Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an
American actor. He is most famous for his role as
Rey Curtis on the TV series
Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies
Blood in Blood Out,
Miss Congeniality,
Traffic, and
Piñero. He currently stars on the
A&E Network drama
The Cleaner.
[A&E's The Cleaner website]
Biography
Early life
Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of nurse Eldy (née Banda) and a sheet metal worker father.
[Benjamin Bratt Biography (1963-)][[1]] Bratt's mother is a
Peruvian Indigenous activist; born in
Peru, she moved to the U.S. at age 14.
[How Hollywood Gave 'Cholera' a Delicate Treatment, washingtonpost.com][USA WEEKEND Magazine][edmontonsun.com - MovieNews - A rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches family story] and his father was an American of German and English descent
[Benjamin Pratt - Brief Article] They married December 30, 1960 in
San Francisco,
[Caliornia Marriage Index 1960-1985] but divorced in September 1967.
[Caliornia Divorce Index 1966-1984] Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt (March 5, 1893-March 29, 1984), was a Broadway actor who married his grandmother Wiltrude Hildner on August 6, 1920 in
Detroit, Michigan.
[Benjamin Bratt gets personal][Benjamin Bratt Biography on Yahoo! Movies][Michigan Marriages 1868-1925]
