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Santiago Cabrera
Caracas, Venezuela
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 N…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Split Decisions
Movie
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2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Movie Richard
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2024
Land of Women
TV show Amat
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2023
Neon
TV show Oscar
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2023
Back to Las Maravillas
Movie
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2022
The Cleaning Lady
TV show Jorge Sanchez
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2020
Godmothered
Movie Hugh Prince
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2020
The Flight Attendant
TV show Marco
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2020
Star Trek: Picard
TV show Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios
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2019
Ema
Movie Aníbal
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2019
Undone
TV show Padre Reyes
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2019
The Ready Room
TV show Self
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2017
What Happened to Monday
Movie Informercial Processor
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2017
Salvation
TV show Darius Tanz
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2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie Santos
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2017
Big Little Lies
TV show Joseph Bachman
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2015
Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2014
The Musketeers
TV show Aramis
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2013
Anna Karenina
TV show Aleksej Vronskij
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2012
Falcón
TV show Esteban Calderón
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Diego
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2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie Robert Capa
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2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Movie Father Vega
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2010
The Life of Fish
Movie Andrés
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2010
Meant To Be
Movie
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2008
Merlin
TV show Lancelot
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2008
Che: Part One
Movie Camilo Cienfuegos
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2007
Heroes Unmasked
TV show Himself
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2006
Dexter
TV show Sal Price
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2006
Heroes
TV show Isaac Mendez
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2006
Love and Other Disasters
Movie Paolo Sarmiento
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2006
Animal nocturno
TV show Self
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2005
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie Lucentio
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2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV show
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2005
Empire
TV show Octavius
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2004
Haven
Movie Gene
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self - Guest
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2002
Spooks
TV show Camilo Henriquez
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2001
Judge John Deed
TV show
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2001
As If
TV show The Postman
