Richard Chaves
Born: 1951-10-08 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard John Chaves is an American character actor. In the early 1980s, he began work as an actor taking on various soap opera roles until he gained a role in 1987 as Poncho in the science fiction film Predator. Soon afterward, his career received another boost with the role of Lt. Colonel Ironhorse in the television series War of the Worlds. Chaves once calculated that the volume of fan mail he received outnumbered the rest of the cast members by a four or five to one ratio.
Filmography
2009
- Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse as Buzzoose (voice)
2001
- Predator: Camouflage as Self
- Predator: Character Design as Self
1996
- Baja Run as Domingo
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Chief
1994
- Babylon 5 as Alvares
- Night Realm as Ursis
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Special Agent Samuel Mills
1991
- Night Eyes II as Hector Mejenes
1989
- L.A. Takedown as Lou Casals
1988
- War of the Worlds as Colonel Paul Ironhorse
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Turkish Officer
1987
- Predator as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
- The Gambler: The Legend Continues as Iron Dog
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1986
- L.A. Law as Carlos Mendez
- The Penalty Phase as Nolan Esherman
1985
- MacGyver as Enrique
- Witness as Detective
- Cease Fire as Badman
1984
- Miami Vice as D.A. Gordon Martinez
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Tim Potts
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Fire on the Mountain as Army Lieutenant