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Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has worked in film and on television. He had supporting roles in the 1990s in such box office hits as Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The River Wild (1994). From 1995 to 1999, he starred as New York City Police Department (NYPD) Detective Rey Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order.

Benjamin Bratt
Bratt in 2013
Born	(1963-12-16) December 16, 1963 (age 58) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (BFA) American Conservatory Theater
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Talisa Soto ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2

In the 2000s, Bratt appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000), Traffic (2000), Piñero (2001), Catwoman (2004), and Trucker (2008), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Snitch (2013), Coco (2017), among other films. On television, Bratt has portrayed Dr. Jake Reilly on ABC's Private Practice (2011–2013), Steve Navarro on 24: Live Another Day (2014), and Jahil Rivera on Star (2016–2018). He has also done voice acting in animated feature films.

Bratt produced the film Dolores (2017), which explores the life of Dolores Huerta, an American labor leader and civil rights activist. The film received critical acclaim and several awards.

Bratt has received a Screen Actors Guild Award and been nominated for two others. He has received four ALMA Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. He is an activist in the American Indian Movement.

Early life

Bratt was born on December 16, 1963, in San Francisco, California, the third of five children of Eldy (née Banda), a nurse and political activist, and Peter Bratt Sr., a sheet metal worker.[1] His mother was born in Lima, Peru, and is of Quechua descent. She moved to the United States with her family at age 14.[2] His father is an American of German and English ancestry.^{[citation needed]} Bratt's paternal grandfather, George, was a Broadway actor.[3][4]

An activist for Native American rights, his mother took Bratt (age 6) and her other children to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz. Led by young people from San Francisco, it raised national awareness of issues facing Native Americans, and attracted participants from across the country.[5] Bratt attended Lowell High School in San Francisco, where he was a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. Bratt earned a B.F.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986, where he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.[6] Enrolled in the M.F.A. program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, he left before receiving his degree in order to star in the 1987 television film Juarez.[5]

Career

Early work

He started his professional acting career at the Utah Shakespearean Festival, where he starred in the television film Juarez (1987). This received much critical acclaim, and he landed a supporting role in the television film Police Story: Gladiator School (1988). Also, he played his first film role as Esteban in Lovers, Partners & Spies (1988), which did not perform well at the box office. Bratt worked extensively in television, with roles in the Knightwatch and Nasty Boys series. In 1989, he starred in the film Nasty Boys, based on the television series.

Hollywood breakthrough and success

After several low-budget films and television films, including One Good Cop and Shadowhunter, in 1993, Bratt appeared in two Hollywood films. He portrayed a gang member turned LAPD officer named Paco Aguilar in Blood In, Blood Out, and Officer Alfredo Garcia from the year 2032 in Demolition Man.

The following year, he played supporting roles in the popular films of The River Wild, Clear and Present Danger, and James A. Michener's Texas.

Returning to television, he played Detective Reynaldo Curtis in the popular series Law & Order replacing Chris Noth, which gained him international recognition. Bratt appeared in 95 episodes over 5 seasons, 14 years, and 2 stints on the NBC show. For his role, in 1999 he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 1998 and 1999 he received ALMA awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series from American Latino Media Arts for this role on Law & Order.[5]

In 1999, Bratt decided to leave Law & Order. "I've felt like it was time to get back home to my family," Bratt said, "How do you walk away from the best job in the world and a group of people that you've grown to love? It's not easy, and it was an extremely difficult decision that I had to make."^{[citation needed]} On May 26, 1999, Bratt's final episode was aired. In 2009, Bratt returned as the now-retired Curtis on Law & Order, where he was reunited with his former boss, Lt. Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), in the episode that aired on December 11, 2009. He returned to his film career that same year.

Later work

In 2000, Bratt co-starred with Madonna and Rupert Everett in The Next Best Thing. That same year, he played opposite Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy Miss Congeniality and had a small role in the ensemble work Traffic, which included Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle and Catherine Zeta-Jones. In 2004, the actor co-starred in Catwoman with Halle Berry and Sharon Stone. Bratt often portrays Hispanic characters, especially in his later work. Bratt said, "I've played 'Latin-looking spiv, third from the right so many times I can't count." In 2001, he starred in the biopic film Piñero, for which he received an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor. He played Puerto Rican actor and poet Miguel Piñero.

