Richard Chaves
Actor
Born October 8, 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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.
Filmography
Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse
Buzzoose (voice)
Predator: Camouflage
Self
Predator: Character Design
Self
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Self
Star Trek: Voyager
Chief
Babylon 5
Alvares
Walker, Texas Ranger
Special Agent Samuel Mills
Night Eyes II
Hector Mejenes
L.A. Takedown
Lou Casals
War of the Worlds
Colonel Paul Ironhorse
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Turkish Officer
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Iron Dog
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Predator
Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
The Penalty Phase
Nolan Esherman
L.A. Law
Carlos Mendez
Cease Fire
Badman
MacGyver
Enrique
Witness
Detective
Miami Vice
D.A. Gordon Martinez
St. Elsewhere
Tim Potts
Fire on the Mountain
Army Lieutenant
Hill Street Blues