Raúl Esparza
Acting • Born 1970-10-24
Biography
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
33 credits
Company: A Musical Comedy
Movie • 2008
Bobby
My Soul to Take
Movie • 2010
Abel
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Movie • 2023
Self
Glimpse
Movie • 2022
Tony
Road Show
Movie • 2019
Wilson Mizner
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie • 2007
Self
Custody
Movie • 2016
Luis Sanjuro
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Movie • 2015
Self
Ferdinand
Movie • 2017
Moreno (voice)
Trouble in the Heights
Movie • 2011
Nevada
Find Me Guilty
Movie • 2006
Tony Compagna
Elián
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
Movie • 2012
Bring Me to Light
Movie • 2021
Performer
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
Self
Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)
Movie • 2003
The Arbiter
Spin City
TV • 1996
Reporter
Medium
TV • 2005
David Ostrowski
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Alfredo Aldarisio
Hannibal
TV • 2013
Dr. Frederick Chilton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Rafael Barba
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Kevin Mulrooney
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Rafael Barba
A Murder at the End of the World
TV • 2023
David Alvarez
Candy
TV • 2022
Don Crowder
Dopesick
TV • 2021
Paul Mendelson
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dennis Di Palma
The Path
TV • 2016
Professor Jackson Neill
Dead Talk Live
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Special Guest
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Ralph Stilton (voice)
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Brian Kneef