Richard Chaves
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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Movies (18)
Tracers
2026 · Self
Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse
2009 · Buzzoose (voice)
Predator: Camouflage
2001 · Self
Predator: Character Design
2001 · Self
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000 · Self
Baja Run
1996 · Domingo
Night Realm
1994 · Ursis
Night Eyes II
1991 · Hector Mejenes
L.A. Takedown
1989 · Lou Casals
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 · Turkish Officer
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987 · Iron Dog
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · (voice)
Predator
1987 · Jorge 'Poncho' Ramirez
The Penalty Phase
1986 · Nolan Esherman
Cease Fire
1985 · Badman
Witness
1985 · Detective
Fire on the Mountain
1981 · Army Lieutenant
The Devil’s Train
· General Poncho Morgan
TV shows (9)
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Chief
Babylon 5
1994 · Alvares
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Special Agent Samuel Mills
War of the Worlds
1988 · Colonel Paul Ironhorse
L.A. Law
1986 · Carlos Mendez
MacGyver
1985 · Enrique, Manny
Miami Vice
1984 · D.A. Gordon Martinez
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Tim Potts
Hill Street Blues
1981