Background
Chavira, Ricardo Antonio was born on September 1, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Chavira, Ricardo Antonio was born on September 1, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Raised in San Antonio, he graduated from Robert East. Lee High School and the University of the Incarnate Word.
He is a "00 University of California San Diego Alumnus and received his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of California, San Diego"s Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Since then, he has worked in film, television and theatre. From 2004 to 2012, Chavira starred in Desperate Housewives.
He played Carlos Solis, husband of Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria).
Television credits prior to Desperate Housewives include a series regular role on The Grubbs, recurring roles on Six Feet Under and The Division, and guest-starring roles on Joan of Arcadia, Kingpin, Monk, 24 and Judge Advocate General, as well as New York City Police Department Blue and two other Steven Bochco series, Philly and City of Angels. He also guest starred on American Broadcasting Company"s George Lopez.
Following Desperate Housewives, Chavira guest starred on two Season 7 episodes of Burn Notice (2013), playing crime leader Rafael Serrano. Chavira starred in a production of Tracers at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, and also starred in a co-production of Living Out.
He played Stanley Kowalski in the Guthrie Theater"s production of Tennessee Williams" A Streetcar Named Desire, July 3-August 21, 2010 in Minneapolis. is film credits include The Alamo and Piranha 3D. He also had voice roles as Alejandro Borges in the film Dead Space: Aftermath and as John Carver in the video game Dead Space 3.
In 2013, Chavira starred in the short-lived National Broadcasting Company sitcom Welcome to the Family. The series was canceled after three episodes. Chavira guest starred in the Castle episode "At Close Range".
He played Alex Lopez.
Chavira returned to American Broadcasting Company with a recurring role on Scandal. He plays the role of Governor Vargas.
Married Marcea Dietzel, September 22, 2007.