A&E PREMIERES NEW DRAMA SERIES 'THE BEAST' STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE & ...
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Futon Critic - Found 8 hours ago ... mix of high quality ranging from the netwk's iginal scripted series including 'The Cleaner' starring Benjamin Bratt and 'The Beast' starring... Patrick Swayze talks about his Chicago-set show, 'The Beast' - Chicago Tribune Swayze takes on `The Beast' in Chicago - Houston Chronicle CBS SWEEPS WEDNESDAY IN ALL KEY MEASURES - Futon Critic Patrick Swayze series, "The Beast," to debut Jan. 15 on A&E - Orlando Sentinel Explore All |
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User post: "Sexiest Man Alive:" A whites only club?
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Yahoo! Shine - Found 16 hours ago ... actually once 'graced' the cover of People as the 'Sexiest Man Alive' and the likes of Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Blair Underwood, Boris... |
Pharmaceutical Industry Hustlers - Part II
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Scoop - Found Nov. 18, 2008 ... a reasonable degree of medical probability that if GlaxoSmithKline had provided a warning all these years, Benjamin Bratt would still be alive... |
Tribute: The Works of Michael Crichton
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Channel 8 Eyewitness News - Found Nov. 13, 2008 A 2008 miniseries adaptation starring Benjamin Bratt modernized the novel's themes for the bioterrorism age. He wrote about robot cowboys. 'ER' Pays Tribute To Michael Crichton - My58.com Anthony Edwards - Edwards Pays Tribute To Crichton - Contactmusic Explore All |
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Will Smith to remake 'The Karate Kid'
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NECN.com - Found Nov. 12, 2008 ... manhandled by an overenthusiastic security guard at the screening of his movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt.' The guard was supposed to... Pitt is manhandled by his own bodyguard - RTE Online Pap Madness: "Another Day in the Life," Pitt Says (E! Online) - Yahoo! News Brad Pitt Handled Roughly By Security Guard - Post Chronicle Pitt manhandled by security man - Breaking News.ie Explore All |
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Tribute: The Works of Michael Crichton
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KIVI-TV - Found Nov. 11, 2008 A 2008 miniseries adaptation starring Benjamin Bratt modernized the novel's themes for the bioterrorism age. He wrote about robot cowboys. |
A&E NETWORK'S AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SERIES INTERVENTION RETURNS ...
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Futon Critic - Found Nov. 11, 2008 ... ranging from the network's original scripted series including 'The Cleaner' starring Benjamin Bratt and 'The Beast' starring Patrick Swayze... |
The Colombia of the Movie Love in the Time of Cholera
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Budget Travel - Found Nov. 10, 2008 Love, which stars Javier Bardem, Benjamin Bratt, and Giovanna Mezzogiorno, opens tomorrow. |
Tribute: The Works of Michael Crichton
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WGEM.com - Found Nov. 10, 2008 A 2008 miniseries adaptation starring Benjamin Bratt modernized the novel's themes for the bioterrorism age. He wrote about robot cowboys. RIP, Michael Crichton - Glide Underground Michael Crichton Dies at 66 - WGEM.com Best-Selling Author and Filmmaker Michael Crichton Dies - WGEM.com "Jurassic Park" author Michael Crichton dies at 66 - Newsday Explore All |
TV Q&A with Rob Owen (Yesterday)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Nov. 8, 2008 Owen, Post-Gazette TV editor Q: I was wondering if you knew anything about the show 'The Cleaner,' which was on A&E and starred Benjamin Bratt. |
Benjamin Bratt Biography
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Benjamin Bratt
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Benjamin Bratt at the premiere of The Great Raid, 2005 |
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| Born | Benjamin G. Bratt December 16, 1963 San Francisco, California |
Benjamin G. Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor.
