Santiago Cabrera

South American-born actor Santiago Cabrera originally planned to pursue a career as a professional soccer player prior to discovering his love for acting. Classically trained on the stages of the U.K.'s Drama Centre London, Cabrera first appeared onscreen in British television productions like "MI-5" (BBC, 2002-06). He entered the U.S. market as Octavius, the successor to Julius Caesar (Colm Feore), in the big-budget historical miniseries "Empire" (ABC, 2005), before landing a prime spot on the much-hyped superhero adven…more