1. Benjamin Bratt was born on December 16,1963 and is an American actor.
31 Facts About Benjamin Bratt
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Benjamin Bratt is known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood In Blood Out.
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Benjamin Bratt had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man, Clear and Present Danger, and The River Wild.
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On television, Benjamin Bratt has portrayed Dr Jake Reilly on ABC's Private Practice, Steve Navarro on 24: Live Another Day, Jahil Rivera on Star, and Senator Bail Organa on Andor.
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Benjamin Bratt has done voice acting in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film franchise, Despicable Me 2 and Coco.
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Benjamin Bratt has received four American Latino Media Arts Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Benjamin Bratt was born on December 16,1963, in San Francisco, California the third of five children of Eldy, a nurse and political activist, and Peter Benjamin Bratt Sr.
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Benjamin Bratt's mother was born in Lima, Peru, and is of Quechua descent.
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Benjamin Bratt moved to the United States with her family at age 14.
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Benjamin Bratt's father is American, and his paternal grandfather, George, was a Broadway actor.
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Benjamin Bratt attended Lowell High School in San Francisco, where he was a member of the Lowell Forensic Society.
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Benjamin Bratt started his professional acting career at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, where he played supporting roles in Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III and The Comedy of Errors during their 1987 season.
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Benjamin Bratt starred in the 1988 television film Juarez which received critical acclaim.
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Benjamin Bratt then landed a supporting role in the television film Police Story: Gladiator School.
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Benjamin Bratt portrayed a gang member turned LAPD officer named Paco Aguilar in Blood In Blood Out, and Officer Alfredo Garcia in Demolition Man.
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Benjamin Bratt returned to his film career that same year.
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Benjamin Bratt often portrays Hispanic characters, especially in his later work.
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Benjamin Bratt played Puerto Rican actor and poet Miguel Pinero.
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Benjamin Bratt has appeared in several television shows since 2000, including starring as William Banks in The Cleaner, Dr Jake Reilly in Private Practice, and Jahil Rivera on Star.
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Benjamin Bratt appeared in such series as Frasier, Modern Family, 24: Live Another Day, DMZ, and Poker Face.
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Benjamin Bratt has been featured in five animated feature films, which include El Macho, the main antagonist of Despicable Me 2.
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Benjamin Bratt played Manny the cameraman in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and reprised his role in its sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
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Benjamin Bratt sings "Remember Me", a song in the film that is sung by many other characters throughout and won Best Original Song at the 2018 Academy Awards and the film won Best Animated Feature.
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In 2025, Benjamin Bratt joined the cast of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor for its second season, portraying Senator Bail Organa, who was previously played by Jimmy Smits in prior Star Wars films and series.
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In 2024, Benjamin Bratt was awarded an honorary doctorate by San Francisco State University.
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Benjamin Bratt has been active in the American Indian Movement and supports such causes as the American Indian College Fund.
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Benjamin Bratt narrated We Shall Remain, a PBS mini-series about Native Americans, and part of its American Experience.
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Benjamin Bratt has supported and served as a board member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Friendship House Association of American Indians and the Native American Health Center.
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Benjamin Bratt has supported area organizations such as the Tribal Athletics Program, and United Indian Nations.
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In 2017, Benjamin Bratt served as consulting producer for the film Dolores, which explores the life of Dolores Huerta, an American labor leader and civil rights activist.
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In 2023, Benjamin Bratt co-executive produced Wings of Dust, a documentary about water contamination in the Peruvian community of Espinar.