14 Facts About Robert Beltran

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Robert Adame Beltran was born on November 19,1953 and is an American actor, known for his role as Commander Chakotay on the 1990s television series Star Trek: Voyager.

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Robert Beltran is known for stage acting in California, and for playing Raoul Mendoza in the 1982 black comedy film Eating Raoul.

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Robert Beltran has two sisters and seven brothers, including Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran.

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Robert Beltran graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in Theater Arts and moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career.

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Robert Beltran had his first film role in Zoot Suit in 1981, but his breakthrough came in 1982 when he played the title character in the independently produced dark comedy Eating Raoul.

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Robert Beltran had a supporting role as Chuck Norris' partner Trooper Kayo Ramos in the 1983 film Lone Wolf McQuade.

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Robert Beltran then starred in the 1984 TV movie The Mystic Warrior as Native American brave Ahbleza, and as Hector in 1984's Night of the Comet.

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Robert Beltran was nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999.

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Robert Beltran founded and co-directed the East LA Classic Theater Group.

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Robert Beltran is a member of the Classical Theater Lab, an ensemble of professional actors who co-produced his production of Hamlet in 1997, which he directed and starred in.

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Robert Beltran has collaborated with amateur actors in performing plays and scenes of plays of William Shakespeare.

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Robert Beltran produced and starred in a Los Angeles production of "The Big Knife" by Clifford Odets, a play which explores the Hollywood environment under the big studio system of the 1940s.

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In May 2009, Robert Beltran played the dual roles of Don Fermin and Older Eusebio in the American Conservatory Theaters staging of Jose Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted.

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Robert Beltran had the recurring role of Jerry Flute in Seasons 3 and 4 of HBO's Big Love.