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

• A Murder at the End of the World — David Alvarez
• Candy — Don Crowder
• 2022Glimpse — Tony
• 2021Bring Me to Light — Performer
• Dopesick — Paul Mendelson
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Rafael Barba
• 2017Elián — Narrator (voice)
• 2017Ferdinand — Moreno (voice)
• The Good Fight — Brian Kneef
• 2016Custody — Luis Sanjuro
• The Path — Professor Jackson Neill
• BoJack Horseman — Ralph Stilton (voice)
• Hannibal — Dr. Frederick Chilton
• 666 Park Avenue — Phillip Perez
• 2012One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
• 2011Trouble in the Heights — Nevada
• 2010My Soul to Take — Abel
• 2008Company: A Musical Comedy — Bobby
• Pushing Daisies — Alfredo Aldarisio
• 2006Find Me Guilty — Tony Compagna
• Medium — David Ostrowski
• 2003Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert) — The Arbiter
• 2002Merrily We Roll Along — Charley Kringas
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Kevin Mulrooney
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Rafael Barba
• Spin City — Reporter
• Law & Order — Dennis Di Palma

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best — Self
• Dead Talk Live — Self - Guest
• Stars in the House — Self, Self - Special Guest
• 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU — Self
• 2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon — Self
• 2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee