Background
The middle child of a Chilean diplomat father and mother, Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Santiago grew up mainly in England, but also Romania, Toronto and Madrid.
The middle child of a Chilean diplomat father and mother, Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Santiago grew up mainly in England, but also Romania, Toronto and Madrid.
He currently stars as Aramis in the British Broadcasting Corporation series The Musketeers. His family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old and as a captain of the football team in high school, Cabrera focused on athletics before switching gears. He headed towards acting when his high school drama teacher encouraged him to try lieutenant
During his three years of training at the Drama Centre London, 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, Three Birds Alighting on a Field, 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 British television series Battlefield 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 starred in the 2006 film Love and Other Disasters as the Argentinian Paolo Sarmiento, alongside Brittany Murphy and Matthew Rhys. 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).
Most notably, he is known for his role as Isaac Mendez in the National Broadcasting Company series Heroes.
Once the character"s arc ended, he narrated some episodes of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s spin-off documentary series Heroes Unmasked. He also played Lancelot in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama series Merlin. In addition to his fluency in Spanish, English, French and Italian, Cabrera is skilled in tennis, hockey and scuba diving.
On 20 January 2007 episode of the National Broadcasting Company late-night program Vivo Mun2, Cabrera discussed his semi-professional football career in London before he fully committed to acting.
He also stated that Communicative Disorders Universidad Católica of Santiago is his favourite team however he remains a fan of Queens Park Rangers F.C. and was a mascot for the club as a child. Although he considers Santiago, Chile, his hometown, he splits his time between London and Los Los Angeles
On 7 September 2008, Cabrera participated in Soccer Aid, a British charity football match in support of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. He later repeated this venture in 2014, playing once again for the Rest of the World. Cabrera is married to Anna Marcea, a theatre director
