Ben Hernandez Bray

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Benny Hernandez, Benny Bray, Ben Bray, Ben Hernandez

Ben Hernandez Bray

Biography

Ben Hernandez Bray is a film and television director who was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in one of the toughest San Fernando Valley neighborhoods. He's the oldest of six children, raised by his Mother and Grandmother and is of Mexican and Irish descent. In the late 1980's his boxing skills led him into the stunt industry where he then became one of the very few successful latino stuntmen in Hollywood and eventually becoming one of the top action stunt coordinators and second unit directors, working specifically with "Smoking Aces" Joe Carnahan and "Silver Linings Playbook" David O Russell. After twenty five plus years in the industry and over one hundred fifty film and tv credits, Mr Bray made his television directorial debut in 2015 with Katie Heigl's tv series "State of Affairs" for NBC/Universal, he then went on to direct episodes for Fox/Bruckheimer, CW/Greg Berlanti and ABC/Freeform. In 2018 will be Bray's feature film debut which he co-wrote with Joe Carnahan called "El Chicano" a Mexican Super hero story about two brothers growing up in East L.A. The story was inspired and originally written by Bray 10 years earlier after losing his youngest brother to gang violence. The film is being produced by War Party Productions and Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Known For

Actor

2015
McFarland, USA

as Ernesto Valles

2014
State of Affairs

as Sal Gomez

2013
Trust Me

as Roland

2013
Channeling

as Badger

2012
Savages

as Cartel Heist Passenger

2012
The Grey

as Dwayne Hernandez

2011
Real Steel

as Ricky's Henchman (uncredited)

2010
The A-Team

as Mexican Captor #1

2010
The Defenders

as Guard (Jeff)

2009
Powder Blue

as Security

2008
Stiletto

as Benny

2008
Breaking Bad

as Cartel Gunman #2

2006
Unknown

as Uzi Henchman

2006
Entity: Nine

as Guard #1

2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

as Dexter Goon

2005
The Closer

as Federale

2005
The Closer

as Komb's partner (uncredited)

2004
2003
National Security

as Detective

2002
Ticker

as Helicopter Gunman

2002
Without a Trace

as Motorcycle Guy

2002
CSI: Miami

as Danny Pilar

2002
She Spies

as Digger

2002
The Shield

as Santi

1999
The Hurricane

as Joey Giardello

Crew

2020
Bad Boys for Life

as Stunt Coordinator

2018
A Star Is Born

as Stunts

2014
Earth to Echo

as Stunt Coordinator

2014
Ouija

as Stunt Coordinator

2014
Stretch

as Stunt Coordinator

2014
Life After Beth

as Stunt Coordinator

2014
The Gambler

as Stunt Coordinator

2013
American Hustle

as Stunt Coordinator

2013
Evidence

as Stunt Coordinator

2013
Out of the Furnace

as Stunt Coordinator

2012
The Grey

as Stunt Coordinator

2012
Silver Linings Playbook

as Stunt Coordinator

2012
2010
The A-Team

as Stunt Coordinator

2009
2008
The Ruins

as Stunt Coordinator

2008
Lakeview Terrace

as Stunt Coordinator

2008
Stiletto

as Stunts

2008
Iron Man

as Utility Stunts

2006
Smokin' Aces

as Stunt Coordinator

2006
Entity: Nine

as Stunt Coordinator

2005
The Island

as Stunts

2004
Funky Monkey

as Stunts

2004
I ♥ Huckabees

as Stunts

2002
Ticker

as Stunts

2001
Radical Jack

as Stunts

1999
Dark Nova

as Stunts

1996
1994
Blue Tiger

as Stunts

Director

2024
Tracker

as Director

2022
The Lincoln Lawyer

as Director

2021
Walker

as Director

2020
9-1-1: Lone Star

as Director

2020
Big Sky

as Director

2019
El Chicano

as Director

2019
The Enemy Within

as Director

2019
2017
S.W.A.T.

as Director

2016
Shadowhunters

as Director

2016
2016
Lucifer

as Director

2016
Queen of the South

as Director

2015
Supergirl

as Director

2014
State of Affairs

as Director

2012
The Grey

as Second Unit Director

2012
Arrow

as Director

2006
Smokin' Aces

as Second Unit Director

Producer

2014
Stretch

as Producer

Writer

2019
El Chicano

as Writer