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Benjamin Bratt
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 Benjamin Bratt at the premiere of The Great Raid, 2005 |
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| Born | Benjamin G. Bratt December 16, 1963 San Francisco, California |
Benjamin G. Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor.
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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.12 Bratt's father was an American of German and English descent3 and his mother is a Quechua Indian activist; she was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. at age fourteen.456 Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt, was a Broadway actor.78
Schooling
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 earned 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).
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.
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.9
His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed Follow Me Home, casting Benjamin as Abel.
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.10
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 (2007)
- Guerrilla (2008)
- Trucker (2008)
Television series
- Nasty Boys(1989-1990)
- Law & Order (1990, 1995-1999)
- E-Ring (2005)
- The Andromeda Strain (2008 miniseries)
- The Cleaner (2008-present)11
References
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- ^ Benjamin Bratt Biography (1963-)
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- ^ Benjamin Bratt - Brief Article - Interview | Interview | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ How Hollywood Gave 'Cholera' a Delicate Treatment - washingtonpost.com
- ^ USA WEEKEND Magazine
- ^ edmontonsun.com - MovieNews - A rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches family story
- ^ CANOE - JAM! Movies - Artists - Bratt, Benjamin: Benjamin Bratt gets personal
- ^ Benjamin Bratt Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ a b Benjamin Bratt - Native Networks
- ^ http://www.friendshiphousesf.org/news.html
- ^ Mike Reynolds, "Programmer Names Exec President, GM Of A&E", Bio, Multichannel News, June 25, 2008
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"