Bratt's best-known role has been that of Detective Reynaldo 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. On June 23, 2009, Bratt appeared on The View to promote The Cleaner.
On October 23, 2009, it was announced that Bratt will return as Detective Curtis on Law & Order. Curtis reunited with his former boss, Lt. Anita van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), which aired on December 11, 2009. He left the show that same year to continue his film career.
In 2009, Bratt performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
Filmography:
films
1988 Police Story: Gladiator School
1989 Nasty Boys
1990 Bright Angel
1990 Capital News
1991 One Good Cop
1991 Chains of Gold
1993 Blood In Blood Out
1993 Demolition Man
1993 Shadowhunter
1994 James A. Michener's Texas
1994 Clear and Present Danger
1994 The River Wild
1996 Follow Me Home
1996 Woman Undone
1998 Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
2000 The Next Best Thing
2000 The Last Producer
2000 Red Planet
2000 Miss Congeniality
2000 Traffic
2001 Piñero
2001 After the Storm
2002 Abandon
2004 The Woodsman
2004 Catwoman
2005 Thumbsucker
2005 The Great Raid
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera
2008 Trucker
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 The People Speak
2009 La Mission
2013 Snitch
2013 The Lesser Blessed
2013 Despicable Me 2
2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Television
1987 Juarez
1988 Lovers, Partners & Spies
1988–1989 Knightwatch
1989–1990 Nasty Boys
1995–1999 Law & Order
1996–1999 Homicide: Life on the Street
2003 Frasier
2005–2006 E-Ring
2008 The Andromeda Strain
2008–2009 The Cleaner
2009 Freedom Riders
2009 American Experience
2009 Law & Order
2010–present Modern Family
2011 Happily Divorced
2011–2013 Private Practice
2014 Adventure Time
