Robert Beltran

• Name — Robert Beltran • Birth Name — Robert Adame Beltran • Born — 19 November 1953 • Birthplace — Bakersfield, California, U.S. • Education — Bakersfield College (attended) California State University, Fresno (BA) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1981–present • Children — 1[1] • Relatives — Louie Cruz Beltran (brother)

Beltran was born in Bakersfield, California,[2] the son of Aurelia and Luis Beltran Perez,[3] immigrants from Mexico. He attended East Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield College.[4] He has two sisters and seven brothers, including Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran.

Beltran graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in Theater Arts and moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. He had his first film role in Zoot Suit in 1981, but his breakthrough came in 1982 when he played the title character in the independently produced dark comedy Eating Raoul. Beltran had a supporting role as Chuck Norris' partner Trooper Kayo Ramos in the 1983 film Lone Wolf McQuade. He then starred in the 1984 TV film The Mystic Warrior as Native American brave Ahbleza, and as Hector in 1984's Night of the Comet. He played Father Michael in a 1993 episode of Murder She Wrote (S9, E12). He played Commander Chakotay, the Native American first officer of the starship Voyager, in the science-fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001. During this time, he won the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series in 1997. He was also nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999. Beltran founded and co-directed the East LA Classic Theater Group. He is also a member of the Classical Theater Lab, an ensemble of professional actors who co-produced his production of Hamlet in 1997, which he directed and starred in. Beltran has collaborated with amateur actors in performing plays and scenes of plays of William Shakespeare. He produced and starred in a Los Angeles production of The Big Knife by Clifford Odets, a play which explores the Hollywood environment under the big studio system of the 1940s.[5] In May 2009, Beltran played the dual roles of Don Fermin and Older Eusebio in the American Conservatory Theater's staging of José Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted. He had the recurring role of Jerry Flute in Seasons 3 and 4 of HBO's Big Love.

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Writer — Theatre — Notes • 1979 — California Shakespeare Festival — Unknown — Unknown — Unknown — Unknown • 1980 — Bard in the Box Tour • 1980 — La Pastorela — Luzbel — El Teatro Campesino • 1981 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Oberon — William Shakespeare — California Shakespeare Festival • 1981 — Henry IV, Part 1 & Henry IV, Part 2 — Unknown • 1981 — Hamlet — Hamlet — Robert Beltran and Kris Tabori — The Actors' Gang • 1981 — Romeo and Juliet — Unknown — Unknown — Unknown — Unknown • 1981 — The Taming of the Shrew — Petraccio • 1983 — Corridos — Unknown — El Teatro Campesino • 1985 — The Quartered Man — Agent — Mark Travis — Donald Freed — Los Angeles Theatre Center • 1986 — I Don't Have to Show You No Stinkin' Badges — Sunny — Tony Curiel — Luis Valdez — San Diego Repertory Theatre • 1987 — Stars in the Morning Sky — Unknown — Bill Bushnell — Alexander Galin — Los Angeles Theatre Center • 1988 — A Burning Beach — Cuba — Bill Bushnell and Jose Luis Valenzuela — Eduardo Machado • 1989 — Macbeth — Banquo — Des McAnuff — William Shakespeare — Mandell Weiss Center • 1991 — Windows — The Lieutenant — Robert Egan — Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner — Los Angeles Theatre Center • 1993 — A Touch of the Poet — Cornelius — Rubén Sierra — Eugene O'Neill — Cal State L.A. • 1997 — Hamlet — Hamlet — Robert Beltran — William Shakespeare — The Actors' Gang • 2003 — The Big Knife — Charlie Castle — Tonyo Melendez — Clifford Odets — Lillian Theatre • 2009 — Henry IV, Part 1 & Henry IV, Part 2 — Unknown — Unknown — William Shakespeare — Unknown • 2009 — Boleros for the Disenchanted — Don Fermin/Eusebio — Carey Perloff — José Rivera — American Conservatory Theater • 2009 — Solitude — The Man — Jose Luis Valenzuela — Evelina Fernandez — Los Angeles Theatre Center • 2011 — Devil's Advocate — General Noriega — Donald Freed

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1984 — Calendar Girl Murders — Mooney — Television film • 1984 — The Mystic Warrior — Television film • 1985 — Street Hawk — Marty Walsh — 1.5-hour pilot • 1986 — The Family Martinez — Hector Martinez — Television film • 1987 — CBS Summer Playhouse — Howard Thunder — Episode: "Barrington" • 1987 — Private Eye — Miguel Brojas — Episode: "Barrio Nights" • 1988 — The Bronx Zoo — Mike — Episode: "A Day in the Life" • 1989 — Miami Vice — Amendez — Episode: "Freefall" • 1990 — Sisters — Mike Perez — Television film • 1990 — El Diablo — "El Diablo" — Television film • 1990 — Midnight Caller — Carlos Valenzuela • 1991 — The Chase — Mike Silva — Television film • 1991 — Veronica Clare — Duke Rado • 1991 — La Pastorela — Luzbel • 1992 — Stormy Weathers — Gio — Television film • 1993 — Shadow Hunter — Frank Totsoni — Television film • 1993 — Rio Shannon — Tito Carson — Television film • 1993–1994 — Murder, She Wrote — Frank Garcia / Father Michael • 1994 — Lois & Clark — Fuentes / Murphy • 1994 — Models, Inc. — Lieutenant Louis Soto • 1994 — State of Emergency — Raoul Hernandez — Television film • 1995 — Runway One — Ramon Perez — Television film • 1995–2001 — Star Trek: Voyager — Commander Chakotay — Main cast; 172 episodes • 1999 — Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments — Chakotay (archive footage) • 2001 — 2001 ALMA Awards — Himself - Presenter — TV special • 2003 — CSI: Miami — Judge Ojeda — Episode: "Tinder Box" • 2005 — Manticore — Sergeant Baxter — Television film • 2007 — Fire Serpent — Cooke — Television film • 2007 — Medium — Father Armando Avilar — Episode: "Whatever Possessed You" • 2007 — Cry of the Winged Serpent — Father Juan — Television film • 2009–2011 — Big Love — Jerry Flute • 2012 — Young Justice — Maurice Bodaway (voice) — Episode: "Beneath" • 2022 — Star Trek: Prodigy — Captain Chakotay (voice) — Recurring role; 7 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force — Commander Chakotay

Robert Beltran is recorded as actor.