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Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt at the premiere of The Great Raid, 2005
Born	December 16, 1963 (1963-12-16) (age 46) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Talisa Soto (2002-present)

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.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Schooling 1.3 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Awards and nominations 3 Filmography 3.1 Movies 3.2 Television series 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of nurse Eldy (née Banda) and a sheet metal worker father.¹² Bratt's mother is a Peruvian Indigenous activist; born in Peru, she moved to the U.S. at age 14.³⁴⁵ His father was an American of German and English descent.⁶ They married December 30, 1960 in San Francisco,⁷ but divorced in September 1967.⁸ Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt (March 5, 1893-March 29, 1984), was a Broadway actor who married his grandmother Wiltrude Hildner on August 6, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan.⁹¹⁰¹¹

As a child, Bratt went with his mother and siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz.¹² Today Bratt is an active supporter of such Native American causes as the American Indian College Fund¹² 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.¹³

His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed Follow Me Home, casting Benjamin as Abel.

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.¹⁴

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, 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.

Personal life

In 1998, he began dating actress Julia Roberts. He escorted her to the March 25, 2001 Academy Awards ceremony, at which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Three months later, in June 2001, they announced that they were no longer a couple.¹⁵

Less than a year later, he married his pregnant girlfriend, actress Talisa Soto, on April 13, 2002, in San Francisco. The two 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.

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, 2009, Bratt appeared on The View to promote The Cleaner.

On October 14, 2009, it was announced that Benjamin Bratt will guest-star on ABC's hit comedy, Modern Family, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bratt will play the ex-husband of Sofia Vergara's Gloria.¹⁶

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.¹⁷

Awards and nominations

>ALMA Awards

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

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

>Emmy Awards

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

>Imagen Foundation Awards

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

>NCLR Bravo Awards

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

>PRISM Awards

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

>Razzie Awards

2005 Category: Worst Screen Couple for Catwoman (2004) shared with Halle Berry; Sharon Stone

2001 Category: Worst Screen Couple for The Next Best Thing (2000) shared with Madonna; Rupert Everett

>Screen Actors Guild Awards

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

Filmography

Movies

• One Good Cop (1991)
• 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)
• 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)
• Thumbsucker (2005)
• The Great Raid (2005)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (2008)
• Trucker (2008)
• La Mission (2009)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) (voice of Manny)

Television series

• Nasty Boys (1989–1990)
• Law & Order (1990, 1995-1999 & 2009¹⁷)
• E-Ring (2005)
• The Andromeda Strain (2008 miniseries)
• The Cleaner (2008–2009)¹⁸
• We Shall Remain (2009)
• Modern Family (2009) - "Up All Night"

References

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External links

• Benjamin Bratt at the Internet Movie Database
• Benjamin Bratt at Allmovie
• Benjamin Bratt profile at NNDB
• Rare 1989-1990 Footage of Benjamin Bratt Behind the Scenes of Dick Wolf's "Nasty Boys"
• Article "Emmy-Nominated Actor Benjamin Bratt"