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