Santiago Cabrera
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Santos 2017
What Happened to Monday
as Informercial Processor 2017
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Richard 2024
Che: Part One
as Camilo Cienfuegos 2008
Godmothered
as Hugh Prince 2020
Love and Other Disasters
as Paolo Sarmiento 2006
Ema
as Aníbal 2019
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Robert Capa 2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
as Father Vega 2012
Haven
as Gene 2004
The Life of Fish
as Andrés 2010
Meant To Be
2010
The Taming of the Shrew
as Lucentio 2005
Back to Las Maravillas
2023
Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini
TBA
Split Decisions
2025