
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2000
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' as Self
1996Baja Run as Domingo
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Chief
1994Night Realm as Ursis
1994Babylon 5 as Alvares
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Special Agent Samuel Mills
1991Night Eyes II as Hector Mejenes
1989L.A. Takedown as Lou Casals
1988War of the Worlds as Colonel Paul Ironhorse
1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Turkish Officer
1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues as Iron Dog
1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1987Predator as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
1986The Penalty Phase as Nolan Esherman
1986L.A. Law as Carlos Mendez
1985Cease Fire as Badman
1985MacGyver as Enrique
1985MacGyver as Manny
1985Witness as Detective
1984Miami Vice as D.A. Gordon Martinez
1982St. Elsewhere as Tim Potts
1981Fire on the Mountain as Army Lieutenant
1981Hill Street Blues








