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Santiago Cabrera(I)

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Santiago Cabrera
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Santiago Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Chilean parents, and grew up in London, Romania, Toronto, and Madrid. Although he considers Santiago, Chile, his hometown, he splits his time between London and Los Angeles.

Cabrera trained at London's prestigious Drama Centre under renowned instructors Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes, whose students include many great actors, among them Sir Sean Connery and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Concurrent with his final year at the Centre, he made his television debut with small roles on British television, and on the London stage, playing Montano in Shakespeare's "Othello", at the London Greenwich Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold. His most recent stage role was Romeo in London's Middle Temple Hall production of "Romeo and Juliet".

Cabrera's breakthrough role came in the highly successful first season of NBC's ensemble drama series "Heroes" (2006-2007). There he played Isaac Mendez, a heroin-addicted, lovesick artist able to paint the future. He seduced viewers with his moody, manly charm, even though his character didn't live past the first season. He also played a strong recurring role, as the mythical character Lancelot, in the very popular BBC series "Merlin" (2008-2010).

He can be seen in the historic epic "Cristiada" (2011) opposite Andy Garcia and Peter O'Toole, playing the lead role of Father Vega, a priest turned General during the Cristero War in 1920s Mexico. He was seen in Steven Soderbergh's film, "Che. Part 1" (2008), opposite Benicio del Toro, for which he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of legendary Cuban guerrilla commander Camilo Cienfuegos.

Since 2014, Cabrera has starred as Aramis in the BBC One hit show The Musketeers (2014), a fresh and exciting look at the much-loved novel by Alexandre Dumas. In 2015, Cabrera narrated the successful BBC Two three-part documentary series Patagonia (2015), which explores the rarely seen South American wilderness from the Andes Mountains to Cape Horn.

In addition to his native Spanish language, he is fluent in English, French, and Italian.
BornMay 5, 1978
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Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Santiago Cabrera in Big Little Lies (2017)
Benicio Del Toro and Santiago Cabrera in Che: Part One (2008)
Santiago Cabrera in Salvation (2017)
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Santiago Cabrera
Santiago Cabrera in Salvation (2017)
Santiago Cabrera in The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year (2022)
Zosia Mamet, Santiago Cabrera, and Deniz Akdeniz in The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year (2022)
Santiago Cabrera in Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My! (2022)
Kaley Cuoco, Santiago Cabrera, and T.R. Knight in Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My! (2022)
Santiago Cabrera in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Santiago Cabrera in Star Trek: Picard (2020)

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Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Shailene Woodley in Big Little Lies (2017)
Big Little Lies
8.5
TV Series
  • Joseph Bachman
Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Peter Cullen, Laura Haddock, and Isabela Merced in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
5.2
  • Santos
  • 2017
Benicio Del Toro in Che: Part One (2008)
Che: Part One
7.2
  • Camilo Cienfuegos
  • 2008
Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Noah Gray-Cabey, and James Kyson in Heroes (2006)
Heroes
7.5
TV Series
  • Isaac Mendez

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  • Land of Women
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  • Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant (2020)
    The Flight Attendant
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, and Jeri Ryan in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
    Star Trek: Picard
  • Undone (2019)
    Undone
  • Isla Fisher and Jillian Bell in Godmothered (2020)
    Godmothered
  • Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girólamo in Ema (2019)
    Ema
  • Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Shailene Woodley in Big Little Lies (2017)
    Big Little Lies
  • Salvation (2017)
    Salvation
  • Glenn Close, Noomi Rapace, and Christian Rubeck in What Happened to Monday (2017)
    What Happened to Monday
  • Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Peter Cullen, Laura Haddock, and Isabela Merced in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
    Transformers: The Last Knight
  • Mindy Kaling in The Mindy Project (2012)
    The Mindy Project
  • Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Luke Pasqualino, and Howard Charles in The Musketeers (2014)
    The Musketeers
  • Anna Karenina (2013)
    Anna Karenina
  • Marton Csokas in Falcón (2012)
    Falcón
  • Dexter (2006)
    Dexter
  • Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
    Hemingway & Gellhorn

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  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, and Jeri Ryan in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
    Star Trek: Picard

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Burning Questions With the Cast of "Star Trek: Picard"
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Burning Questions With the Cast of "Star Trek: Picard"
Who Nearly Starred in 'Justice League?'
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Who Nearly Starred in 'Justice League?'
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    • May 5, 1978
    • Caracas, Venezuela
    • Anna Marcea2003 - present
    • (Sibling)
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    Santiago Cabrera, born to a Chilean diplomat, did not originally plan to become an actor. In fact, he had planned on becoming a soccer star and played soccer for three years on a scholarship before switching gears and headed towards acting.
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    I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.

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