Benicio del Toro

Acting · Born 1967-02-19 in San Germán, Puerto Rico

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Snatch as Franky Four Fingers
• Sin City as Jackie Boy
• 21 Grams as Jack Jordan
• Basquiat as Benny Dalmau
• The Usual Suspects as Fenster
• The Way of the Gun as Mr. Longbaugh
• Licence to Kill as Dario
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Dr. Gonzo
• Traffic as Javier Rodriguez
• The Hunted as Aaron Hallam