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Biography
Early life
Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eldy (née Banda), a nurse, and a father who was a sheet metal worker.12 Bratt's father was an American of German and English descent3 and his mother is a Quechua Indian activist; she was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. at age fourteen.456 Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt, was a Broadway actor.78
Schooling
In San Francisco, California, Bratt attended Lowell High School, where he developed his dramatic and oratory skills as a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. Bratt earned a B.F.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also joined Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Although accepted into the M.F.A. program at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California, he left before receiving his degree (to star in the television series Juarez, which never aired).
Career
Bratt's best-known role has been that of Det. Rey Curtis on the television show Law & Order. In 1999, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on the series. His more popular films include Miss Congeniality, Blood in Blood out and Traffic.
Personal life
Bratt dated Julia Roberts for three years. On April 13, 2002, in San Francisco, he married actress Talisa Soto, whom he met while filming Piñero. Their first child, daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, was born on December 6, 2002. Their second child, son Mateo Bravery Bratt was born on October 3, 2005, in Los Angeles.
As a child, Bratt's mother took Bratt along with his siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz.9 Today Bratt is an active supporter of Native American causes such as the American Indian College Fund.10
His brother, Peter Bratt, wrote and directed Follow Me Home, casting Benjamin as Abel.
Has been a strong supporter and board member of San Francisco Bay Area's Friendship House Association of American Indians and Native American Health Center for years.11
Filmography
Movies
- One Good Cop (1991)
- Shadowhunter (TV ) (1993)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Blood In Blood Out (1993)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Texas (1994)
- The River Wild (1994)
- Follow Me Home (1996)
- Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998) (TV)
- The Next Best Thing (2000)
- Red Planet (2000)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- Traffic (2000)
- After the Storm (2001)
- Piñero (2001)
- Abandon (2002)
- The Woodsman (2004)
- Catwoman (2004)
- Thumbsucker (2005)
- The Great Raid (2005)
- Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
- Guerrilla (2008)
- Trucker (2008)
Television series
- Nasty Boys(1989-1990)
- Law & Order (1990, 1995-1999)
- E-Ring (2005)
- The Andromeda Strain (2008 miniseries)
- The Cleaner (2008-present)12
References
- ^ Benjamin Bratt Biography (1963-)
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- ^ Benjamin Bratt - Brief Article - Interview | Interview | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ 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
- ^ CANOE - JAM! Movies - Artists - Bratt, Benjamin: Benjamin Bratt gets personal
- ^ Benjamin Bratt Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Benjamin Bratt - Native Networks
- ^ Benjamin Bratt - Native Networks
- ^ http://www.friendshiphousesf.org/news.html
- ^ Mike Reynolds, "Programmer Names Exec President, GM Of A&E", Bio, Multichannel News, June 25, 2008
External links
- Benjamin Bratt at the Internet Movie Database
- Benjamin Bratt at Allmovie
- Benjamin Bratt profile at NNDB.
- Rare 1989-1990 Footage of Benjamin Bratt Behind the Scenes of Dick Wolf's "Nasty Boys"
- Article "Emmy-Nominated Actor Benjamin Bratt"
Benjamin Bratt Videos and Clips
Description: Its been nearly 10 years since Benjamin Bratt left his role on Law and Order. Now hes returning to the small screen as The Cleaner. He talks ...
Description: Benjamin Bratt examines his role as "William Banks" star of the new drama The Cleaner from A&E premiering Tuesday July 15th at 10/9c.
Description: Stephanie Ripstein Interviews Benjamin Bratt for the premiere of "Love in the Time of Cholera"
Description: Schub makes a simple suggestion, Bratt gets all huffy, on "E Ring". (Academy Award Winner Taylor Hackford directs).
Description: Inspired by the true story of a real life "extreme interventionist," Bratt stars as William "The Cleaner" Banks who, after hitting rock bottom ...
Description: Back in the late 80s there was a show called "The Nasty Boys". A show about undercover narcotics cops in North Las Vegas. It starred Jeff Kaake ...
Description: Benjamin Bratt examines his role as "William Banks" star of the new drama The Cleaner from A&E premiering Tuesday July 15th at 10/9c.
Description: Emily Richett interviews actor Benjamin Bratt













