Benjamin Bratt
Highest Rated: 97% Coco (2017)
Lowest Rated: 9% Catwoman (2004)
Birthday: Dec 16, 1963
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Benjamin Bratt was already an experienced film and TV actor by the time his four-year stint as Det. Reynaldo "Rey" Curtis on NBC's long-running hit Law and Order made him famous. Born and raised in San Francisco, Bratt studied acting at UC-Santa Barbara and in his hometown. After roles in two short-lived 1980s TV series, Bratt made his film debut as John Travolta's foe in the shelved, then straight-to-cable Chains of Gold (1991). Concentrating on building a movie career, Bratt played supporting roles in the action films Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The River Wild (1994), as well as one of the lead roles in Bound by Honor (1993), about Chicano gang life. After joining Law and Order in 1995 as the coolly-passionate Curtis, the half-Peruvian Indian, half-Caucasian Bratt's chiseled looks received positive notices along with his acting, but rather than rest on his laurels, Bratt used his hiatus time to produce (with his director brother Peter Bratt) and star in the indie film Follow Me Home (1997). After leaving the show in 1999 (girlfriend Julia Roberts guest-starred in one of Bratt's last episodes), Bratt moved back to San Francisco to be closer to his family and focus on making movies. He costarred as Madonna's paramour in The Next Best Thing (2000).Untouched by The Next Best Thing's failure, Bratt joined the prestigious ensemble cast of Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed, Oscar-winning narcotics drama Traffic (2000), becoming nearly unrecognizable in a brief appearance as a sleazy drug dealer. Scoring his second Christmas 2000 hit, Bratt played off his smooth, sexy law enforcement officer image as Sandra Bullock's FBI ally-turned-love interest in the comedy Miss Congeniality (2000).Though the first half of 2001 was marked by his well-publicized break-up with Roberts, Bratt was poised to leave his days as tabloid fodder behind with his lead performance in the independent biopic Piñero (2001). Winning the title role over such high profile Latino actors as Jimmy Smits, Bratt's uncanny evocation of troubled Nuyorican writer and drug casualty Miguel Piñero attracted early dark horse Oscar buzz.Bratt would go on to find continued success on the small screen throughout the 2000's, in mini-series like The Andromeda Strain , and continually on Law and Order, which he would stick with until 2007. Bratt would also star on the TV series The Cleaner, as well as on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | A Score to Settle | Q | — | 2019 |
| 97% | Coco | Ernesto de la Cruz | $208.5M | 2017 |
| 67% | Shot Caller | Sanchez | — | 2017 |
| 89% | Doctor Strange | Actor | $232.7M | 2016 |
| 72% | The Infiltrator | Roberto Alcaino | $15.5M | 2016 |
| 14% | Ride Along 2 | Pope | — | 2016 |
| 17% | Special Correspondents | John Baker | — | 2016 |
| 88% | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Superman/Hernan Guerra | — | 2015 |
| 75% | Despicable Me 2 | Eduardo/El Macho | $368.1M | 2013 |
| 57% | Snitch | Juan Carlos "El Topo" Pintera | $43M | 2013 |
| 50% | The Lesser Blessed | Jed | — | 2013 |
| 50% | La MISSION | Che Rivera Producer | $1.1M | 2010 |
| 59% | Trucker | Len Bonner | — | 2009 |
| 86% | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | Manny | $124.9M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | The People Speak | Actor | — | 2009 |
| 25% | Love in the Time of Cholera | Dr. Juvenal Urbino | $4.6M | 2007 |
| 71% | Thumbsucker | Matt Schramm | $1.2M | 2005 |
| 38% | The Great Raid | Lt. Col. Mucci | $10.1M | 2005 |
| 88% | The Woodsman | Carlos | $1.5M | 2004 |
| 9% | Catwoman | Tom Lone | $40.3M | 2004 |
| 43% | Piñero | Miguel Pinero | $0.2M | 2002 |
| 16% | Abandon | Wade Handler | $10.7M | 2002 |
| 33% | The Last Producer | Damon Black | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | After the Storm | Arno | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Alcatraz Is Not an Island | Actor | — | 2001 |
