RICARDO CHAVIRA. A Native of South Texas, Ricardo Chavira received his MFA in acting from UC San Diego’s renowned graduate program in 2000 and moved directly to Los Angeles. Ricardo’s breakout television role came in 2004 as a series regular on ABC’s definitive “Desperate Housewives,” portraying Carlos Solis, the husband to Eva Longoria’s Gaby. Recently, Ricardo has had roles on CBS’ “Kevin Can Wait,” CW’s series “Jane The Virgin,” Netflix’s “The Santa Clarita Diet” with Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore and ABC’s “Scandal.” Ricardo is currently working on Netflix’s “Selena The Series” playing the role of her father, Abraham Quintanilla, due out winter 2020. Ricardo made his big screen debut with John Lee Hancock’s The Alamo, alongside Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton. He has appeared in a variety of films since then, including the award-winning indie Don’t Let Me Drown; and Rob Reiner’s Being Charlie. Recently, he wrapped on REEFA, an indie film based on the true story of Miami street artist Israel Hernandez, a victim of police brutality. Ricardo prides his versatility as an actor specifically in his great theater roles, such as Valdez in the Off-Broadway hit production Jesus Hopped the A Train; the lead in the National Theatre UK award-winning run of The Motherfucker with the Hat; Peter Stockmann in the Guthrie Theatre production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People; Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire also at the Guthrie; and Orlando in the Geffen Playhouse’s production of The Untranslatable Secrets Of Nikki Corona. If you ask him, it’s his role of father to his two children he cherishes most of all.
