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Actor Santiago Cabrera was born on May 5, 1978, in Caracas, Venezuela. Being the son of a Chilean diplomat, Santiago spent his childhood in Toronto, London, Romania, Madrid and his home nation of Chile. He made his first television appearance in 2003 as Camilo Henriquez on the British spy series "Spooks" and had small roles on "Judge John Deed," "The Taming of The Shrew" and the TV mini-series "Empire," but he is most known for his role as Isaac Mendez on the Golden Globe nominated show "Heroes." His film credits include roles in "Love and Other Disasters," "Goal! 2: Living the Dream" and "Goal! 3." Santiago is also skilled in hockey, tennis and scuba diving and is fluent in Spanish, French, Italian and English.

Born in Santiago, Chile, but raised in London, Romania, Toronto, and Madrid, worldly actor Santiago Cabrera had professional soccer aspirations long before he entered into acting. After playing soccer on a college scholarship for three years in his native Chile and even going semi-pro in London, the future Heroes star enrolled in Drama Centre London and appeared on-stage in productions of +Britannicus and +The Last Days of Don Juan, among other works. A post-graduation role as Montano in the Northampton Royal Theatre and Greenwich Theater productions of +Othello found Cabrera's career getting off to an impressive start, with his performance as Octavius in the ABC miniseries Empire serving well to ignite a small-screen career. Later, Cabrera also made a bid for feature success opposite Brittany Murphy and Orlando Bloom in the romantic comedy Love and Other Disasters. Subsequently cast in Heroes as heroin-addicted artist Isaac Mendez, whose paintings foreshadow ominous events, Cabrera finally found his footing on the small screen. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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