1. Santiago Cabrera was the lead in the CBS drama Salvation as Darius Tanz, Captain Cristobal "Cris" Rios in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, and Richard Deetz in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
18 Facts About Santiago Cabrera
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Santiago Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where his father, a Chilean diplomat, was stationed at the time.
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Santiago Cabrera's family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old.
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Santiago Cabrera was captain of his football team in high school, and only tried acting when his teachers encouraged him.
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Santiago Cabrera trained at the Drama Centre London from 2000 to 2003.
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Santiago Cabrera starred in the 2006 film Love and Other Disasters as the Argentinian Paolo Sarmiento, alongside Brittany Murphy and Matthew Rhys.
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Santiago Cabrera has appeared on American television first in Empire, as Octavius.
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Santiago Cabrera appeared as Isaac Mendez in the NBC series Heroes; once the character's arc ended, he narrated some episodes of the BBC's spin-off documentary series Heroes Unmasked.
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Santiago Cabrera played Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin and Aramis in The Musketeers.
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On 20 January 2007 episode of the NBC Universal late-night programme Vivo Mun2, Santiago Cabrera discussed his semi-professional football career in London before he fully committed to acting.
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Universidad Catolica of Santiago Cabrera is his favourite team he remains a fan of London club Queens Park Rangers FC, for which he was a mascot as a child.
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On 7 September 2008, Santiago Cabrera participated in Soccer Aid, a British charity football match in support of UNICEF.
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Santiago Cabrera later repeated this venture in 2014, playing for the Rest of the World.
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On 4 March 2019, CBS announced Santiago Cabrera was cast in Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, which started shooting in April 2019.
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Santiago Cabrera played the supporting role of Captain Cristobal Rios in the limited series.
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On 9 September 2021, Santiago Cabrera announced he would return to Star Trek: Picard for the series' second season with a trailer posted to his Instagram.
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On 5 May 2022, Santiago Cabrera promoted the final episode of the second season of Picard on his Instagram.
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Santiago Cabrera is married to Anna Marcea, a theatre director, and they have a son.