Ben Hernandez Bray

Ben Hernandez Bray

  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Benny Hernandez

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.

Filmography

Unknown

2006

As Uzi Henchman

Powder Blue

2009

As Security

The Grey

2012

As Dwayne Hernandez

McFarland, USA

2015

As Ernesto Valles

The Hurricane

1999

As Joey Giardello

Stiletto

2008

As Benny

The A-Team

2010

As Mexican Captor #1

Channeling

2013

As Badger

Real Steel

2011

As Ricky's Henchman (uncredited)

Ticker

2002

As Helicopter Gunman

Trust Me

2013

As Roland

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005

As Dexter Goon

Savages

2012

As Cartel Heist Passenger

National Security

2003

As Detective

Entity: Nine

2006

As Guard #1

Production

Earth to Echo

2014

As Stunt Coordinator

The A-Team

2010

As Stunt Coordinator

Stretch

2014

As Producer

Evidence

2013

As Stunt Coordinator

Ouija

2014

As Stunt Coordinator

Stretch

2014

As Stunt Coordinator

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

As Stunt Coordinator

Bad Boys for Life

2020

As Stunt Coordinator

El Chicano

2019

As Director

El Chicano

2019

As Writer

The Island

2005

As Stunts

The Grey

2012

As Second Unit Director

The Gambler

2014

As Stunt Coordinator

A Star Is Born

2018

As Stunts

Iron Man

2008

As Utility Stunts

Lakeview Terrace

2008

As Stunt Coordinator

Radical Jack

2001

As Stunts

American Hustle

2013

As Stunt Coordinator

Out of the Furnace

2013

As Stunt Coordinator

Life After Beth

2014

As Stunt Coordinator

Courage Under Fire

1996

As Stunts

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

As Stunts

Stiletto

2008

As Stunts

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

As Stunts

The Grey

2012

As Stunt Coordinator

The Ruins

2008

As Stunt Coordinator

Crank: High Voltage

2009

As Stunts

Smokin' Aces

2006

As Second Unit Director

Smokin' Aces

2006

As Stunt Coordinator

Funky Monkey

2004

As Stunts

Entity: Nine

2006

As Stunt Coordinator

Blue Tiger

1994

As Stunts

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