Xavier Sotelo

Born and raised in San Francisco California Xaviers first exposure to acting was a location shoot for the TV series Streets of San Francisco starring Michael Douglas and Karl Malden in 1973 a Quinn Martin Production at 8 years of age Since then Xavier has gone on to study acting in California New York Toronto and Ottawa Canada most notably with John Strasberg Over his lengthy film and television career with a firm foundation in theatre Xavier has gone on to appear in over 40 titles ranging from independent films Canadian PSAs MOWs for both Hallmark and Lifetime Networks in both principal and lead supporting roles big budget feature films and major network episodic television Most notably Xavier has had the distinction of being the first Latino male to have sat in the captains chair in one of television longest running and enduring science fiction franchises Star Trek as Captain Diego Vela on Star Trek Discovery on CBS Paramount