Biography
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.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.0Babylon 5
1994 · tv · as Alvares
- 2
★ 7.8Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · tv · as Chief
- 3
★ 7.7MacGyver
1985 · tv · as Enrique
- 4
★ 7.6Hill Street Blues
1981 · tv · Acting
- 5
★ 7.6Predator
1987 · movie · as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
- 6
★ 7.4Miami Vice
1984 · tv · as D.A. Gordon Martinez
- 7
★ 7.1Witness
1985 · movie · as Detective
- 8
★ 7.0Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · tv · as Special Agent Samuel Mills
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
