Damian_Chapa

Damian Chapa

Damian Chapa

American actor and filmmaker

Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is an American actor,[1] film director, screenwriter, and producer.[2]

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Biography

Chapa's ancestry is of Mexican, Italian, German and Native American descent. He now calls San Antonio, Texas home.[3]

Chapa played the part of evangelist Leroy Jenkins in the 2002 film The Calling.[4] Perhaps his most notable film role is that of Miklo Velka in Taylor Hackford's Blood In Blood Out.[5] He appeared as Ken Masters in Raúl Juliá's final film Street Fighter, based on the video game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.[6]

In 2011 Damian Chapa was arrested in Madrid and later transferred to a Munich jail to await a court appearance on a charge of the alleged rape of former girlfriend Roxanna Foell. He was subsequently released and exonerated and paid several thousand euros by the German government in September 2011 after being held in custody wrongfully for seven weeks.[7] Chapa has apparently since filed a $1.3 million lawsuit for damages against Foell.[8]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Nathan Southern (2014). "Damian Chapa". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Damian Chapa Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Damian Chapa: Everyone asks me why I did a movie about Roman Polanski". Today.Az. December 31, 2009.
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    Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Friday June 15, 2001 State, Storied ministry, by Joe Milicia
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    Canby, Vincent (April 30, 1993). "Bound by Honor (1993) Review/Film; The Chicano Experience, in Its Glory and Tedium". The New York Times.
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    Holden, Stephen (December 24, 1994). "Street Fighter (1994) FILM REVIEW; Raul Julia's Last Film, With Van Damme". The New York Times.
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    München, Torsten (October 29, 2011). "Dispute over paternity: A diaper as evidence". Abendzeitung.
  8. [8]
    TMZ Staff (October 7, 2012). "'Blood In Blood Out' Star I Did NOT Rape My German Baby Mama". TMZ.
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