Acting · Caracas, Venezuela · Born May 5, 1978
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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2025
MovieBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Richard
TVLand of Women
2024
as Amat
TVNeon
2023
as Oscar
MovieBack to Las Maravillas
2023
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2022
as Jorge Sanchez
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2020
as Hugh Prince
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2020
as Marco
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2020
as Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios
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2019
as Aníbal
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2019
as Padre Reyes
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2019
as Self
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2017
as Informercial Processor
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2017
as Darius Tanz
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2017
as Santos
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2017
as Joseph Bachman
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2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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2015
TVThe Musketeers
2014
as Aramis
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2013
as Aleksej Vronskij
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2012
as Esteban Calderón
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2012
as Diego
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2012
as Robert Capa
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2012
as Father Vega
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2010
as Andrés
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2008
as Lancelot
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as Camilo Cienfuegos
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2007
as Himself
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2006
as Sal Price
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2006
as Isaac Mendez
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as Paolo Sarmiento
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2006
as Self
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2005
as Lucentio
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2005
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2005
as Octavius
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2004
as Gene
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2003
as Self - Guest
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2002
as Camilo Henriquez
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2001
TVAs If
2001
as The Postman
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