Biography
Benjamin Bratt's diverse career has successfully spanned film and television for more than 20 years. In 2010, Bratt won Cinequest's Maverick Spirit Award for his work as producer and star of the San Francisco indie hit La Mission. Written and directed by his brother Peter Bratt, the locally produced film garnered much critical praise, winning a Best Indie Film nomination from the NAACP, a GLAAD award nomination, and multiple Imagen Awards, including two for Best Picture and Best Actor.
Bratt's distinguished film career includes the critically acclaimed films Piñero, for which he was lauded for his striking, haunting, and "career defining" performance as the poet‐playwright‐actor Miguel Piñero; Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, which received five Academy Award® nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Ensemble Cast; and The Woodsman, a festival and critical favorite starring Kevin Bacon.
Television audiences perhaps best recognize Bratt from his Emmy‐nominated role as Detective Rey Curtis on NBC's long‐running drama "Law & Order". He starred in the A&E drama series "The Cleaner", for which he also served as producer. His portrayal of "extreme interventionist" William Banks garnered him the 2009 Alma Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Bratt's other work of note includes Curtis Hansen's The River Wild opposite Meryl Streep; Blood In, Blood Out for director Taylor Hackford; Clear and Present Danger opposite Harrison Ford; the beloved comedy Miss Congeniality with Sandra Bullock; and the theatrical adaptation of the acclaimed novel Love in the Time of Cholera, costarring Javier Bardem.
Bratt can be seen starring in the ABC drama "Private Practice", and in a recurring role as Sofia Vergara's ne'er‐do‐well ex‐husband Javier on the smash hit "Modern Family".
In 2013, he starred in three films: The Lesser Blessed, Snitch, and as the voice of Manny in the sequel to the hit animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Cloudy II: Revenge of the Leftovers. A San Francisco native and proud alumnus of American Conservatory Theater's ATP (honorary M.F.A. in 2008).
Summit Entertainment
Actor
Movies | |
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2024 |
Millers in Marriage |
Mother of the Bride |
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2022 |
Dead for a Dollar |
2020 |
Best Summer Ever |
2019 |
A Score to Settle |
2017 |
Coco |
Shot Caller |
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2016 |
Doctor Strange |
Ride Along 2 |
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Special Correspondents |
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The Infiltrator |
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2015 |
Justice League: Gods and Monsters |
2013 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 |
Despicable Me 2 |
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Snitch |
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2012 |
The Lesser Blessed |
2009 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
La Mission |
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2008 |
The Andromeda Strain (TV movie) |
Trucker |
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2007 |
Love in the Time of Cholera |
2005 |
The Great Raid |
Thumbsucker |
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2004 |
Catwoman |
The Woodsman |
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2002 |
Abandon |
2001 |
After the Storm |
Pińero |
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2000 |
Miss Congeniality |
Red Planet |
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The Acting Class |
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The Last Producer |
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The Next Best Thing |
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Traffic |
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1998 |
Exiled (TV movie) |
1996 |
Follow Me Home |
Woman Undone (TV movie) |
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1995 |
Texas (TV movie) |
1994 |
Clear and Present Danger |
The River Wild |
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1993 |
Bound by Honor |
Demolition Man |
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1992 |
Shadowhunter (TV movie) |
1991 |
Chains of Gold |
One Good Cop |
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1990 |
Bright Angel |
1989 |
Nasty Boys (TV movie) |
1988 |
Police Story: Gladiator School (TV movie) |
Documentaries | |
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2013 |
Latino Americans (series) - narrator |
2009 |
Freedom Riders (series) |
The People Speak |
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2005 |
Pancho Gonzalez: The Latino Legend of Tennis (TV movie) - narrator |
2004 |
Film Trix 2004 |
The Making of 'Catwoman' |
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2001 |
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (concert) |
2000 |
Desert Mummies of Peru (TV movie) |
1992 |
In the Life (series) |
1987 |
American Experience (series) |
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2024 |
Play Again |
2016 |
Expand Your Mind: An IMAX 3D Exclusive First Look |