Sunday, May 16, 2010

Carlos Solis (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) Bio

Character Bio

When we first met Carlos, he was a high-powered executive whose neglect of his wife led to her affair with their teenage gardener. After a stint in jail for dubious business practices, Carlos had an affair of his own, with the maid Gabrielle had convinced to bear their surrogate child.

The two divorced and Gaby began seeing Victor, the town's mayor, while Carlos began an affair with Edie Britt. But on her wedding day to Victor, Gabrielle and Carlos secretly resumed their torrid romance.

Victor tried to kill Carlos, but a timely tornado took Victor out -- and left Carlos blind. He and Gaby remarried and, to her shock and his delight, she became pregnant, not once but twice. Still blind but finally fulfilled as a father, Carlos found work at the local country club as a masseur.

Another blow to the head and a successful surgery later, Carlos' s sight was restored. He yearned to work with the blind at the local community center, but Gabrielle insisted he start bringing in the big bucks again, to make up for five years of penny-pinching. Carlos reluctantly agreed, and the two were right back where they started, rich but miserable.

About Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Film credits include Touchstone's "The Alamo" and several independent films. Television credits include a series regular role on "The Grubbs," recurring roles on "Six Feet Under" and "The Division," and guest star roles on "Joan of Arcadia," "Kingpin," "24" and "JAG," as well as "NYPD Blue" and two other Steven Bocho series, "Philly" and "City of Angels."

Chavira starred in a production of "Tracers" at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, and has worked at some of the country's top regional theatres, including the La Jolla Playhouse in "Dogeaters"; The Guthrie, in "Jack and Jill"; the San Diego Rep, in "Bandido"; and most recently, the Seattle Rep & Missouri Rep, where he starred in a co-production of "Living Out."

Chavira received his Master of Fine Arts degree from UC-San Diego in 2000 and his "D-A-D" degree in 2003, upon the birth of his son Tomas. 

Source: ABC, CTV

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