Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin George Brattis an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective Rey Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order, for which he was nominated for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He has also appeared in the films Demolition Man, Blood In Blood Out, Traffic, Piñero, Miss Congeniality, Catwoman, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, La Mission, The Lesser Blessed, and Despicable Me 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth16 December 1963
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.
I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don't have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.
I wasn't terribly aware of Catwoman. She was a DC comics character and as a kid, I wasn't terribly fond of the DC comics characters. I was a Marvel boy.
I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.
I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form.
My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.
My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.
I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.
I've been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that's not really there, but it wasn't hard with Halle because she's a great person and very beautiful, so it ain't a tough job at the end of the day.
I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work.
I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.
I've always felt that acting is acting at the end of the day, so whether you're doing comedy or heavy drama or anything else in between, you always have to bring a semblance of honesty to it. It's all make believe.
I have no particular career agenda.