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Damian Chapa

Damian Chapa

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Biography

This page uses content from the Damian Chapa biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.

Damian Chapa (born October 29, 1963 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor. Damian Chapa is of Mexican descent.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2006 I.R.A.: King of Nothing Bobby O'Brien
2004 El Padrino Kilo
Shade of Pale Thomas
2003 Betrayal Tony
2002 The Callign Leroy Jenkins
Bad Karma Mr. Miller
Are You a Serial Killer James
2001 U.S. Seals II Ratliff (voice)
2000 Facade Raul Belliard
The Lonely Life of Downey Hall Downey Hall
1999 Sometimes They Come Back... for More Dr. Carl Schilling
Hitman's Run Paolo Catania
Cypress Edge Beau McCammon
1998 Exposé Jason Drake
Kill You Twice
1997 Money Talks Carmine
Midnight Blue Martin
1994 Street Fighter Ken Masters
Saints and Sinners Pooch
Dead Connection Detective Louis Donato
1994 Bound by Honor Miklo
1992 Under Siege Tackman

Writer and Director

In recent years, Damian has begun writing and directing, 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. None of these movies have seen wide release in the United States.

Chapa, on the IMDb forums [1] [2] [3], is relentlessly scorned for how he works on these movies. Among some of the routine complaints about him, many of which can be read on the preceding links:

  • He does not pay his crew.
  • Many actors and crew members walk off the project for various reasons (bad writing, directing, etc.)
  • The unoriginality of his writing and directing.
  • Some crew members of his movies complain he doesn't explain how he wants the set run, and then fires them because they didn't run the set correctly.
  • After filming is completed, many say he leaves several people angry because he has unpaid bills. Further, one poster has claimed he is also has debts to pay within his family.
  • That he constantly screams at other actors and crew.

Nonetheless, there are some who come to Damian's defense when these complaints are posted. Keep in mind also that because people who have posted these complaints have done so on message boards, the claims could be exaggerated, if not entirely false. It is interesting to note however, the nearly universal disdain for Damian in the IMDb community.


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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.



 
 
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