Benjamin Bratt can currently be seen in Peacock’s hit show POKER FACE, in which he stars opposite Natasha Lyonne, and opposite Brooke Shields in the hit Netflix film MOTHER OF THE BRIDE directed by Mark Waters. A veteran of over 30 films, Benjamin's recent feature credits include Walter Hill's DEAD FOR A DOLLAR opposite Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe, conflicted sorcerer “Jonathan Pangborn” in Scott Derrickson/Marvel’s DOCTOR STRANGE, Brad Furman’s THE INFILTRATOR opposite Bryan Cranston, Ric Roman Waugh’s SHOT CALLER opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, as well as Waugh’s SNITCH opposite Dwayne Johnson, Ricky Gervais’ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS, and Tim Story’s RIDE ALONG 2 opposite Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. He can also be seen in Shawn Ku’s A SCORE TO SETTLE opposite Nicolas Cage.Other films include Steven Soderbergh’s TRAFFIC, for which he won a Screen Actor’s Guild award, Curtis Hanson’s THE RIVER WILD opposite Meryl Streep, Phillip Noyce’s CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER opposite Harrison Ford, the beloved blockbuster MISS CONGENIALITY opposite Sandra Bullock, Mike Mills’ THUMBSUCKER opposite Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kassel’s THE WOODSMAN opposite Kevin Bacon, Mike Newell’s LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA opposite Javier Bardem, Anita Doron’s THE LESSER BLESSED, Taylor Hackford’s BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT, and Leon Ichaso’s critically acclaimed PINERO, for which he was lauded for his striking, haunting, and “career defining” performance as poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero.In the realm of animation, Bratt voices the role of famed musician “Ernesto de la Cruz” in Pixar’s critically acclaimed Oscar-winning COCO and the role of “El Macho” in Universal /Illumination’s smash hit DESPICABLE ME 2. He can also be heard as “Superman” in JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS and as “Manny the Cameraman” in both CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 1+2 (and its stand-alone 5-minute short SUPER MANNY!).In 2010, Bratt won Cinequest’s Maverick Spirit Award for his work as producer and star of the acclaimed independent hit LA MISSION. Written and directed by his brother Peter Bratt, the locally-produced San Francisco film garnered much critical praise, winning a Best Indie Film nomination from the NAACP, a GLAAD award nomination, and multiple Imagen Awards, including wins for Best Picture and Best Actor. Also with his brother, Bratt served as Consulting Producer for the Peabody Award-winning documentary DOLORES which centers on the work of labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta.Television audiences perhaps best recognize Bratt from his Emmy-nominated role as ‘Detective Rey Curtis’ from the original cast of LAW & ORDER. Other starring roles include the limited revival 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY opposite Kiefer Sutherland and THE CLEANER, winning him an Alma Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role as real-life extreme interventionist ‘William Banks’. For both Lee Daniels and Shonda Rhimes, he committed to STAR and PRIVATE PRACTICE for two seasons each. Benjamin also had an on-going recurring role on MODERN FAMILY as Sofia Vergara’s ne’er-do-well ex-husband “Javier”, starred in Ava DuVernay's DMZ opposite Rosario Dawson for MAX, and guest starred (as himself) opposite Maya Rudolph in LOOT.