Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin Bratt is an American actor and producer born in San Francisco on December 16, 1963. He is best known for his role as detective Rey Curtis on Law & Order, films such as Miss Congeniality and Traffic, and for voicing the character Ernesto de la Cruz in Pixar's Coco.

His mother was born in Peru. After graduating from Lowell High School in San Francisco, he received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986, then entered the American Conservatory Theater's master's program, but dropped out due to acting work. His brother Peter Bratt is also a film director.

Career

He attracted attention with the films Blood In Blood Out and Demolition Man in 1993. He played Rey Curtis on NBC's Law & Order from 1995 to 1999, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for supporting actor in 1999. In the 2000s, she starred in films such as Miss Congeniality, Traffic, Piñero and Catwoman.

On television, he appeared regularly in Private Practice between 2011 and 2013, and in the TV series Star between 2016 and 2018. He voiced the villain Ernesto de la Cruz in the 2017 movie Coco. In 2025, he took on the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second season of the Star Wars TV series Andor.