Jsu Garcia

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Jsu Garcia
Jsu Garcia presenting at the 'Spiritual Warriors' DVD release with Barnes & Noble in LA in April 2009
Born	October 6, 1963 (1963-10-06) (age 46) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present

Jsu Garcia (born October 6, 1963) is an American actor who has starred in many films and television shows. He was credited as Nick Corri in his earlier years. He also runs his own production company Scott J-R Productions together with long time friend, NY Times 1 Bestselling Author John-Roger, and his own distribution company Gilgamesh LLC, also with John-Roger. Together Garcia and John-Roger have create five films, including the successful Spiritual Warriors.

Biography

Garcia was born in New York City to Cuban immigrant parents.^[1] His first break came when he auditioned for the TV show "Fame" (1982) and got the part. He then landed a role in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), in which he appeared opposite Johnny Depp. This was followed by an appearance in Universal's Gotcha! (1985) opposite Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino, and then in quick succession in features such as Traffic (2000), Wildcats (1986), Slaves of New York (1989), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) and numerous others. 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 Cong; and in Andrew Davis' Collateral Damage (2002), in which he plays a villainous Communist guerrilla who battles good guy Arnold Schwarzenegger. In addition to numerous stints on such TV shows as "JAG" (1995), "Arli$$" (1996), The Facts of Life, Miami Vice, Babylon 5, She Spies Crossing Jordan and "Murder One" (1995), Garcia also played the hot, sexy^{[peacock term]} male lead in an ABC / Touchstone pilot, "Then Came Jones", for Brancato/Selke - the guys behind "Boomtown" (2002) and has a recurring role on “Without a Trace” (2007). Jsu also played a major supporting role in Along Came Polly (2004), opposite Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Jersey Films and Universal. Garcia's most challenging role as "Che Guevara" came true for him in Andy Garcia's passionate Cuban story, "The Lost City". In 2007 Jsu starred in “Tiny Dancer", directed by Eva Husson; and stars opposite Benicio del Toro’s version of Che Guevara in Stephen Soderberg’s “Che” aka “The Argentine”.

Jsu Garcia created his production company Scott J-R Productions in **** together with long time friend and mentor John-Roger. They made their first full length feature Spiritual Warriors in 2005, written and executive produced by Garcia and John-Roger and inspired by John-Roger’s bestselling book Spiritual Warrior: The Art of Spiritual Living. Spiritual Warriors was filmed in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and across the United States.

Garcia and John-Roger also created a distribution company Gilgamesh LLC to distribute their movie independently. Spiritual Warriors has screened in over 130 screenings in 47 cities across 20 countries, including premieres in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Madrid, Barcelona, Toronto, Caracas, Lima, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Tel Aviv, and Cairo. Spiritual Warriors has also been officially selected for international film festivals in Toronto, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Cartagena and Hamburg. In 2008 he toured Europe and South America, and extensively across the US. Jsu continues to tour with upcoming screenings of ‘Spiritual Warriors’, and heads up the distribution for all sales of the DVD, currently being distributed independently through his company Gilgamesh LLC and on Amazon.

References

• Schroeder, Carl J. "Spiritual Warriors", "Mystical Movie Guide", October 2007.
• Cohn, Beverly (2007). [1], "Spiritual Warriors"] "Santa Monica Mirror", January 25 - 31, 2007.
• Encinosa, Enrique (2007). "Spiritual Warriors: A Review" (), "The New Day Herald", November 2007.
• Garcia, Jsu. ""Spiritual Warriors" Has its First 'World Premiere' at the Tel Aviv Spirit Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", April 2007.
• Golightly, Zoe. ""Spiritual Warriors" Headlines the Toronto Indie Can Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", October 2007.

Garcia, Jsu. ""Spiritual Warriors" Screens at the Cairo Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", December 2007.

• Tenaglia, Nicole ""Spiritual Warriors" Opens and Closes the 2nd Annual Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", January 2008.
• Garcia, Jsu. "The South American Tour of the Film "Spiritual Warriors" with Jsu Garcia and the Travelers" "The New Day Herald", March 2008.
• Golightly, Zoe. ""Spiritual Warriors" Movie Premieres in Germany with the Hamburg Spirit Cinema International Congress and Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", October 2008.
• Garcia, Jsu ""Spiritual Warriors" Team at the Director's Guild Awards" "The New Day Herald", February 2007
• Leighton, Andree. "A Spiritual Warrior Spa Day at Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens" "The New Day Herald" August 2006
• Golightly, Zoe ""Spiritual Warriors" Screening at the Conscious Film Festival" "The New Day Herald", February 2007
• Hamel, Leigh "Spiritual Warriors Screenings in New York City" "The New Day Herald", August 2006
• Wunderman, Terilee "Spiritual Warriors Shine in Miami" "The New Day Herald" September 2006
• Blackburn, Hesperia ""Spiritual Warriors" Screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas" "The New Day Herald", September 2006
• Golightly, Zoe "All Souls Day" "The New Day Herald", October 2006
• Trieste, Sharon ""Spiritual Warriors" Screening -- San Francisco Style" "The New Day Herald", July 2007
• Golightly, Zoe "Spiritual Warriors Has Found a Home" "The New Day Herald", August 2007
• Mack, Ezra "Spiritual Warriors Rocks the Midwest" "The New Day Herald", October 2007
• Franks, Nathalie "Spiritual Warriors Film Premiere in London" "The New Day Herald", September 2007
• Thrussel, Neil "Spiritual Warriors Screens in Calgary, Alberta" "The New Day Herald", November 2007
• Garcia, Jsu ""Spiritual Warriors" Weeklong Screenings Event: A HUGE Success" "The New Day Herald", November 2007
• Danza, Brooke "Spiritual Warriors in Santa Fe" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Barreira, Lana "Spiritual Warriors in Belo Horizonte, Brazil" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• deSouza, Vagner "Spiritual Warriors in Sao Paolo, Brazil" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Petzold, Kaiser "Spiritual Warriors in Lima, Peru" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Urrich, Reymi "Spiritual Warriors in Santiago, Chile" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Kirby, Cate "Spiritual Warriors in Buenos Aires, Argentina" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Grigorescu, Gaby "Spiritual Warriors in Caracas, Venezuela" "The New Day Herald", March 2008
• Lapaglia, Sharon "Spiritual Warriors screens to standing room only in San Diego" "The New Day Herald", April 2008

External links

General

• Jsu Garcia's Official Website [2]
• Jsu Garcia on IMDB [3]
• John-Roger’s Official Website [4]
• Spiritual Warriors The Movie Official Website [5]
• Jsu Garcia’s Official Facebook Fan Page [6]
• Spiritual Warriors’ Official Facebook Group Page [7]
• Spiritual Warriors Movie’s Official Facebook Film Page [8]

Audio & video

• Spiritual Warriors Movie, Theatrical Trailer [9]
• Spiritual Warrior Seminar, Audio Download [10]
• Interview with Jsu Garcia by Lailah Morid, Youtube [11]
• Spiritual Warriors DVD Release Video, Youtube [12]
• Spiritual Warriors Europe Tour 2008, Youtube [13]
• Cartagena International Film Festival, Moment of Peace with John-Roger, Youtube [14]
• Jsu Garcia and Jaime King, Spiritual Warriors London Premiere, Youtube [15]
• Jsu Garcia, Spiritual Warriors Paris Premiere, Youtube [16]