Richard Chaves
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.
Known For
All Movies (16)
- Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse2009 · as Buzzoose (voice)
- Predator: Camouflage2001 · as Self
- Predator: Character Design2001 · as Self
- If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'2000 · as Self
- Baja Run1996 · as Domingo
- Night Realm1994 · as Ursis
- Night Eyes II1991 · as Hector Mejenes
- L.A. Takedown1989 · as Lou Casals
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988 · as Turkish Officer
- The Gambler: The Legend Continues1987 · as Iron Dog
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987 · as (voice)
- Predator1987 · as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
- The Penalty Phase1986 · as Nolan Esherman
- Cease Fire1985 · as Badman
- Witness1985 · as Detective
- Fire on the Mountain1981 · as Army Lieutenant
All TV Shows (10)
- Star Trek: Voyager1995 · as Chief
- Babylon 51994 · as Alvares
- Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Special Agent Samuel Mills
- War of the Worlds1988 · as Colonel Paul Ironhorse
- L.A. Law1986 · as Carlos Mendez
- MacGyver1985 · as Enrique
- MacGyver1985 · as Manny
- Miami Vice1984 · as D.A. Gordon Martinez
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Tim Potts
- Hill Street Blues1981