Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, and Piñero. He starred on the A&E Network drama The Cleaner.

Early life
Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of nurse Eldy (née Banda) and a sheet metal worker father.Bratt’s mother is a Peruvian Indigenous activist of the Quechua ethnic group; born in Peru, she moved to the U.S. at age 14.His father was an American of German and English descent.They married December 30, 1960, in San Francisco,but divorced in September 1967.Bratt’s paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt (MarchŅ, 1893-March 29, 1984), was a Broadway actor who married his grandmother Wiltrude Hildner on August 6, 1ᙘ, in Detroit, Michigan.
As a child, Bratt went with his mother and siblings to participate within the 1ᚉ Native American occupation of Alcatraz. These days Bratt is an active supporter of such Native American causes as the American Indian College Fund and We Shall Remain, a mini-series and multi-media project, narrated by Bratt, that establishes Native history as an vital part of American history from PBS’ acclaimed series American Experience.
His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed Follow Me House, casting Benjamin as Abel. Also “La Mission” (2010 Indie Film) casting as Che
Bratt has been a strong supporter and board member of San Francisco Bay Area’s Friendship House Association of American Indians and Native American Health Center for years.

Schooling
In San Francisco, Bratt attended Lowell High School, where he developed his dramatic and oratory skills as a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. Bratt earned a B.F.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara, exactly where he also joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Though accepted into the M.F.A. program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, he left prior to receiving his degree to star within the television series Juarez.

Personal life
In 1998, he began dating actress Julia Roberts. He escorted her to the March 25, 썑, Academy Awards ceremony, at which she won the Academy Award for Greatest Actress. Three months later, in June 2001, they announced that they were no longer a couple.
Less than a year later, he married his pregnant girlfriend, actress Talisa Soto, on April 13,񎧒, in San Francisco. The two met ten years earlier during the casting audition of Blood In Blood Out and afterwards off and on they saw each other. It was not until while filming Piñero that they started to develop a relationship. Their very first kid, daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, was born on December 6, 2002 their second child, son Mateo Bravery Bratt, was born on October 3, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Career

Bratt’s best-known role has been that of Det. Rey Curtis on the television show Law & Order. In 1999, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on the series. His more popular films include Miss Congeniality, Blood in Blood out and Traffic. On June 23, 2ዉ, Bratt appeared on The View to promote The Cleaner.

On October 23, it was announced that Bratt will return as Detective Reynaldo Curtis on Law & Order, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Curtis reunited with his former boss, Lt. Anita van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), which aired on December 11, 2009. Bratt was nominated for a best supporting actor Emmy for the role in 1999. After four seasons, he left the show that same year to pursue a film career.

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”.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1990	Bright Angel	Claude
1991	One Good Cop	Felix
1993	Blood In Blood Out	Paco Aguilar	Alternative title: Bound by Honor
	Demolition Man	Officer Alfredo Garcia
1994	Clear and Present Danger	Captain Ramírez
	The River Wild	Ranger Johnny
1996	Follow Me Home	Abel
2000	The Next Best Thing	Ben Cooper
	The Last Producer	Damon Black
	Red Planet	Lt. Ted Santen
	Miss Congeniality	Eric Matthews
	Traffic	Juan Obregón
2001	Piñero	Miguel Piñero
2002	Abandon	Wade Handler
2004	The Woodsman	Carlos
	Catwoman	Tom Lone
2005	Thumbsucker	Matt Schramm
	The Great Raid	Lt. Col. 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 Role
2010	La Mission	Che Rivera
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Juarez	Sgt. Rosendo Juarez	TV-Pilot
1988	Lovers, Partners & Spies	Estaban	TV-Pilot
	Police Story: Gladiator School	Officer Dave Ramirez	TV-Movie
1988–1989	Knightwatch	Tony Maldonado	9 episodes
1989	Nasty Boys	Eduardo Cruz	TV-Movie
1989–19Ⱥ	Nasty Boys	Eduardo Cruz	13 episodes
1990	Capital News		TV-Movie/TV-Pilot
1991	Chains of Gold	Carlos	TV-Movie
1993	Shadowhunter	Nakai Twobear	TV-Movie
1994	James A. Michener’s Texas	Benito Garza	Alternative title:� Texas TV-Movie
1995–1999	Law & Order	Det. Rey Curtis	95 episodes
1996	Woman Undone	Jim Mercer	TV-Movie
1996–1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Det. Rey Curtis	3 episodes
1998	Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Det. Rey Curtis	TV-Movie
2001	After the Storm	Arno	TV-Movie
2003	Frasier	Kevin, the Caller	Episode: The Doctor Is Out
2005–2006	E-Ring	Lt. Col. Jim Tisnewski	23 episodes
2008	The Andromeda Strain	Dr. Jeremy Stone	Miniseries
2008�€“썙	The Cleaner	William Banks	26 episodes
2009	Freedom Riders
	American Experience	Narrator	3 episodes
	Law & Order	Det. Rey Curtis	1 episode
2010	Modern Family	Javier Delgado	Episode: Up All Night

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