Played by actor and comedian Brandon T. Jackson, Alpa Chino is a fictional character in the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder.
In the film, Alpa Chino, his name is a parody of Al Pacino, is a rapper turned actor. Along with a group of actors portraying soldiers, Alpa Chino ventures to Vietnam to film a movie. However, the gang gets lost in the jungle, and they find themselves fighting for their lives against real drug dealers.