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Benjamin Bratt returns to 'Law & Order'
This should boost those sagging Friday ratings.
Benjamin Bratt has signed on to reprise his role as Det. Rey Curtis on Law & Order, sources confirm to me exclusively.
Bratt, who vacated the mothership a decade ago, will shoot his one-episode comebac...
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Send a Compliment at 14:57 PDT, 23 October, 2009'Modern Family' Hires Benjamin Bratt as Gloria's Ex - Featured
Jumping from "The Cleaner" wagon, Benjamin Bratt has landed on ABC's new comedy "Modern Family". He will be one character who has frequently been mentioned in the series but has not shown his face just yet. Bratt is none other that Gloria's ex-hus...
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If only Benjamin Bratt's character on The Cleaner could balance work and family as well as the actor does.
The show's first season - A&E has just ordered a second - ended with William Banks' wife kicking him out of the house. She's convinced that B...
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Benjamin Bratt returns to 'Law & Order'
This should boost those sagging Friday ratings.
Benjamin Bratt has signed on to reprise his role as Det. Rey Curtis on Law & Order, sources confirm to me exclusively.
Bratt, who vacated the mothership a decade ago, will shoot his one-episode comebac...
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'Modern Family' Hires Benjamin Bratt as Gloria's Ex - Featured
Jumping from "The Cleaner" wagon, Benjamin Bratt has landed on ABC's new comedy "Modern Family". He will be one character who has frequently been mentioned in the series but has not shown his face just yet. Bratt is none other that Gloria's ex-hus...
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Cleaner's Benjamin Bratt Keeps Work in the Family
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The show's first season - A&E has just ordered a second - ended with William Banks' wife kicking him out of the house. She's convinced that B...
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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. Bratt's father was an American of German and English descent[3] and his mother is a Quechua Indian activist; she was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. at age fourteen. Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt, was a Broadway actor.
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. Today Bratt is an active supporter of Native American causes such as the American Indian College Fund.
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.
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Attended Lowell High School in San Francisco, California.
His mother is a native American activist. She took her five children along when she was part of the Alcatraz prison takeover in 1970.
Dated Julia Roberts. [1997 - 2001]
Brother of Peter Bratt.
Benjamin studied at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Was nicknamed "Scarecrow" by high school classmates because he was so thin.
Of Peruvian (Qechua) and German extraction.
Engaged to Talisa Soto (April 2002), whom he met while filming Piñero (2001) in 2001.
Had baby girl, Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, with wife, actress Talisa Soto, on December 6, 2002 in New York City.
Received a B.F.A. in Theatre (acting) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Has a home in San Francisco
Had baby boy, Mateo Bravery Bratt, with his wife, Talisa Soto, on October 3, 2005 in Los Angeles. Mateo weighed in at 7lb 7oz.
Wore a Calvin Klein suit in his April 2002 wedding to Talisa Soto.
Filmography
We Shall Remain (pre-production) .... Narrator (1 episode, 2009)
Mission Street Rhapsody (2009) (post-production) .... Che
The Cleaner .... William Banks (13 episodes, 2008)
The Andromeda Strain (2008) (TV) .... Dr. Jeremy Stone
Trucker (2008) .... Leonard Bonner
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) .... Dr. Juvenal Urbino
E-Ring .... Maj. Jim Tisnewski (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
The Great Raid (2005) .... Lt. Colonel Mucci
Thumbsucker (2005) .... Matt Schramm
Catwoman (2004) .... Tom Lone
The Woodsman (2004) .... Carlos
Frasier .... Kevin, the Caller (1 episode, 2003)
Abandon (2002) .... Wade Handler
Piñero (2001) .... Miguel Piñero
After the Storm (2001) (TV) .... Arno
Traffic (2000) .... Juan Obregón
Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Eric Matthews
Red Planet (2000) .... Lt. Ted Santen
The Last Producer (2000) .... Damon Black
The Next Best Thing (2000) .... Ben Cooper
Law & Order .... Detective Rey Curtis (94 episodes, 1995-1999)
Homicide: Life on the Street .... Det. Reynaldo 'Rey' Curtis (3 episodes, 1996-1999)
Exiled (1998) (TV) .... Detective Rey Curtis
Woman Undone (1996) (TV) .... Jim Mercer
Follow Me Home (1996) .... Abel
The River Wild (1994) .... Ranger Johnny
Clear and Present Danger (1994) .... Captain Ramirez
Texas (1994) (TV) .... Benito Garza
Demolition Man (1993) .... Alfredo Garcia
Bound by Honor (1993) .... Paco
Shadowhunter (1993) (TV) .... Nakai Twobear
Chains of Gold (1991) (TV) .... Carlos
Bright Angel (1991) .... Claude
One Good Cop (1991) .... Felix
Nasty Boys .... Eduardo Cruz (1 episode, 1990)
Capital News (1990) (TV)
Nasty Boys (1989) (TV) .... Eduardo Cruz
Knightwatch .... Tony Maldonado (6 episodes, 1988-1989)
Police Story: Gladiator School (1988) (TV) .... Officer Dave Ramirez
Lovers, Partners & Spies (1988) .... Estaban
Juarez (1987) (TV) .... Sgt. Rosendo Juarez
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Benjamin G. Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor.
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