Benjamin Bratt is an American actor who starred in the TV series Law & Order and played Eric Matthews in the movie Miss Congeniality.

1. Born: December 16, 1963
2. Was a member of the Lowell Forensic Society
3. Supporter of many Native American causes
4. Married to Actress Talisa Soto and has a son and daughter

Benjamin Bratt was born in San Francisco, California. His mother was a nurse, and his father was a sheet metal worker. His father is American of German and English origin, and his mother is a Quecha Native American activist from Peru.

Bratt dropped out early from the American Conservatory Theater to pursue work as an actor. He landed his big break when he played Detective Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order.

Since then he has been working steadily in films and TV and has appeared in films like Miss Congeniality and Traffic.

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1963: Born

• 1993: Bound By Honor

• 1994: Clear and Present Danger

• 1995-99: Law & Order

• 2000: The Next Best Thing

• 2000: Miss Congeniality

• 2002: Abandon

• 2004: Catwoman

• 2005: The Great Raid

• 2006: E-Ring

• 2007: Love in the Time of Cholera

• 2008: The Andromeda Strain

• 2008: Trucker

• 2008: The Cleaner