Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Ricardo Antonio Chavira (born September 1, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Carlos Solis in the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012). He plays Abraham Quintanilla in the Netflix original series Selena: The Series (2020).

Chavira was born in Austin, Texas, the son of a Bexar County judge, Juan Antonio Chavira. Raised in San Antonio, he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and the University of the Incarnate Word.[1] He is a ’00 UC San Diego Alumnus and received his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of California San Diego’s graduate acting program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter.[2] Since then, he has worked in film, television and theatre.