Name
Santiago Cabrera
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-05-05 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Caracas, Venezuela
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.
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- 2006 Love and Other Disasters as Paolo Sarmiento
- 2004 Haven as Gene
- 2010 The Life of Fish as Andrés
- 2010 Meant To Be
- 2023 Back to Las Maravillas
- 2008 Che: Part One as Camilo Cienfuegos
- 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight as Santos
- 2017 What Happened to Monday as Informercial Processor
- 2019 Ema as Aníbal
- 2005 The Taming of the Shrew as Lucentio
- 2012 Outlaws - For Greater Glory as Father Vega
- 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn as Robert Capa
- 2020 Godmothered as Hugh Prince
- 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Richard
- Soon Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini
- 2025 Split Decisions
- 2006 Heroes ( 42 episodes ) as Isaac Mendez
- 2008 Merlin ( 15 episodes ) as Lancelot
- 2019 The Ready Room ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 Spooks ( 1 episode ) as Camilo Henriquez
- 2001 Judge John Deed ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Heroes Unmasked ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 2008 Merlin ( 4 episodes ) as Sir Lancelot
- 2005 Empire ( 6 episodes ) as Octavius
- 2006 Animal nocturno ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told ( 1 episode )
- 2014 The Musketeers ( 30 episodes ) as Aramis
- 2012 Falcón ( 4 episodes ) as Esteban Calderón
- 2012 The Mindy Project ( 1 episode ) as Diego
- 2017 Salvation ( 26 episodes ) as Darius Tanz
- 2023 Neon ( 8 episodes ) as Oscar
- 2019 Undone ( 1 episode ) as Padre Reyes
- 2013 Anna Karenina ( 2 episodes ) as Aleksej Vronskij
- 2007 Heroes Unmasked ( 13 episodes ) as Himself - Narrator
- 2015 Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 Land of Women ( 6 episodes ) as Amat
- 2020 The Flight Attendant ( 4 episodes ) as Marco
- 2022 The Cleaning Lady ( 12 episodes ) as Jorge Sanchez
- 2006 Dexter ( 2 episodes ) as Sal Price
- 2001 As If ( 1 episode ) as The Postman
- 2020 Star Trek: Picard ( 20 episodes ) as Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios
- 2017 Big Little Lies ( 10 episodes ) as Joseph Bachman
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
