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.
Known For
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Richard
2024
Land of Women
Amat · (6 episodes)
2024
Neon
(8 episodes)
2023
Back to Las Maravillas
2023
The Cleaning Lady
Jorge Sanchez · (12 episodes)
2022
Godmothered
Hugh Prince
2020
The Flight Attendant
Marco · (4 episodes)
2020
Star Trek: Picard
Cristóbal 'Chris' Rios · (20 episodes)
2020
Ema
Aníbal
2019
Undone
Padre Reyes · (1 episode)
2019
The Ready Room
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
What Happened to Monday
Informercial Processor
2017
Salvation
Darius Tanz · (26 episodes)
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Santos
2017
Big Little Lies
Joseph Bachman · (10 episodes)
2017
Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise
Self - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2015
The Musketeers
Aramis · (30 episodes)
2014
Anna Karenina
Aleksej Vronskij · (2 episodes)
2013
Falcón
Esteban Calderón · (4 episodes)
2012
The Mindy Project
Diego · (1 episode)
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Robert Capa
2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Father Vega
2012
The Life of Fish
Andrés
2010
Meant To Be
2010
Merlin
Lancelot · (15 episodes)
2008
Merlin
Sir Lancelot · (4 episodes)
2008
Che: Part One
Camilo Cienfuegos
2008
Heroes Unmasked
Himself · (1 episode)
2007
Heroes Unmasked
Himself - Narrator · (13 episodes)
2007
Dexter
Sal Price · (2 episodes)
2006
Heroes
Isaac Mendez · (42 episodes)
2006
Love and Other Disasters
Paolo Sarmiento
2006
Animal nocturno
Self · (1 episode)
2006
The Taming of the Shrew
Lucentio
2005
Haven
Gene
2004
Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini
ShakespeaRe-Told
(1 episode)
2005
Empire
Octavius · (6 episodes)
2005
Spooks
Camilo Henriquez · (1 episode)
2002
Judge John Deed
(1 episode)
2001
As If
The Postman · (1 episode)
2001