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Raúl Esparza

Raúl Esparza

Born: 1970-10-24 • 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-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
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best poster
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 • Self
Glimpse poster
Glimpse
2022 • Tony
Bring Me to Light poster
Bring Me to Light
2021 • Performer
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU poster
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 • Self
Road Show poster
Road Show
2019 • Wilson Mizner
Ferdinand poster
Ferdinand
2017 • Moreno (voice)
Elián poster
Elián
2017 • Narrator (voice)
Custody poster
Custody
2016 • Luis Sanjuro
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon poster
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015 • Self
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch poster
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
Trouble in the Heights poster
Trouble in the Heights
2011 • Nevada
My Soul to Take poster
My Soul to Take
2010 • Abel
Company: A Musical Comedy poster
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008 • Bobby
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway poster
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 • Self
Find Me Guilty poster
Find Me Guilty
2006 • Tony Compagna
Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert) poster
Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)
2003 • The Arbiter