Benjamin Bratt

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Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt - parade Grand Master.jpg
Bratt in May 2010
Born (1963-12-16) December 16, 1963 (age 49)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Talisa Soto (2002–present)
Children Sophia Bratt
Mateo Bratt

Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order and his appearances in the movies Miss Congeniality, Demolition Man, Blood in Blood Out, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, La Mission, and Piñero. He currently portrays Dr. Jake Riley on the medical drama series Private Practice.

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Early life [edit]

Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eldy (née Banda), a nurse, and Peter Bratt, Sr., a sheet metal worker.[1][2] Bratt's mother is a Peruvian Indigenous activist of the Quechua ethnic group; born in Perú, she moved to the U.S. at age nine.[3] His father was an American of German and New Zealand English descent. They married December 30, 1960, in San Francisco,[4] but divorced in September 1967.[5] Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt (March 5, 1893 – March 29, 1984), was a Broadway actor. He married Bratt's grandmother, Wiltrude Hildner, on August 6, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan.[6][7][8]

As a child, Bratt went with his mother and siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz.[9] Today Bratt is an active supporter of such Native American causes as the American Indian College Fund[9] and We Shall Remain, a mini-series and multi-media project, narrated by Bratt, that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history from PBS' acclaimed series American Experience.[10] His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed the 1996 film Follow Me Home, casting Benjamin as Abel. In 2009 Peter wrote and directed the independent film La Mission also starring Benjamin as Che Rivera, an inhabitant of the Mission District. Bratt has for years been a strong supporter and board member of San Francisco Bay Area's Friendship House Association of American Indians and Native American Health Center.[11] He 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, where he also joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Although accepted into the M.F.A. program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, he left before receiving his degree to star in the television series Juarez.

Career [edit]

Bratt's best-known role has been that of Detective Reynaldo 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, 2009, Bratt appeared on The View to promote The Cleaner. On October 23, 2009, it was announced that Bratt will return as Detective Curtis on Law & Order. Curtis reunited with his former boss, Lt. Anita van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), which aired on December 11, 2009. He left the show that same year to continue his film career.[12] 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.

Personal life [edit]

In 1998, he began dating actress Julia Roberts. He escorted her to the 2001 Academy Awards ceremony, at which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Four months later, they announced that they were no longer a couple.[13] In 2002, he (along with Priscilla López) received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA). Less than a year later, he married his pregnant girlfriend, actress Talisa Soto, on April 13, 2002, in San Francisco. The two met ten years earlier during the casting audition of Blood In Blood Out and afterwards they saw each other on and off. It was not until the filming of Piñero that 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, in Los Angeles.

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1988 Police Story: Gladiator School Officer Dave Ramirez
1989 Nasty Boys Eduardo Cruz
1990 Bright Angel Claude
1990 Capital News
1991 One Good Cop Felix
1991 Chains of Gold Carlos
1993 Blood In Blood Out Paco Aguilar
1993 Demolition Man Officer Alfredo Garcia
1993 Shadowhunter Nakai Twobear
1994 James A. Michener's Texas Benito Garza
1994 Clear and Present Danger Captain Ramírez
1994 The River Wild Ranger Johnny
1996 Follow Me Home Abel
1996 Woman Undone Jim Mercer
1998 Exiled: A Law & Order Movie Det. Rey Curtis
2000 The Next Best Thing Ben Cooper
2000 The Last Producer Damon Black
2000 Red Planet Lt. Ted Santen
2000 Miss Congeniality Eric Matthews
2000 Traffic Juan Obregón
2001 Piñero Miguel Piñero
2001 After the Storm Arno
2002 Abandon Wade Handler
2004 The Woodsman Carlos
2004 Catwoman Tom Lone
2005 Thumbsucker Matt Schramm
2005 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
2009 The People Speak Himself
2009 La Mission Che Rivera
2013 Snitch El Topo
2013 The Lesser Blessed Jed
2013 Despicable Me 2 Eduardo Voice
2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Manny Voice

Television [edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1987 Juarez Sgt. Rosendo Juarez
1988 Lovers, Partners & Spies Estaban
1988–1989 Knightwatch Tony Maldonado 9 episodes
1989–1990 Nasty Boys Eduardo Cruz 13 episodes
1995–1999 Law & Order Det. Rey Curtis 95 episodes
1996–1999 Homicide: Life on the Street Det. Rey Curtis 3 episodes
2003 Frasier Kevin Voice
1 episode
2005–2006 E-Ring Lt. Col. Jim Tisnewski 22 episodes
2008 The Andromeda Strain Dr. Jeremy Stone
2008–2009 The Cleaner William Banks 26 episodes
2009 Freedom Riders
2009 American Experience Narrator 3 episodes
2009 Law & Order Det. Rey Curtis 1 episode
2010–present Modern Family Javier Delgado 2 episodes
2011 Happily Divorced David 1 episode
2011–2013 Private Practice Dr. Jake Riley

Awards and nominations [edit]

ALMA Awards [edit]

2009 Category: Best Actor in Drama (Year in Television) for The Cleaner (2008) (TV)

2002 Category: Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Pinero (2001)

1999 Category: Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990)

1999 Category: Outstanding Actor in Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series for Exiled (1998) (TV Movie)

1998 Category: Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards [edit]

2001 Category: Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy for Miss Congeniality (2000)

Emmy Awards [edit]

1999
Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990)

HOLA Awards [edit]

2002
Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence

Imagen Foundation Awards [edit]

2009
Category: Best Actor – Television for The Cleaner (2008) (TV)

NCLR Bravo Awards [edit]

1996
Category: Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990)

PRISM Awards [edit]

2009
Category: Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline for The Cleaner (2008) (TV)

Screen Actors Guild Awards [edit]

2001
Category: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for Traffic (2000) shared with Steven Bauer; James Brolin; Don Cheadle
2000
Category: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990) shared with Angie Harmon; Steven Hill; Jesse L. Martin
1999
Category: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990) shared with Angie Harmon; Steven Hill; Carey Lowell
1998
Category: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990) shared with Steven Hill; Carey Lowell; S. Epatha Merkerson
1997
Category: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990) shared with Jill Hennessy; Steven Hill; Carey Lowell
1996
Category: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Law & Order (1990) shared with Jill Hennessy; Steven Hill; S. Epatha Merkerson

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Benjamin Bratt Biography (1963–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "How Hollywood Gave 'Cholera' a Delicate Treatment". The Washington Post. November 11, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  4. ^ "California Marriage Index 1960–1985". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Colorado Divorce Index 1966–1984". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  6. ^ Liz Braun (November 14, 2007). "Benjamin Bratt gets personal". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Benjamin Bratt Biography on Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Michigan Marriages 1868–1925". Search.labs.familysearch.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b "Benjamin Bratt -Native Networks". Nativenetworks.si.edu. December 2, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  10. ^ "We Shall Remain". PBS.org. April 13, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Friendship House". Friendshiphousesf.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  12. ^ Benjamin Bratt. "Benjamin Bratt Returning to Law & Order". TVGuide.com. 
  13. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (July 11, 2001). "Julia Roberts Lays It on the Line – David Letterman, Julia Roberts". People. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 

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