Brett Ratner
Birthday: March 28, 1969
Birth Place: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Height: 5' 8"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Brett Ratner. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

The 1 Second Film	(2007)
[ Roland Emmerich ]
Code Name: The Cleaner	(2007)
[ Mark Dacascos ][ Will Patton ][ Cedric the Entertainer ][ Callum Keith Rennie ]
Horrible Bosses	(2006)
Go	(2006)
[ Peter Stormare ][ Wentworth Miller ][ Dominic Purcell ][ Stacy Keach ][ Marshall Allman ]
End Game	(2006)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ James Woods ][ Cuba Gooding Jr. ][ Peter Greene ][ Jack Scalia ]
Running Scared	(2006)
[ Paul Walker ][ Chazz Palminteri ][ Cameron Bright ][ Karel Roden ][ Johnny Messner ]
Santa's Slay	(2005)
[ James Caan ][ Emilie de Ravin ][ Chris Kattan ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ][ Bill Goldberg ]
Before, During and 'After the Sunset'	(2005)
Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project	(2005)
[ John Leguizamo ][ Craig Bierko ][ Michael Pena ][ Sam Lerner ]
Paid in Full	(2002)
[ Mekhi Phifer ][ Chi McBride ][ Esai Morales ][ Wood Harris ][ Anthony Clark ]
Me and Daphne	(2002)
[ Jeremy Piven ]
A Ribbon of Dreams	(2002)
Velocity Rules	(2001)
Double Take	(2001)
[ Orlando Jones ][ Eddie Griffin ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Daniel Roebuck ][ Jeff Griggs ]
Partners	(1999)
[ Jeremy Piven ][ Daniel Stern ][ Philip Baker Hall ][ Barry Sonnenfeld ]
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese	(1990)
[ Anthony Michael Hall ][ Michael C. Hall ]

Trivia

• Engaged to Rebecca Gayheart [1997]
• Got his start by directing rap and hip-hop videos for his friend Russell Simmons. When the original director of Money Talks (1997) had to be replaced, Russell Simmons recommended him.
• Attended Miami Beach Senior High
• Once vowed he would not direct movies until he had directed at least 100 music videos.
• Without knowing him, Steven Spielberg sent him 00 to finish his final film project at NYU after he sent out 20 letters to producers asking for help.
• Dating Serena Williams. [2004]
• His favorite film is Scarface (1932).
• Was in pre-production for a remake of John Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) after he finished Rush Hour (1998). It was to be written by Cassavetes' son, Nick Cassavetes and Warren Beatty was set to star. Ratner left the project when he was offered The Family Man (2000).
• Favorite film director is Hal Ashby.
• After meeting with real life FBI agents, he decided that it would not be authentic to have Scott Glenn reprise the role of Jack Crawford in Red Dragon (2002), his The Silence of the Lambs (1991) prequel. Instead, he cast Harvey Keitel, in a role originally created by Dennis Farina in Manhunter (1986). Keitel and Farina had also both played Ray Barbone in the film Get Shorty (1995). Ratner was considered for directing the sequel to Get Shorty, entitled Be Cool (2005), in which Keitel also appears.
• Ranked #81 on Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. He did not rank on the 2004 list.
• At Miami Beach Senior High School was a drama student of well-known instructor Jay W. Jensen.
• Replaced director Matthew Vaughn just two months before filming began on X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
• Was for some time attached to direct Superman Returns (2006). He left the project because of repeated delays and difficulty in casting a lead actor. The project then went to Bryan Singer, while Ratner went on to direct X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the two previous movies in the saga having been directed by Singer.

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