Santiago Cabrera

Santiago Cabrera

Known for
Acting
Born
May 5, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini

Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini

Movie

2025
Split Decisions poster

Split Decisions

Movie

2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Movie · as Richard

2024
Land of Women poster

Land of Women

TV · as Amat · 6 eps

2023
Back to Las Maravillas poster

Back to Las Maravillas

Movie

2023
Neon poster

Neon

TV · as Oscar · 8 eps

2022
The Cleaning Lady poster

The Cleaning Lady

TV · as Jorge Sanchez · 12 eps

2020
Godmothered poster

Godmothered

Movie · as Hugh Prince

2020
The Flight Attendant poster

The Flight Attendant

TV · as Marco · 4 eps

2020
Star Trek: Picard poster

Star Trek: Picard

TV · as Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios · 20 eps

2019
Ema poster

Ema

Movie · as Aníbal

2019
The Ready Room poster

The Ready Room

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Undone poster

Undone

TV · as Padre Reyes · 1 ep

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight

Movie · as Santos

2017
What Happened to Monday poster

What Happened to Monday

Movie · as Informercial Processor

2017
Salvation poster

Salvation

TV · as Darius Tanz · 26 eps

2017
Big Little Lies poster

Big Little Lies

TV · as Joseph Bachman · 11 eps

2015
Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise poster

Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as Aramis · 30 eps

2013
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

TV · as Aleksej Vronskij · 2 eps

2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory poster

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Movie · as Father Vega

2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn poster

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Movie · as Robert Capa

2012
Falcón poster

Falcón

TV · as Esteban Calderón · 4 eps

2012
The Mindy Project poster

The Mindy Project

TV · as Diego · 1 ep

2010
The Life of Fish poster

The Life of Fish

Movie · as Andrés

2010
Meant To Be poster

Meant To Be

Movie

2008
Che: Part One poster

Che: Part One

Movie · as Camilo Cienfuegos

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Lancelot, Sir Lancelot · 15 eps

2007
Heroes Unmasked poster

Heroes Unmasked

TV · as Himself, Himself - Narrator · 1 ep

2006
Love and Other Disasters poster

Love and Other Disasters

Movie · as Paolo Sarmiento

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Isaac Mendez · 42 eps

2006
Animal nocturno poster

Animal nocturno

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · as Sal Price · 2 eps

2005
The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Lucentio

2005
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Octavius · 6 eps

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · 1 ep

2004
Haven poster

Haven

Movie · as Gene

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Camilo Henriquez · 1 ep

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2001
As If poster

As If

TV · as The Postman · 1 ep