Jacob Scipio

Biography

Jacob Muntaz Scipio is a British actor and writer.

In 2020, he played villain Armando Aretas in the action comedy Bad Boys for Life directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

In 2016, Scipio co-founded CPO Productions. In that time he has written and starred in The Writers Group (2018) and Cowboys & Angels (2016), short films that premiered at the Cannes Court Métrage and London screenings at the British Film Institute.

Scipio's acting career started in television with leading roles in Some Girls (BBC), As the Bell Rings (Disney), and White Teeth (Channel 4).

In January 2020, Scipio played the lead villain, Armando Aretas, in Bad Boys for Life. A few months later he starred in The Outpost, a true story of American soldiers in the Battle of Kamdesh. Scipio played Justin T. Gallegos, a US army Staff Sgt. who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Scipio appeared in Last Looks and Without Remorse. Scipio was later cast in the 2023 film, Expend4bles.

In 2008, Scipio played the role of Bip in the second series of As the Bell Rings. His next role came in the form of the 'Kerwhizzitor' in the popular CBeebies show Kerwhizz, where he hosts the show and then comments on the race. Scipio then went on to star in the 2012 Life In My Shoes production Undefeated, an HIV awareness campaign that was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Corner. 

In 2013 he played the role of 'Tyler Blaine' in the second series of the hit BBC Three comedy Some Girls. Other roles include 'Lewis' in CBBC's "Dixi", and 'Thomas Hillmorton', a Shakespearean ghost in "Dani's Castle" which aired on 1 September 2015. which was released in 2014.

In January 2021, it was announced that Scipio was cast as Michael Vargas in the upcoming Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.