| 92% | Traffic | Juan | $123.9M | 2000 |
| 42% | Miss Congeniality | Eric Matthews | — | 2000 |
| 14% | Red Planet | Ted Santen | — | 2000 |
| 19% | The Next Best Thing | Ben | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Final Hit | Damon Black | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Exiled (Exiled: A Law & Order Movie) | Det. Rey Curtis | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Follow Me Home | Abel | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Texas | Actor | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Woman Undone | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 56% | The River Wild | Ranger Johnny | — | 1994 |
| 79% | Clear and Present Danger | Captain Ramirez | — | 1994 |
| 62% | Demolition Man | Alfredo Garcia | — | 1993 |
| 55% | Blood In, Blood Out (Bound by Honor) | Paco | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | ShadowHunter | Twobear | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Chains of Gold | Carlos | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Woman Undone | Jim Mercer | — | 1991 |
| 80% | Bright Angel | Claude | — | 1991 |
| 15% | One Good Cop | Felix | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Nasty Boys | Eduardo Cruz | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Police Story: Gladiator School | Actor | — | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 86% |
Modern Family 2009 |
Javier Javier Delgado |
2020 2017 2015 2013 2012 2011 2010 |
| No Score Yet |
Star 2016-2019 |
Jahil |
2019 2018 2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Harry 2016-2018 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chew 2011-2018 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009-2019 |
Guest |
2016 |
| 75% |
24: Live Another Day 2014 |
Steve Navarro |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Latino Americans 2013 |
Narrator |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
The Talk 2010 |
Guest |
2013 |
| 51% |
Private Practice 2007-2013 |
Conor Jake Reilly |
2013 2012 2011 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2011 |
| No Score Yet |
American Experience 1988 |
Narrator |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
The Cleaner 2008-2009 |
William Banks |
2009 2008 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Det. Reynaldo Curtis Det. Rey Curtis Rey Curtis |
2009 2006 2003 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 |
| 40% |
The Andromeda Strain 2008 |
Dr. Jeremy Stone |
2008 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2008 2006 2005 2003 |
| No Score Yet |
Voces on PBS 2006 |
Narrator |
2006 |
| 15% |
E-Ring 2005-2006 |
Major Jim 'J.T.' Tisnewski Maj. `J.T.' Tisnewski Lt. Col. `J.T.' Tisnewski Jim 'J.T.' Tisnewski |
2006 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2004 2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry 2001-2007 |
Performer |
2001 |
| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 |
Curtis Rey Curtis |
1999 1998 1997 1996 |
| 40% |
Nasty Boys 1990 |
Cruz |
QUOTES FROM Benjamin Bratt CHARACTERS
Paco says: Eh life's a risk carnal.
Eduardo/El Macho says: I'm not afraid ... ... of your jelly guns.
Eduardo/El Macho says: I'm not afraid of your jelly guns.
Dr. Nefario says: Oh this ain't a jelly gun, sunshine.
Manny says: TACODILES SUPREME!
Manny says: Tacodiles supreme!
Juan Carlos "El Topo" Pintera says: What if I did it for him? What if I helped you make arrests?
Ted Santen says: I don't need forgiveness from a pussy like you!
Paco says: no what i mean, jellybean?
Paco says: Know what I mean jellybean?
Eric Matthews says: What do you say, Hart?
Gracie Hart says: No freakin way!
Eric Matthews says: Sparky, why not?
Gracie Hart says: Cause I'm not gonna parade around in a swimsuit like some airhead bimbo that goes by the name of, what, Gracie Lou Freebush, and all she wants is world peace?!
Paco says: Life's a risk Carlo
Paco says: Life's a risk Carlo.