Andrew
Bree
Carlos
Gabrielle
Katherine
Lynette
Mary Alice
Mike
Orson
Susan
Tom
Carlos Solis
RICARDO ANTONIO CHAVIRA
THE SKINNY:
- Married to Gabrielle Solis
- Father of Juanita and Celia
- Had a torrid affair with Edie
- Ex-con
Carlos SAYS
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Gabrielle Solis
to Carlos:"Isn't it better to be safe than sorry?"
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Gabrielle Solis
to Carlos:"She's your trampy niece."
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Gabrielle Solis
to Carlos:"I just don't want my kids to ever know I lived like that."
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.
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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.
ACTOR BIO
You can pretty much declare that Ricardo Antonio Chavira’s Desperate Housewives character Carlos Solis has one of the most high maintenance wives on television. Luckily this South Texas native is more than up to the challenge of the role.
Chavira was born in Austin and raised in San Antonio, where he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He received his MFA from the highly regarded UC-San Diego's Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter.
Film credits include Touchstone's The Alamo and several independent features. Television credits prior to Desperate Housewives 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.
His success on Desperate Housewives has afforded him the opportunity to help in the fight against Breast Cancer, a cause that became highly personal to him at the age of 15, when he lost his own mother to breast and ovarian cancer. He is San Antonio's honorary spokesman for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Chavira's greatest achievement and honor, however, was the birth of his son, Tomas Antonio Chavira, in 2003.
Film credits include Touchstone's The Alamo and several independent features. Television credits prior to Desperate Housewives 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.
His success on Desperate Housewives has afforded him the opportunity to help in the fight against Breast Cancer, a cause that became highly personal to him at the age of 15, when he lost his own mother to breast and ovarian cancer. He is San Antonio's honorary spokesman for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Chavira's greatest achievement and honor, however, was the birth of his son, Tomas Antonio Chavira, in 2003.
