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Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is
an Emmy Award nominated American actor.
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Born Benjamin Bratt
December 16, 1963 (1963-12-16) (age 44)
San Francisco, California
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Biography
Early life
Bratt was born in San Francisco,
California, the son of Eldy (née Banda), a nurse, and a father who was a
sheet metal worker.[1][2] Bratt's father was an American of German and
English descent[3] and his mother is a Quechua Native American activist;
she was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. at age fourteen.[4][5][6]
Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt, was a Broadway
actor.[7][8] In San Francisco, California, Bratt attended Lowell High
School, where he developed his dramatic and oratory skills as a member
of the Lowell Forensic Society. Bratt went on to earn a B.F.A. at the
University of California, Santa Barbara where he also joined Lambda Chi
Alpha Fraternity. Although accepted into the M.F.A. program at the
American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California, he left before
receiving his degree to star in the television series, Juarez, which
never aired. His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed Follow Me
Home, casting Benjamin as Abel.
Career
Bratt's best-known role was 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.
Personal life
Bratt dated Julia Roberts for three years.
On April 13, 2002, in San Francisco, he married actress Talisa Soto,
whom he met while filming Piñero. 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, in Los Angeles.
As a child, Bratt's mother took Bratt along
with his siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation
of Alcatraz.[9] Today Bratt is an active supporter of Native American
causes such as the American Indian College Fund.[10]
Filmography
Nasty Boys (TV series) (1989-1990)
Shadowhunter (TV ) (1993)
Demolition Man (1993)
Blood In Blood Out (1993)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Texas (1994)
The River Wild (1994)
Follow Me Home (1996)
Law & Order (1990) (TV series)...
(1995-1999)
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998) (TV)
The Next Best Thing(2000)
Red Planet (2000)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Traffic (2000)
After the Storm (2001)
Piñero (2001)
Abandon (2002)
The Woodsman (2004)
Catwoman (2004)
The Great Raid (2005)
E-Ring (2005) (TV series)
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
The Andromeda Strain (2008 miniseries)
Guerrilla (2008)
Trucker (2008)
Cleaner (2008) (TV series)... (2008)
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