Santiago Cabrera

Early life

Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where his father, a Chilean diplomat, was stationed at the time. He is the middle child of three. Moving along with his father's career, Santiago grew up mainly in England, but also in Romania, Toronto and Madrid. His family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old. He was captain of his football team in high school, and only tried acting when his teachers encouraged him. He trained at the Drama Centre London from 2000 to 2003.

Career

Concurrent with his final year at the centre, he made his television debut with small roles in the British television series Battlefield Britain, Judge John Deed, Spooks and As If. His first role after graduating from drama school was Montano in Shakespeare's Othello, at the Royal Theatre Northampton. He also appeared in the 2006 film Love and Other Disasters as the Argentinian Paolo Sarmiento, alongside Brittany Murphy and Matthew Rhys.

He has appeared on American television first in Empire, as Octavius. He 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. He also played Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin and Aramis in The Musketeers.

On 20 January 2007 episode of the NBC Universal late-night programme Vivo Mun2, Cabrera discussed his semi-professional football career in London before he fully committed to acting. He also stated that C.D. Universidad Católica of Santiago is his favourite team, however, he remains a fan of London club Queens Park Rangers F.C., for which he was a mascot as a child.

On 7 September 2008, Cabrera participated in Soccer Aid, a British charity football match in support of UNICEF. He later repeated this venture in 2014, playing once again for the Rest of the World. In November 2008 he played for the Hollywood United team in a special charity match raising money for people affected by the devastation of Hurricane Ike.

Santiago has also played the role of Darius Tanz in the CBS/Netflix show Salvation.

On 4 March 2019, CBS announced Cabrera was cast in Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, which began shooting in April 2019. He played the supporting role of Captain Cristobal Rios in the limited series. Cabrera appeared in Disney's Godmothered in 2020.

On 9 September 2021, Cabrera announced he would return to Star Trek: Picard for the series' second season with a trailer posted to his Instagram. On 5 May 2022, Cabrera promoted the final episode of the second season of Picard on his Instagram. It was his last appearance on the series.

In 2024, he played Richard Deetz, husband of Lydia and father of Astrid Deetz, in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice.

Personal life

Cabrera is married to Anna Marcea, a theatre director; they have a son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

Theatre

References

References

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3. "Empire's: Santiago Cabrera". People.
4. (23 July 2008). "Merlin's Secrets Revealed". [[BBC]].
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6. Newman, Stuart. "Soccer Aid 2014: Lineups, Celebrities, Date, Time, Live Stream and TV Info". Bleacher Report.
7. (20 November 2008). "Hollywood United v Champions United – Saturday". The Original Winger.
8. Cohn, Paulette. "Santiago Cabrera: Is it the End of the World in the New CBS Series Salvation?". Parade.
9. [https://whatsondisneyplus.com/production-has-begun-on-new-disney-movie-godmothered/ PRODUCTION HAS BEGUN ON NEW DISNEY+ MOVIE “GODMOTHERED”]
10. "Santiago Cabrera on Instagram: "To heal our future we have to repair the past. Season 2 #startrekpicard coming February 2022. @paramountplus"".
11. santiagoc. (September 11, 2024). "Had such a great time being part of this movie #beetlejuice #beetlejuice Still out there if you haven't checked it out already!!! For those of you that did watch, yes these are BTS of #Richard very VERY long wait. It's a bureaucratic nightmare down there, but eventually he got his assignment #waitingroom @beetlejuicemovie @wbmovies #day-o".
12. "Sabado Interview Chilean Newspaper January 21, 2017". Santiago Cabrera.
13. Victorian, Brande. (July 11, 2024). "'Land of Women' Star Santiago Cabrera on Nearly Landing the Role of Aquaman and His Secret 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Part".
14. (19 January 2011). "Santiago Cabrera Enters Abrams' Alcatraz". BSCreview.
15. "Santiago Cabrera guest-stars on The Mindy Project – Santiago Cabrera".
16. "Santiago Cabrera New Role in HBO Series 'Big Little Lies' – Santiago Cabrera".