Benjamin Bratt is a famous Hollywood actor, winner of several prestigious film awards. He became famous after participating in the film Miss Congeniality and the TV series Law & Order.
Benjamin Bratt is called the Hollywood celestial. His career began in his youth and continues to this day successfully. He has starred in over a hundred movies and TV series.
Childhood
On December 16, 1963, in San Francisco, a boy appeared in the family of a metallurgist and a nurse. In total, the family had five children. Ben never expressed thoughts about acting as a child.
He was not drawn to either industry or medicine. The son received a considerable share of charm from his parents. Among the ancestors of the actor are Peruvians, Germans, British.
When the child was four, the mother and father broke up. After the divorce, Ben Aldie's mother became an activist in the movement for the return of land to the Indians. Very soon, together with the children, the woman was sent to Alcatraz.
Together with his brothers and sisters, there was a five-year-old future famous actor. A year later, Aldie was released. She raised children with great difficulty. Ben the teenager was sent to his father.
The boy went in for sports, highlighting wrestling, swimming, baseball. At school, the student became famous as a talented speaker. However, the boy did well in other subjects.
Choosing a path
Ben took part in school plays. He easily entered the images that even eminent artists recognize as the most difficult. The father dreamed of seeing his son in film roles, because his grandfather was a Broadway performer.
Ben himself dreamed of a career as a coach. However, the persuasion did the trick. Deciding that acting was his calling, Brett entered the University of California.
After receiving his education, the graduate became a bachelor. After receiving education, yesterday's student decided to start a teaching career, but the main role he received in the series changed everything.
The debut took place in the crime film "Suarez". In 1989, Brett was offered Eduardo Cruz, one of the leading characters, in the action movie Nasty Boys.
After a resounding success, the shooting of a full-length film began. A year later, the actor became Reinaldo Curtis in Law & Order.
Confession
Since the nineties, Brett has not left the screen. Every year at least one film of the charming artist was released. The most successful were the images of a detective and criminal nature.
Among the most successful films is "Direct and Obvious Threat". In it, the performer in the guise of Captain Ramirez worked with Harrison Ford.
In the comedy drama "Best Friend", Bratt's film partners are Rupert Everett and Madonna.
The film was followed by "Red Planet" in the thriller genre. Benjamin often got the role of boyfriends of the main characters of the paintings.
This is what happened with Miss Congeniality. With the growth of professionalism, the roles of the actor have become more diverse. In 2001, he played a small role in the Oscar-winning "Traffic".
Working with Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Sandra Bullock, Catherine Zeta-Jones put Brett on a par with the stars of the first magnitude.
Personal life
Benjamin almost immediately gained a reputation as an enviable bachelor and a conqueror of hearts. He had a high-profile affair with the first beauty of Hollywood, Julia Roberts. True, the actor tries to bypass this topic and does not answer questions about the relationship between them.
The press did not believe in the loneliness of the handsome man. The paparazzi tried to catch him in the company of actresses. If such pictures appeared, Brett replied that he had only friendly relations with colleagues.
Since 2001, the artist has reincarnated as Miguel Pinero, a drug addict and poet who rose from the slum of New York. On set, he met Talisa Soto, Princess Kitana from Mortal Kombat.
On April 13, 2002, the actress became his wife. The couple had their first child in 2002, daughter Sophia Rosalinda. Three years later, the son of Mateo appeared.
After the birth of the children, Talisa left her artistic career and devoted herself to her family. Her last project in 2009 was the drama of her husband's brother Peter "Mission District".
The actor starred in After the Storm, Abandoned, Lumberjack. A series of comics in the fantasy style about Catwoman with Sharon Stone as the main antagonist of the hero failed at the box office. The shooting budget didn't pay off.
Living in the present
Brett got the role of a policeman who is looking for a mysterious tailed stranger who prefers the night to put things in order. Of course, it is with her that the hero falls in love.
However, even the star heroes were unable to achieve the desired rating for the picture. The failure did not affect Benjamin's artistic career.
Among the works of the performer there is a historical drama based on the works of Marquez "Love in a time of cholera". In the years that followed, Brett preferred the plot of the series.
He has starred in The Cleaner, Frequent Practice, The American Family. Brett also tried his hand at dubbing. The characters of "Despicable Me", "Cloudy, precipitation possible …" speak in his voice.
The actor is producing. The performer's charm does not diminish over time.
In the near future, the performer plans to shoot in several films of various genres. Benjamin gladly accepts interesting proposals.
His fans are confident that one of Hollywood's most sought-after old-timers has a lot to do. All his free time, which is not too much, the actor spends with his family.
