Biography
Raúl Esparza
Acting
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.
Career works
34
Movies
16
Series
18
Career average
7.3/10
Birth date
10/24/1970
Place of birth
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
Filmography highlights
Movies
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 · 2.0
Glimpse
2022 · 5.0
Bring Me to Light
2021
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · 9.7
Road Show
2019
Ferdinand
2017 · 7.2
Elián
2017 · 6.5
Custody
2016 · 6.9
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015 · 10.0
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
Trouble in the Heights
2011 · 8.0
My Soul to Take
2010 · 5.5
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008 · 7.6
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 · 7.2
Find Me Guilty
2006 · 6.6
Series
A Murder at the End of the World
2023 · 6.9
Candy
2022 · 7.1
Dopesick
2021 · 8.0
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · 7.9
Dead Talk Live
2020 · 9.0
Stars in the House
2020
The Good Fight
2017 · 7.5
The Path
2016 · 6.4
BoJack Horseman
2014 · 8.5
Hannibal
2013 · 8.3
Pushing Daisies
2007 · 7.9
Medium
2005 · 7.5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 7.9
Spin City
1996 · 7.0