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Raúl Esparza

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Raúl Esparza
Candy Montgomery is a 1980 housewife and mother who did everything right - good husband, two kids, nice house, even the careful planning and execution of transgressions - but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.
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Raúl Eduardo Esparza is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. Considered one of Broadway's 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.
BornOctober 24, 1970
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Jessica Biel, Raúl Esparza, and Jesse Gallegos in Candy (2022)
Raúl Esparza in Candy (2022)
Raúl Esparza and Jesse Gallegos in Candy (2022)
Jessica Biel, Raúl Esparza, and Jesse Gallegos in Candy (2022)
Jessica Biel and Raúl Esparza in Candy (2022)
Jessica Biel and Raúl Esparza in Candy (2022)
Raúl Esparza and Jesse Gallegos in Candy (2022)
Raúl Esparza in Candy (2022)
Sam Waterston and Raúl Esparza in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Raúl Esparza in The Path (2016)
Ice-T and Raúl Esparza in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Mariska Hargitay, Amy Smart, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Esparza, and Mariela Garriga in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Known for

John Cena and Lily Day in Ferdinand (2017)
Ferdinand
6.7
  • Moreno(voice)
  • 2017
Annabella Sciorra, Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Aleksa Palladino, Frank Pietrangolare, Linus Roache, Alex Rocco, Tony Ray Rossi, and Ron Silver in Find Me Guilty (2006)
Find Me Guilty
7.0
  • Tony Compagna
  • 2006
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8.1
TV Series
  • ADA Rafael Barba
  • Defense Attorney Rafael Barba
  • Rafael Barba
My Soul to Take (2010)
My Soul to Take
4.7
  • Abel
  • 2010

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  • Emma Corrin in Retreat (2022)
    Retreat
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Jessica Biel in Candy (2022)
    Candy
  • David Alan Basche, Alysia Reiner, Raúl Esparza, Van Hughes, Ashley Nicole Black, and Krysta Rodriguez in Glimpse (2022)
    Glimpse
  • Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
    Law & Order: Organized Crime
  • Michael Keaton, Rosario Dawson, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Hoogenakker, Will Poulter, and Kaitlyn Dever in Dopesick (2021)
    Dopesick
  • Princess of South Beach (2021)
    Princess of South Beach
  • Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)
    The Good Fight
    • (as Raul Esparza)
  • Suspicion
  • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
    BoJack Horseman
    • (voice)
  • The Path (2016)
    The Path
  • John Cena and Lily Day in Ferdinand (2017)
    Ferdinand
    • (voice)
  • Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in Custody (2016)
    Custody
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal (2013)
    Hannibal
  • Eileen Galindo, Marc Weiner, Eduardo Cárdenas Aristizábal, Alexandria Suarez, Fatima Ptacek, Allison Strong, Paola Poucel, Brittany Chen, Breanna Lakatos, Isabela Merced, Koda Gursoy, Jorge Vega, Ashley Earnest, Kayta Thomas, Raquel Wallace, Miguel Cardona, and Julian Rebolledo in Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014)
    Dora and Friends: Into the City!
    • (voice)

Music Department

  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances

Producer

  • Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020)
    Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration

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Trailer #1
ELIÁN
Trailer 2:05
ELIÁN
Trouble in the Heights
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Trouble in the Heights
Candy: Season 1
Trailer 0:31
Candy: Season 1
Candy
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Candy

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    • October 24, 1970
    • Wilmington, Delaware, USA
    • October 22, 1994 - 2008 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Played "Caractacus Potts" in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", a musical by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, adapted by Jeremy Sams (Hilton Theatre, New York City, New York, USA).
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    As a member of the main cast, he is the first man to play an ADA on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

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