He produced the 2009 film La Mission, directed by his brother, Peter Bratt. Peter Bratt also directed Follow Me Home, which Bratt produced and starred in.

In 2017, Bratt served as a Consulting Producer for the documentary film Dolores, directed by Peter Bratt; they supported the American Indian Movement. The film received critical acclaim and many awards. In 2009, Bratt performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Bratt was passionate about his opportunity to play a Tlicho Indian in the film The Lesser Blessed, which he valued because of his own Native background.

Bratt has appeared in several television shows since 2000, including starring as Jahil Rivera on Star and William Banks in The Cleaner. He played Dr. Jake Reilly in 36 episodes of Private Practice. He also appeared in such notable series as Frasier, 24: Live Another Day and E-Ring. Bratt appeared in Exiled: A Law & Order Movie and Homicide: Life on the Street as Rey Curtis, his role in Law & Order. His later popular films include The Woodsman, Snitch, Trucker, Thumbsucker, The Great Raid, Ride Along 2, and The Infiltrator.

Bratt has featured in five animated feature films, which include El Macho, the main antagonist, in Despicable Me 2. He played Manny the cameraman in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and reprised his role in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Also, in 2015, he voiced Superman in Justice League: Gods and Monsters. In the 2017 film Coco, Bratt voiced Ernesto de la Cruz, the main antagonist who was a Mexican folk legend and main character Miguel's idol. Bratt sings "Remember Me", a popular song in the film that is sung by many other characters throughout. "Remember Me" won Best Original Song at the 2018 Academy Awards; Coco won Best Animated Feature.

In 2016, Bratt played Jonathan Pangborn, a former paraplegic who uses magic to regain the full use of his body, in Doctor Strange. Bratt starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the 2019 action-thriller film A Score to Settle, directed by Shawn Ku.

Activism and philanthropy

He has been active in the American Indian Movement and supports such causes as the American Indian College Fund.[5]

He narrated We Shall Remain (2009), a PBS mini-series about Native Americans, and part of its American Experience.[7]

Bratt has for years supported and served as a board member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Friendship House Association of American Indians and the Native American Health Center.[8] Bratt also has supported area organizations such as the Tribal Athletics Program, and United Indian Nations.[5]

In 2002, he and Priscilla López received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).[9]

Personal life

In 1998, Bratt began dating actress Julia Roberts. In 2001, they announced they were no longer a couple.[10]

In 2002, he began dating actress and former Bond girl Talisa Soto; they married on April 13 in San Francisco. The two had met ten years earlier during a casting audition. During the filming of Piñero (2001) they began to develop a relationship. Their first child, daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, was born on December 6, 2002; their second child, son Mateo Bravery Bratt, was born on October 3, 2005.[11][12]

His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed the film Follow Me Home (1996), featuring Benjamin as Abel.

Additionally, Peter wrote and directed the independent film La Mission (2009), starring Benjamin as Che Rivera, an inhabitant of the Mission District.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Lovers, Partners & Spies	Esteban
1989	Nasty Boys	Eduardo Cruz
1990	Bright Angel	Claude
1991	One Good Cop	Detective Felix
	Chains of Gold	Carlos
1993	Blood In Blood Out	Paco Aguilar
	Demolition Man	Officer Alfredo Garcia
1994	Clear and Present Danger	Captain Ramírez
	The River Wild	Ranger Johnny
1996	Follow Me Home	Abel	Producer
2000	The Next Best Thing	Ben Cooper
	The Last Producer	Damon Black
	Red Planet	Lieutenant Ted Santen
	Miss Congeniality	FBI Agent Eric Matthews
	Traffic	Juan Obregón
2001	Piñero	Miguel Piñero
2002	Abandon	Detective Wade Handler
2004	The Woodsman	Carlos
	Catwoman	Detective Tom Lone
2005	Thumbsucker	Matt Schramm
	The Great Raid	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci
2007	Love in the Time of Cholera	Dr. Juvenal Urbino
2008	Trucker	Leonard 'Len' Bonner
2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Manny	Voice
	The People Speak	Himself
	La Mission	Che Rivera	Producer
2013	Snitch	Juan Carlos 'El Topo' Pintera
	The Lesser Blessed	Jed
	Despicable Me 2	Eduardo Perez / El Macho	Voice
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Manny
2015	Justice League: Gods and Monsters	Lor-Zod / Hernan Guerra / Superman
2016	Ride Along 2	Antonio Pope
	Special Correspondents	John Baker
	The Infiltrator	Roberto Alcaino
	Doctor Strange	Jonathan Pangborn
2017	Shot Caller	Sheriff Sanchez
	Coco	Ernesto de la Cruz	Voice
	Dolores	Unknown	Consulting Producer
2019	A Score to Settle	'Q'
2020	Best Summer Ever	Daphne's Dad
2022	Dead for a Dollar		Post-production

