Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

1967-02-19San Germán, Puerto RicoActing

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnisjo ðel ˈtoɾo]; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a Goya Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Silver Bear. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.9 billion worldwide. Del Toro made his film debut in Big Top Pee-wee (1988) before his breakout role playing an unintelligible crook in the crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by roles in Basquiat (1996), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Snatch (2000). He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a morally upright police officer in the Steven Soderbergh crime drama Traffic (2000). He was nominated in the

Known For

Snatch
Snatch
Sin City
Sin City
21 Grams
21 Grams
Basquiat
Basquiat
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun
Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Traffic
Traffic
The Hunted
The Hunted
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire
Fearless
Fearless
Swimming with Sharks
Swimming with Sharks
The Poet of Havana
The Poet of Havana
The Pledge
The Pledge
Big Top Pee-wee
Big Top Pee-wee
The Funeral
The Funeral
The Wolfman
The Wolfman
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two
Che: Part One
Che: Part One