Jacob Scipio is a rapidly rising actor, who most recently starred as the male lead opposite Madelaine Petsch in Amazon MGM’s new romantic comedy Maintenance Required.
He will next star opposite Melissa Leo and Lou Llobell in André Øvredal’s horror film Passenger, premiering on May 22, 2026 for Paramount Pictures.
He recently wrapped production opposite Edgar Ramirez in the Untitled TV series for Onyx/Hulu. From Roberto Patino and Cassius Corrigan, the drama follows a cutthroat battle to dominate the Manhattan skyline, where two rival real estate developers (Ramirez and Scipio) risk everything.
He is mostly known for his role in Bad Boys: Ride or Die opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Scipio reprised his role as ‘Armando Aretas,’ the estranged son of Will Smith’s Miami-Dade police detective character ‘Mike Lowery.’ The film was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and was released by Sony Pictures. With the fourth Bad Boys film’s box office total, the series has now made over $1 billion. Bad Boys: Ride or Die’s worldwide box office total grossed over $200 million.
His other film & TV credits include the action-packed franchise Expend4bles film opposite Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and Megan Fox; the Critics Choice Award-nominated film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent opposite Nicolas Cage and directed by Tom Gormican; Pieces of Her opposite Toni Collette for Netflix; Without Remorse starring opposite Michael B. Jordan and directed by Stefano Sollima with a script by Tayor Sheridan; Sony’s Bad Boys for Life opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence which grossed over $73 million during its opening weekend and over $400 million worldwide during its theatrical run and received several award nominations and wins including a BET Award nomination for “Best Movie”, an NAACP Image Award win for “Outstanding Motion Picture” and a People’s Choice Award nomination for “Favorite Action Movie”; and The Outpost alongside Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, and Taylor John Smith. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Jake Tapper. The film was critically reviewed, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and received multiple award nominations including a National Board of Review award win for “Top Ten Independent Films”, a Critics Choice Super Award nomination for “Best Action Movie” and a Critics Choice Award nomination for “Best Song.”