Benjamin Bratt is headed to the zone…

The 56-year-old half-Peruvian American actor will star opposite Rosario Dawson in HBO Max’s pilot of the DC/Vertigo Comics series DMZ.

DMZ is set in the near future where America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone, destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. DMZchronicles the harrowing journey of fierce medic Alma Ortega (Dawson), who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. As she contends with the gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords who control this lawless no man’s land, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone has lost: hope.

Bratt will portray the series-regular role of Parco Delgado, the popular — and deadly — leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ. He wants to rule the DMZ and will stop at nothing to secure that outcome. Delgado is known as a wildly magnetic, affable and equally influential man. 

The role returns Bratt to the comic book world, having played Jonathan Pangborn in the Disney/Marvelfeature Doctor Strange. 

DMZis written and executive produced by showrunner Roberto Patinoand directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay. The pilot is produced by Array Filmworksin association with Warner Bros. Television.

Bratt’s previous credits include Coco, Despicable Me 2, Traffic, The Infiltrator, Snitch , Ride Along 2 and A Score to Settle. 

On television, Bratt appeared on Law & Order,Starand 24: Live Another Day.