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
• The Usual Suspects as Fenster
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Dr. Gonzo
• Traffic as Javier Rodriguez
• Guardians of the Galaxy as The Collector
• Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
• One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Alejandro Gillick

TV

• Tales from the Crypt as Bill
• What If...? as The Collector (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
• Miami Vice as Pito
• The View as Self
• Icons
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• The Oscars as Self
• Escape at Dannemora as Richard Matt