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Raúl Esparza

Actor

Raúl Esparza

Born October 24, 1970 in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.11 films

Raúl Eduardo Esparza (born October 24, 1970) is an American actor. Considered one of Broadway's most prominent leading men since the 2000s, he is best known for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Bobby in the 2006 Broadway revival of Company and for his television role as New York Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Rafael Barba in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where he had a recurring role in Season 14 and was promoted to a series regular in Seasons 15 to 19.

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Ferdinand posterFirst watchFerdinand20177.2as Moreno (voice)Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Find Me Guilty poster6.5Find Me Guilty2006My Soul to Take poster5.5My Soul to Take2010Custody poster6.9Custody2016

Filmography

11 films as actor
  1. 2022GlimpseTony
  2. 2021Bring Me to LightPerformer
  3. 2017FerdinandMoreno (voice)
  4. 2016CustodyLuis Sanjuro
  5. 2012One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
  6. 2011Trouble in the HeightsNevada
  7. 2010My Soul to TakeAbel
  8. 2008Company: A Musical ComedyBobby
  9. 2006Find Me GuiltyTony Compagna
  10. 2003Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)The Arbiter
  11. 2002Merrily We Roll AlongCharley Kringas