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Biography |
Santiago Cabrera (born May 5, 1978) is a Chilean American
actor.
The middle child of a Chilean diplomat father and homemaker
mother, Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lived in
Toronto, London, Madrid and Romania before his family
returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old. As captain
of the soccer team in high school, Cabrera focused on
athletics before switching gears and headed towards acting
when his high school drama teacher encouraged him to try
acting. During his three years of training at the Drama
Centre, Cabrera honed his acting skills in productions of
"The Madras House," "A Month in the Country," "Napoli
Milionaria," "Britannicus," "The Dutch Courtesan," "The
Strangeness of Others," "A Field," "Three Birds Alighting
On," and played the title character in "The Last Days of Don
Juan."
Concurrent with his final year at the Centre, he made his
television debut with small roles in the London series
"Battles of Britain," "Judge John Deed," "Spooks" and "As
If." His first role after graduating from drama school was
Montano in Shakespeare's "Othello," at the Northampton
Theatre Royal. He has also appeared on Love and Other
Disasters.
He has appeared on American television in Empire (where he
portrays Octavius, Julius Caesar's teenage nephew, whom
Caesar named as his successor before his death) and Heroes.
In addition to his fluency in Spanish, English, French and
Italian, Cabrera is skilled in tennis, hockey and scuba
diving. On the 20 January 2007 episode of the NBC late-night
program "Vivo Mun2", Cabrera discussed his semi-professional
football career in London before he fully commited to
acting. He also stated that C.D. Universidad Católica of
Santiago is his favorite team. While he considers Santiago,
Chile to be his hometown, he currently resides in London. |
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