normandy
Chicano Blood
Bobby Fischer Live
Mexican Gangster 2: Venganza
Latin Hitman
Proof of the Illuminati
Brando Unauthorized
Directing
33 credits
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Bad Cop
Mexican American
Mexican Gangster
Killer Priest
Vatos Locos 2
Polanski Unauthorised
La Rancherita
Love, Hate & Security
Last Kiss in Paris
The Switch
Vatos Locos
Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
Shade of Pale
Pistolera
New York Murder
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
I.R.A. King of Nothing
Kill You Twice
Born Into a Dream
The Calling
Fuego
Death of Evil
Dark Crossing
Enemy Within
Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster
Father Rupert Mayer
To Live and Die in Amsterdam
Bobby Fischer Live
Mexican Gangster 2: Venganza
Latin Hitman
Proof of the Illuminati
Brando Unauthorized
Writing
19 credits
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Mexican American
Mexican Gangster
Polanski Unauthorised
La Rancherita
Last Kiss in Paris
Vatos Locos
Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
Shade of Pale
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
Kill You Twice
Born Into a Dream
The Calling
Fuego
Enemy Within
Chicano Blood
Bobby Fischer Live
Proof of the Illuminati
Brando Unauthorized
Producing
12 credits
Bad Cop
Mexican American
Killer Priest
Vampiro
La Rancherita
Shade of Pale
Fuego
Dark Crossing
Enemy Within
Father Rupert Mayer
Chicano Blood
Brando Unauthorized
Other credits
2 credits
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