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Salvador Chacón

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Salvador Chacón (born September 2, 1984) is a Mexican-American actor, producer[1] and director[2] best known for his role as Pablo[3] in the FX original series Mayans M.C.. He currently stars as Gerardo Ortiz-Niño in Apple TV's space series For All Mankind. Additionally he's appeared in Blackish, NCIS and The Chi[4] amongst others. He is a founder and executive producer at Wild Goats Creative and he is part of the director duo "Los Chacon"[5] together with his sibling, photographer Aldo Chacon.[6]

Early life

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Salvador Alfonso Gutiérrez Chacón a.k.a. Salvador Chacón was born in Mexico D.F. on September 2, 1984. He grew up between Mexico City and Cuernavaca Morelos and later moved to the U.S. to pursue a Drama degree at The University of Texas Pan-American. After graduating, he worked multiple jobs in film and Television before making the move to Los Angeles to focus on acting.

Career

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After moving to Los Angeles, Salvador started to work in advertising and commercials appearing in national and international campaigns for many American brands. He portrayed the spokesperson[7] for Nissan North American Hispanic market. Parallel to his commercial work he began to take roles in short films and web series that eventually led him to land roles in television shows such as NCIS and later Mayans M.C. and The Chi. Alongside his acting career, Chacón works as an Executive Producer for his company Wild Goats Creative.

Personal life

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Chacón resides in Los Angeles and often visits and works in Mexico City.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Breaking Cover Hernandez Short Film
2013 How To Forget Him Short Film
2014 Obsession Enrique Short Film
2015 Navidad Pedro Short Film
2016 Aztec Warrior Aztec Warriror Voice
2018 Wind In the Night Guillermo Short Film
2018 Bad Labor Roberto Vargas Feature Film
2018 Jesse James James Short Film
2019 Sanzu Caron Short Film
2022 Dark Blue Gael Short Film
2022 The Summoned Joe Agrippa Feature Film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Awkward Sunrise Lost In Translation Guy Lost In Translation
2014 Sissel With Sassel Sassel Main Cast
2015 Ex-Best Josh 3 Episodes
2017 The Get The Latino TV movie
2017 NCIS "A-Hole" Guard Season 15, Ep. 1: House Divided
2020 The Chi Tomas Gutierrez 3 Episodes
2018–2021 Mayans M.C. Pablo 13 Episodes
2022 Black-ish Jorge 1 Episode
2023–2024 For All Mankind Gerardo Ortiz-Niño 9 episodes

Podcasts

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Year Title Role Notes
2021 Wolverine: La Larga Noche The Hunter/Brent 2 Episodes

Commercials

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Over 50 National and International spots, print and digital campaigns, including the spokesperson role for Nissan North American Hispanic market.

References

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  1. ^ "Wild Goats Creative". wildGoats Creative. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. ^ Stories, Local. "Exploring Life & Business with Salvador and Aldo Chacón of WildGoats Creative - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. ^ trunkprc. "Salvador Chacon". TrunkSpace. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (2019-11-20). "'The Chi': Cory Hardrict, Joel Steingold & Salvador Chacon To Recur In Season 3 Of Showtime Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  5. ^ "LOS CHACÓN". LOS CHACÓN. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  6. ^ "Aldo Chacon".
  7. ^ "Salvador Chacon TV Commercials". www.ispot.tv. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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