Raúl Esparza

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Raúl Esparza

Acting 55 October 24, 1970

Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

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-nom…

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

8.5 2014 TV Show
Hannibal

Hannibal

8.3 2013 TV Show
Ferdinand

Ferdinand

7.2 2017 Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
Medium

Medium

7.5 2005 TV Show
The Good Fight

The Good Fight

7.6 2017 TV Show
Law & Order: Organized Crime

Law & Order: Organized Crime

7.9 2021 TV Show
Spin City

Spin City

7.0 1996 TV Show
Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies

7.9 2007 TV Show
Dopesick

Dopesick

8.0 2021 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    A Murder at the End of the World

    TV show David Alvarez

  2. 2023
    Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

    Movie Self

  3. 2022
    Candy

    TV show Don Crowder

  4. 2022
    Glimpse

    Movie Tony

  5. 2021
    Dopesick

    TV show Paul Mendelson

  6. 2021
    Bring Me to Light

    Movie Performer

  7. 2021
    Law & Order: Organized Crime

    TV show Rafael Barba

  8. 2020
    Dead Talk Live

    TV show Self - Guest

  9. 2020
    Stars in the House

    TV show Self

  10. 2020
    The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

    Movie Self

  11. 2017
    Ferdinand

    Movie Moreno (voice)

  12. 2017
    Elián

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  13. 2017
    The Good Fight

    TV show Brian Kneef

  14. 2016
    Custody

    Movie Luis Sanjuro

  15. 2016
    The Path

    TV show Professor Jackson Neill

  16. 2015
    Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2014
    BoJack Horseman

    TV show Ralph Stilton (voice)

  2. 2013
    Hannibal

    TV show Dr. Frederick Chilton

  3. 2012
    One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch

    Movie

  4. 2011
    Trouble in the Heights

    Movie Nevada

  5. 2010
    My Soul to Take

    Movie Abel

  6. 2008
    Company: A Musical Comedy

    Movie Bobby

  7. 2007
    Pushing Daisies

    TV show Alfredo Aldarisio

  8. 2007
    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    Movie Self

  9. 2006
    Find Me Guilty

    Movie Tony Compagna

  10. 2005
    Medium

    TV show David Ostrowski

  11. 2003
    Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)

    Movie The Arbiter

  12. 2002
    Merrily We Roll Along

    Movie Charley Kringas

  13. 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    TV show Kevin Mulrooney

  14. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Rafael Barba

  15. 1996
    Spin City

    TV show Reporter

  16. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Dennis Di Palma

  17. 1956
    Tony Awards

    TV show Self - Nominee