Benjamin Bratt
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"Benjamin Bratt" is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Detective Rey Curtis on the legal/crime drama series Law & Order and his appearances in the movies Miss Congeniality (film)/Miss Congeniality, Demolition Man (film)/Demolition Man, Blood in Blood Out, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)/Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic (2000 film)/Traffic, La Mission (film)/La Mission, Despicable Me 2, Piñero (movie)/Piñero and The Lesser Blessed. He is also known for his roles as Dr. Jake Reilly on American Broadcasting Company/ABC drama Private Practice (TV series)/Private Practice and Steve Navarro on 24 (TV series)/24.

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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.

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The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

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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.

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I'm on a real roll. Since I left Law and Order, I've made six films. The whole reason I left Law and Order was I wanted to have a life. That show is a huge commitment.

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I don't think that there is any longer a dark shadow cast over actors who work in television, so I would readily go back.

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I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

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My mother was born in Lima, Peru, and my father is American of primarily German and English descent. And as I understand it, Bratt is of English origin. People often ask me if it's a stage name. In fact, it is not.

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As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important.

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I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.

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