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Juarez	Sergeant Rosendo Juarez	Television film
1988	Police Story: Gladiator School	Officer Dave Ramirez	Television film
1988–1989	Knightwatch	Tony Maldonado	9 episodes
1989–1990	Nasty Boys	Eduardo Cruz	13 episodes
1990	Capital News	Unknown
1993	Shadowhunter	Nakai Twobear	Television film
1994	Texas	Benito Garza	Television film
1995–2009	Law & Order	Detective Rey Curtis	95 episodes, main role (S6-S9), guest (S20, Ep11)
1996–1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Detective Rey Curtis	3 episodes
1996	Woman Undone	Jim Mercer	Television film
1998	Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Detective Rey Curtis	Television film
2001	After the Storm	Arno	Television film
2003	Frasier	Kevin, The Caller	Episode: "The Doctor Is Out"
2005–2006	E-Ring	Lieutenant Colonel Jim Tisnewski	23 episodes
2008	The Andromeda Strain	Dr. Jeremy Stone	2 episodes
2008–2009	The Cleaner	William Banks	26 episodes Producer
2009	American Experience	Narrator	3 episodes
2010–2020	Modern Family	Javier Delgado	6 episodes
2011–2013	Private Practice	Dr. Jake Reilly	36 episodes
2014	24: Live Another Day	Steve Navarro	10 episodes
2016–2018	Star	Jahil Rivera	Main cast
2022	DMZ	Parco Delgado	Main cast, miniseries

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1996	NCLR Bravo Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Law & Order	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
1997
1998
	OFTA Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Won
1999
		Outstanding Actor in Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series	Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Law & Order	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2000
2001		Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Traffic	Won
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Combo	The Next Best Thing (with Madonna)	Nominated
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy	Miss Congeniality	Won
2002	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Piñero
	HOLA Awards	Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence	Himself
2005	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Combo	Catwoman (with Halle Berry)	Nominated
2009	PRISM Awards	Outstanding Performance in a Drama Multi-Episode Storyline	The Cleaner	Won
	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
	Imagen Awards	Best Actor – Television		Nominated
2010		Best Actor – Film	La Mission	Won
2012	ALMA Awards	Favorite TV Actor	Private Practice	Nominated
2013	Imagen Awards	Best Actor – Television

References

External links

• Benjamin Bratt at IMDb 
• Benjamin Bratt at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin George Bratt (* 16. Dezember 1963 in San Francisco, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin George Bratt (San Francisco, California; 16 de diciembre de 1963) es un actor de cine y televisión estadounidense de origen peruano. Ganador del Premio del Sindicato de Actores al mejor reparto y candidato a un Emmy,[1] es conocido por sus intervenciones en películas como Miss Congeniality (2000), Traffic (2000), Catwoman (2004) y en las series de televisión Law & Order (1995-2009) y Modern family (2009-2020)

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[ru] Брэтт, Бенджамин

Бенджамин Брэтт (англ. Benjamin Bratt; род. 16 декабря 1963, Сан-Франциско, Калифорния) — американский актёр. Получил известность благодаря роли детектива Рейнальдо Кёртиса в сериале «Закон и порядок», а также участию в фильмах «За кровь платят кровью», «Мисс Конгениальность» и «Траффик», также в 2004 году снялся в фильме «Женщина кошка».

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