Biography
Handsome and athletic performer of stage, screen and TV who proved charismatic and very funny playing self-consciously macho Mexican-Americans in two droll satires helmed by Paul Bartel, "Eating Raoul" (1982) and "Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" (1989). Beltran was also Chuck Norris' sidekick in "Lone Wolf McQuade" (1982), the male lead in the sci-fi comedy "Night of the Comet" (1984) and the star of cinematographer-director …
Career Milestones
1999 | Co-starred in "Luminarias" | |
1997 | Appeared in title role of "Hamlet" at the Actors' Gang Theater | |
1995 | Debut as a series regular, played First Officer Chakotay on "Star Trek: Voyager" | |
1994 | Played the recurring role of Lt. Louis Soto on "Models, Inc.", primetime soap | |
| Co-founded and served as co-artistic director of the East Los Angeles Classic Theater Group | ||
1990 | Played the title character in "El Diablo", a Western-comedy made-for-cable movie co-scripted by John Carpenter on HBO | |
1989 | Reteamed with Paul Bartel for a featured role in "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" | |
1987 | Co-starred in "Barrington", a busted crime drama pilot broadcast on "CBS Summer Playhouse" | |
1985 | Starred as a Chicano Green Beret advisor to the Contras in Honduras in Haskell Wexler's "Latino" | |
1986 | Starred in "The Family Martinez", a busted CBS sitcom pilot | |
1984 | Played the male lead in "The Night of the Comet" | |
| First starring stage role in Valdez's "Corridos" | ||
1984 | TV-movie debut, "Calendar Girl Murders" | |
1984 | TV acting debut, starred as a Sioux brave in "The Mystic Warrior", an ABC miniseries | |
1982 | First substantial film role, played Raoul in Paul Bartel's "Eating Raoul" | |
| Worked with El Teatro Campesino, a workers' theater company founded by Valdez | ||
1981 | Made feature acting debut in a small role in Valdez's film version of his play "Zoot Suit" | |
1981 | Met actor-writer-director Paul Bartel | |
| Met celebrated playwright, screenwriter and director Luis Valdez | ||
1979 | Joined the California Shakespeare Festival | |
| Moved to L.A. | ||
| Began acting in school plays | ||
| Aspired to become a professional football player | ||
| Began acting in elementary school | ||
| Born and raised in Bakersfield, California | ||