---
name: "Richard Chaves"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-chaves"
fi1m_id: "richard-chaves"
imdb_id: "nm0154520"
tmdb_id: 1106
wikidata_id: "Q460633"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 October 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:44:18.639725+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Chaves

## Identity

Richard Chaves

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-chaves
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-chaves
- **IMDb ID:** nm0154520
- **TMDB ID:** 1106
- **Wikidata ID:** Q460633
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chaves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1106

Actor. Born 8 October 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 October 1951, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chaves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1106

## Biography

Richard Chaves is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jorge 'Poncho' Ramirez in the 1987 science fiction film *Predator* and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ironhorse in the television series *War of the Worlds* (1988–1989).

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Chaves served as an infantryman in the US Army during the Vietnam War. After his discharge he studied acting and co-wrote the stage play *Tracers* with fellow veterans, which helped launch his screen career in the early 1980s.

His other credits include roles in *Witness* (1985), *Miami Vice*, *MacGyver*, *L.A. Law*, *Babylon 5* and *Star Trek: Voyager*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Predator* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez — [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)
- *Witness* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Detective — [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse* (2009), as Buzzoose (voice)
- *Baja Run* (1996), as Domingo
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Chief
- *Night Realm* (1994), as Ursis
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Alvares — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Special Agent Samuel Mills
- *Night Eyes II* (1991), as Hector Mejenes
- *L.A. Takedown* (1989), as Lou Casals
- *War of the Worlds* (1988), series, as Colonel Paul Ironhorse
- *Onassis: The Richest Man in the World* (1988), as Turkish Officer
- *The Gambler: The Legend Continues* (1987), as Iron Dog
- *Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam* (1987), as (voice)
- *Predator* (1987), as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)
- *The Penalty Phase* (1986), as Nolan Esherman
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Carlos Mendez
- *Cease Fire* (1985), as Badman
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Enrique, Manny
- *Witness* (1985), as Detective — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as D.A. Gordon Martinez — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Tim Potts — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Fire on the Mountain* (1981), as Army Lieutenant
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1985: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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