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Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez, known as Benicio Del Toro, born on February 19, 1967, is a highly acclaimed Puerto Rican born Spanish actor. Notable for his roles in a diverse range of films, Del Toro has accumulated critical praise and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Silver Bear. His gritty portrayal of police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000) punctuated his reputation as an actor with immense range. Notable for his unique character choices, Del Toro has taken on various roles from the eccentric crook Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects (1995), Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), revolutionary Che Guevara in Che (2008), to the mysterious, ruthless agent in Sicario (2015). On a personal level, Del Toro was born in San Germán, Puerto Rico and has a brother, Gustavo. He had a Catalan paternal great-grandfather and a Basque maternal great-grandmother, and spent most of his infancy in Santurce, a barrio within San Juan. Del Toro, whose childhood nicknames were "Skinny Benny" and "Beno", was raised a Roman Catholic and attended a Roman Catholic school in Miramar, Puerto Rico. Del Toro spent his adolescence and attended high school in Pennsylvania and later pursued a business degree at the University of California, San Diego. After graduating, Del Toro studied with noted acting teachers Stella Adler and Arthur Mendoza in Los Angeles, as well as at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City.
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Given Name: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez
Born: San Germán, Puerto Rico
Citizenship: Spain
Birthday: February 19, 1967
Occupations: Actor, producer
Years Active: 1987-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Kimberly Stewart
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Awards and Nominations Received by Benicio Del Toro
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Movies Featuring Benicio Del Toro
Avengers: Infinity War
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Traffic
Inherent Vice
Savages
The Wolfman
The French Dispatch
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Pledge
21 Grams
Jimmy P.
A Perfect Day
Swimming with Sharks
No Sudden Move
Basquiat
Licence to Kill
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario
Things We Lost in the Fire
The Way of the Gun
The Hunted
Excess Baggage
Other Music
Reptile
The Phoenician Scheme
Making Che
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Everything in This Dream
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Director and the Jedi
Take Flight
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Escape at Dannemora
Other Music
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Round Up: Deposing ‘The Usual Suspects’
Inside ‘Licence to Kill’
Bond Girls Are Forever
Making ‘Snatch’
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Breakfast with Hunter
21 Grams: In Fragments
Declaration of Independence
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Bonnie
Fearless
China Moon
The Funeral
Submission
Cannes Man
Che: Part One
Golden Balls
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Che: Part Two
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Money for Nothing
One Battle After Another
Career Timeline
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2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Alejandro
The Director and the Jedi
Self
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
2008
Che: Part One
Ernesto Che Guevara
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Narrator (voice)
Che: Part Two
Ernesto Che Guevara
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Self
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
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