# Ricardo Chávez

Ricardo Chávez is a Mexican actor who has worked in theater, television and film. He was also a model and a ballet dancer before acting.

## Early life and background

Ricardo Chávez was born in Mexico City on November 24, 1965, to a middle-class family. He is the youngest of three brothers. His father is an engineer and his mother is a housewife, and were both in the entertainment business before getting married. His father sang Mexican music and opened concerts for Pedro Infante and his mother worked as a model.
At the age of 16 when he was studying bachelor’s to become a Classical Dance Performer at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes of México, Ricardo started working in theater.

## Career

He then moved back to acting and started appearing in popular soap operas in Mexico, on the Hispanic network Televisa. After starring in nine soap operas on that network, Chávez moved to Brazil and played a lead role in the soap opera Vale Todo on Globo Network. Later, he went to Miami to play the lead role in the series On The Edge of the Law. Following this he played the lead role in the film Pretty Boy for which he won an award in "The Made in Miami Film Festival".
Ricardo Chávez has acted in 21 different plays including Who Is the Guilty One?, Andrés, Here Comes the Train, How To Forget My Past, Waiting for Godot, The Fiddler on the Roof with Manolo Fábregas among others.

## Book

After 18 soap operas, 21 theater plays, 8 movies and over 100 television shows and series, Ricardo wrote Your Life Does Not Have To Be A Soap Opera, which was published simultaneously in English and Spanish in several continents.

## Filmography
### Movies

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1985 | Gavilán o paloma | Supporting |
| 1986 | Solamente una vez ((Agustin Lara’s life)) | Sergio |
| 1988 | Blood And Fire | Terrorist |
| 1988 | Der Radfahrer Von San Cristóbal | Dito Vargas |
| 1997 | In A Horse's Shoes | Charro |
| 2003 | The Brazilian Girl and the Dummy Cuban | Alberto |
| 2005 | Pretty Boy | Gabriel |
| 2005 | Se Habla Español | Juan Domingo Garcia |
| 2009 | Cabeza de Buda | Lino |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Network |
| 1985 | King Lear | King of France | Channel 11 |
| 1985 | Paths to Glory | Revolutionary | Televisa |
| 1986 | The Spider Web | Different Characters | |
| 1987 | Agustín Lara’s Life | Waiter | Televisa |
| 1999 | Christmas Tale | Poet | |
| 1999 | PorTu Amor | Theater Actor | |
| 1999 | Betrayed Women | Boss | Televisa |
| 1999 | Three Women | Rogelio | Televisa |
| 1999-2001 | Woman, Cases of Real Life | Different Characters | |
| 2000 | First Love at 1000 X Hour | Sebastián Olivares | Televisa |
| 2000 | Embrace Me Tightly | Motor | Televisa |
| 2001 | Aventuras en el tiempo | Octavio | Televisa |
| 2002 | Everything Goes | Felipe | Globo |
| 2002 | ¡Vivan los niños! | Uriel | |
| 2004 | Prisionera | Santiago Mesa | Telemundo |
| 2005 | Women's Decisions | Benjamin | |
| 2006 | South Beach | Casper Diaz | Paramount Television |
| 2005-2007 | Decisiones | Benjamin / Ernesto / Horacio | Telemundo |
| 2006 | Tierra de pasiones | Miguel Valdez | Telemundo |
| 2006 | Lottery! | Julian | |
| 2007 | Dame Chocolate | Diosdado Amado | Telemundo |
| 2008 | El juramento | Justo Romero | Telemundo |
| 2013 | Marido En Alquiler | Gabriel Rodríguez | Telemundo |
| 2014 | Villa paraíso | Ricardo Castillejo | Telemundo |
| 2014 | Tierra de Reyes | Ignacio Del Junco | Telemundo |
| 2020 | 100 días para enamorarnos | Héctor Morillo | Telemundo |

### Theater

| Year | Play | Role | Place |
| 1985 | Zoo | Jerry | I.S.S.T.E. Theatre, Mexico City |
| 1986 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimiro/Estragon | I.S.S.T.E. Theatre, Mexico |
| 1986 | The Visit of the Beast | Raul | El Hijo Del Cuervo Stage, Mexico City |
| 1986 | How to Forget My Past | Gerard | Hidalgo Theater, Mexico City |
| 1987 | Tito, the Little Elephant | Tijo the lizard | Ecatepec Forum, Mexico |
| 1988 | The Loneliness Well | Gorgeous | Teatro Fru Fru, Mexico City |
| 1989 | Hughie | Erie Smith | El Hijo Del Cuervo Stage, Mexico City |
| 1989 | Meeting Hours | Robbie | Silvia Pinal Theatre, Mexico City |
| 1989 | The Fiddler on the Roof | Chorus | Teatro Hidalgo, Mexico City |
| 2000 | Andres, There Comes the Train | Old Repudios | The Actors’ Home, Mexico City |
| 2003 | Who is The One Guilty? | Tony | Casa Panza, Miami |