Richard Chaves
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-10-08 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Biography
Richard John Chaves is an American character actor. In the early 1980s, he began work as an actor taking on various soap opera roles until he gained a role in 1987 as Poncho in the science fiction film Predator. Soon afterward, his career received another boost with the role of Lt. Colonel Ironhorse in the television series War of the Worlds. Chaves once calculated that the volume of fan mail he received outnumbered the rest of the cast members by a four or five to one ratio.
Most Known For
Star Trek: Voyager
as Chief
MacGyver
as Enrique
MacGyver
as Manny
Babylon 5
as Alvares
Miami Vice
as D.A. Gordon Martinez
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
as Tim Potts
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Special Agent Samuel Mills
L.A. Law
as Carlos Mendez
Predator
as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
War of the Worlds
as Colonel Paul Ironhorse
Witness
as Detective
L.A. Takedown
as Lou Casals
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
as Iron Dog
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Turkish Officer
Night Eyes II
as Hector Mejenes
Fire on the Mountain
as Army Lieutenant
The Penalty Phase
as Nolan Esherman
Cease Fire
as Badman