 Click to View Photos of Benjamin Bratt | Benjamin Bratt is an American actor, producer, and activist. Bratt gained exposure through his supporting roles in the box office hits, Bright Angel , Demolition Man , Clear and Present Danger and The River Wild . From 1995, he extended his global recognition with his role of NYPD Detective Rey Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order .
In 2000, Bratt played supporting roles in Miss Congeniality and Traffic, the former earned him a Blockbuster Entertainment award for Favourite Supporting Actor. In 2001, Bratt starred in Piñero, for which he received an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor. He has also starred in The Great Raid , La Mission , and The Lesser Blessed . Other notable live-action films of Bratt's include Catwoman , The Woodsman , Thumbsucker , Trucker , Snitch , The Infiltrator , and Ride Along 2 . Bratt produced the film Dolores which follows the life of Dolores Huerta, the civil rights activist. The film received critical acclaim and received several awards.
Bratt has voiced roles in animated feature films, including Manny in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , its sequel , El Macho in Despicable Me 2 , Lor-Zod / Hernan Guerra / Superman in Justice League: Gods and Monsters , and Ernesto de la Cruz in Coco . On television, Bratt portrayed Dr. Jake Reilly on ABC's Private Practice , Steve Navarro on 24: Live Another Day , Jahil Rivera on Star and is set to star in the upcoming HBO series based on the DC comic series DMZ.
Bratt extended his global recognition with his role of Jonathan Pangborn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Doctor Strange in 2016. Bratt has received one Screen Actors Guild Award out of three nominations, four ALMA Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and one Blockbuster Entertainment Award. He is an activist in the American Indian Movement.
Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five children born to Eldy , a nurse and activist, and Peter Bratt Sr., a sheet metal worker. His mother was born in Lima, Peru, a member of the indigenous Quechua people. She moved to the United States at age 14. His father has German and English ancestry. His parents married December 30, 1960 in San Francisco, but divorced in September 1967. Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt , was a Broadway actor who married Bratt's paternal grandmother, Wiltrude Hildner in Detroit, Michigan.
Bratt 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 in 1986, where he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Although he was admitted into the M.F.A. program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, he left before receiving his degree to star in the 1987 television film Juarez. As a child, Bratt went with his mother and siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz.
He started his professional acting career at the Utah Shakespearean Festival where he starred in the television film Juarez which received much critical acclaim and this helped Bratt land a supporting role in another television film, Police Story: Gladiator School . Also, he experienced his first film role with his role of Esteban in Lovers, Partners & Spies which did not sell. Bratt then worked heavily on television with his roles in the short-lived series of Knightwatch and Nasty Boys. In 1989, he starred in the film Nasty Boys, based on the television series.Full name: Benjamin Bratt Born: December 16, 1963Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA |
