Actor

Ricardo
Chavira

Ricardo Chavira is a South Texas native whose acting career spans theater, film and television. His stage highlights include The Motherf**ker with the Hat at the National Theatre in London and the Off-Broadway production of Jesus Hopped the A Train. He has also appeared in regional theater productions across the U.S., including An Enemy of the People and A Streetcar Named Desire at the Guthrie Theater, Living Out, Tracers, Three Sisters, Dogeaters, ¡Bandido! and Macbeth. His television credits include Scandal; Jane the Virgin; Santa Clarita Diet; Hawaii 5-0; Castle; Burn Notice; Welcome to the Family; Desperate Housewives, garnering two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; George Lopez; 24; Joan of Arcadia; JAG; NYPD Blue; The Division and Six Feet Under. On the film side, he has appeared in Being Charlie, Powder and Gold, Don’t Let Me Drown, The Alamo, Piranha 3-D and Saving God. Chavira holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of California, San Diego.