# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raul-esparza
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:17.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raul-esparza"
name: "Raúl Esparza"
slug: "raul-esparza"
description: "Raúl Eduardo Esparza 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."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RaulEsparza.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.29
  momentum:             2.107764034472144
  historical:           18.71816666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RaulEEsparza"
    handle:    "RaulEEsparza"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1654778/"
    handle:    "nm1654778"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.raulesparza.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راؤول إسبارزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "ڕائول ئێسپارزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "رائول اسپارزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Raúl Esparza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Эспарса, Рауль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Раул Еспарза"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راؤل ایسپارزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%9E%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E5%9F%83%E6%96%AF%E5%B8%95%E6%89%8E"
    title: "勞爾·埃斯帕扎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d4b6a43-78a9-47a3-ab1b-bd5c93e21b0d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747697"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump