Santiago Cabrera
Born: 1978-05-05 in Caracas, Venezuela
Known For: Acting
Biography
Santiago Cabrera (born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the NBC superhero drama Heroes, Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin, and Aramis in the BBC series The Musketeers. He was also the lead in the CBS drama Salvation as Darius Tanz, and played Captain Cristóbal "Cris" Rios in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard. Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where his father, a Chilean diplomat, was stationed at the time. He is the middle child of three.[1] Moving along with his father's career, Santiago grew up mainly in England, but also in Romania, Toronto and Madrid.[2] His family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old. He was captain of his football team in high school,[1] and only tried acting when his teachers encouraged him.[3] He trained at the Drama Centre London from 2000 to 2003.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Richard
- Land of Women as Amat
2023
- Neon as Oscar
- Back to Las Maravillas
2022
- The Cleaning Lady as Jorge Sanchez
2020
- Star Trek: Picard as Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios
- The Flight Attendant as Marco
- Godmothered as Hugh Prince
2019
- The Ready Room as Self
- Undone as Padre Reyes
- Ema as Aníbal
2017
- Big Little Lies as Joseph Bachman
- Transformers: The Last Knight as Santos
- Salvation as Darius Tanz
- What Happened to Monday as Informercial Processor
2015
- Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2014
- The Musketeers as Aramis
2013
- Anna Karenina as Aleksej Vronskij
2012
- The Mindy Project as Diego
- Hemingway & Gellhorn as Robert Capa
- Falcón as Esteban Calderón
- Outlaws - For Greater Glory as Father Vega
2010
- Meant To Be
- The Life of Fish as Andrés
2008
- Merlin as Lancelot
- Che: Part One as Camilo Cienfuegos
2007
- Heroes Unmasked as Himself
2006
- Dexter as Sal Price
- Heroes as Isaac Mendez
- Animal nocturno as Self
- Love and Other Disasters as Paolo Sarmiento
2005
- Empire as Octavius
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- The Taming of the Shrew as Lucentio
2004
- Haven as Gene
2002
- Spooks as Camilo Henriquez
2001
- Judge John Deed
- As If as The Postman