- Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Infobox actor
name = Ricardo Antonio Chavira
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caption = Ricardo Antonio Chavira in Montecarlo.
birthname = Ricardo Antonio Chavira
birthdate = birth date and age|1971|9|1
birthplace =Austin, Texas ,U.S.
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yearsactive = 2000–present
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website = http://www.ricardoantoniochavira.com/
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sagawards = Best Ensemble - Comedy Series
2005 "Desperate Housewives "Ricardo Antonio Chavira (born
September 1 ,1971 inAustin, Texas ) is aMexican American actor , perhaps best known for his role asCarlos Solis on "Desperate Housewives ".Education
Raised in
San Antonio, Texas , he graduated fromRobert E. Lee High School (San Antonio, Texas) , now the Performing Arts School, and theUniversity of the Incarnate Word . He is a '00 UC, San Diego Alumnus and received hisMaster of Fine Arts in Acting from theUC San Diego 's Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved toLos Angeles shortly thereafter. Since that time, he has worked in film, television and theatre.Career
Film credits include Touchstone's The Alamo. Television credits prior to "
Desperate Housewives " include a series regular role on "The Grubbs", recurring roles on "Six Feet Under" and "The Division ", and guest star roles on "Joan of Arcadia ", "Kingpin", "Monk", "24" and "JAG ", as well as "NYPD Blue " and two otherSteven Bochco series, "Philly" and "City of Angels". He also guest starred on ABC's "The George Lopez Show ".Chavira starred in a production of
Tracers at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, and also starred in a co-production of Living Out.In 2004, Chavira started to star in "Desperate Housewives". He plays Carlos Solis.
Breast cancer advocate
Chavira is a supporter of breast cancer research, his mother, Elizabeth Ries Chavira died of breast and ovarian cancer when she was 43 years old.
Chavira is
San Antonio 's honorary spokesman for theSusan G. Komen for the Cure , and last June served as the National Team Captain for theRace for the Cure inWashington, D.C. .Chavira was the 2005 co-spokesperson for the
Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser.Family
Chavira has one son, Tomas Antonio Chavira, born in 2003, with Marcea Dietzel, whom he married September 22, 2007. Ricardo's wife, Marcea gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Belen Elysabeth Chavira, Monday, July 28, 2008 in San Antonio. Belen was born at 5:59pm and weighed 7 pounds 12 oz. The couple have been together for a long time but only married in 2007 in an ultra low-key ceremony in their Texas home, wearing pajamas. [ [http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071009/APE/710090508 Herald Tribune: 'Desperate Housewives' star gets married to longtime girlfriend] ] .
Son of
Bexar County 's Judge Juan Antonio Chavira.References
External links
* [http://www.ricardochavira.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.getdesperate.com/people/ricardo_antonio_chavira.shtml Get Desperate! - Ricardo Chavira People Guide entry & news listings]
* "Texas Family " [http://www.texasfamilyonline.com/issue2.html Cover article on Ricardo's Crusade for a Cancer Cure]
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