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Ben Hernandez Bray

Ben Hernandez Bray

Actor and director, also producer and writer · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor and director, also producer and writer
Titles
94 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 49% in 30 days

What are Ben Hernandez Bray's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
33%
Morality
25%
Self
17%
Society
14%
Bonds
11%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
1
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ben Hernandez Bray's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 70 of their 94 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ben Hernandez Bray's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

106 credits, 94 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tracker(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The Lincoln Lawyer(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Walker(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Big Sky(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • 9-1-1: Lone Star(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • El Chicano(2018)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Enemy Within(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Roswell, New Mexico(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • A Star Is Born(2018)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • 9-1-1(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Keeping Hours(2017)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Lowriders(2016)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Queen of the South(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Lucifer(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Legends of Tomorrow(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Shadowhunters(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Joy(2015)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Supergirl(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Curve(2015)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Woman in Gold(2015)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • McFarland, USA(2015)

    as Ernesto Valles

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Accidental Love(2015)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Gambler(2014)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • State of Affairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · as Sal Gomez

  • Ouija(2014)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Stretch(2014)

    Producer · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Life After Beth(2014)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Earth to Echo(2014)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • In the Blood(2014)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • American Hustle(2013)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Out of the Furnace(2013)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Evidence(2013)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Trust Me(2013)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Roland

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Channeling(2013)

    as Badger

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Jack Reacher(2012)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Silver Linings Playbook(2012)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Argo(2012)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Arrow(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Savages(2012)

    Stunts · as Cartel Heist Passenger

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Three Stooges(2012)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Grey(2011)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator · as Dwayne Hernandez

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Real Steel(2011)

    Stunts · as Ricky's Henchman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Fighter(2010)

    Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Defenders(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Guard (Jeff)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The A-Team(2010)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Mexican Captor #1

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sympathy for Delicious(2010)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Powder Blue(2009)

    as Security

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Crank: High Voltage(2009)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • AmericanEast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Lakeview Terrace(2008)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Columbus Day(2008)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Iron Man(2008)

    Utility Stunts

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Stiletto(2008)

    Stunts · as Benny

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Ruins(2008)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Breaking Bad(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Cartel Gunman #2

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • No Country for Old Men(2007)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Urban Justice(2007)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Transformers(2007)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Half Past Dead 2(2007)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Hammer(2007)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • How to Rob a Bank (and 10 Tips to Actually Get Away with It)(2007)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Smokin' Aces(2006)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Day Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Train

  • Unknown(2006)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Uzi Henchman

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Death Row(2006)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Butch & Sundance(2004)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Entity: Nine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Guard #1

  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005)

    as Dexter Goon

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Island(2005)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Closer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Federale · as Komb's partner (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Hostage(2005)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Funky Monkey(2004)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • I Heart Huckabees(2004)

    Stunt Coordinator · Stunts · as Davy

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Alamo(2004)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Rundown(2003)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Seabiscuit(2003)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Cradle 2 the Grave(2003)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • National Security(2003)

    as Detective

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Vegas Dick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Stunts · as Loan Shark

  • Ticker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Stunts · as Helicopter Gunman

  • Without a Trace(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Motorcycle Guy

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny Pilar · as Nathan Bertram

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • She Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Digger

  • The Shield(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · as Santi

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Collateral Damage(2002)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tchen

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Crazy/Beautiful(2001)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Swordfish(2001)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Pearl Harbor(2001)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Radical Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Stunts

  • Double Take(2001)

    Utility Stunts

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Three Kings(1999)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Hurricane(1999)

    as Joey Giardello

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Dark Nova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Stunts

  • Martial Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Gang Guy

  • Phantoms(1998)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Gang Related(1997)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Courage Under Fire(1996)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy(1995)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • My Family(1995)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dead Connection(1994)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Blue Tiger(1994)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Black Demon: Atlantis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 106 titles, 105 of them dated from 1994 to 2024; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

The Grey (2011)

$80M worldwide

Highest rated

The Grey (2011)

Midcredits 71st

Most popular right now

Roswell, New Mexico (2019)

Film career

19942024

Peak 2011 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting29 of 106: 17 only acting, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thDirecting18 of 106: 16 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thWriting1 of 106: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 106: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew71 of 106: 59 only other crew, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

106 titles, 14 with more than one role — other crew and acting overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1990s11 · 3 acting · 8 crew2000s47 · 17 acting · 36 crew2010s42 · 9 acting · 39 crew2020s5 · crew

Billing

usually 16th · top billed in 0% of 8 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Ben Hernandez Bray's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 72; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 94 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up26
  • 50th to 74th27
  • 25th to 49th28
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

38 of their 94 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved16
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser38
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed25

Most divisive · director

Walker (2021)

83rd percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Shield (2002)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ben Hernandez Bray's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 69 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 71 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ben Hernandez Bray work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ben Hernandez Bray's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Carnahan shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Editors

Mixed roles