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Birth Name: Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sánchez

Age: 57, born 19 February 1967

Country of origin: Puerto Rico

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 2"

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Benicio Del Toro & Artie Lange Bond During Interview

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Actors on Actors: Will Smith & Benicio Del Toro – Full Video

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Jamie Foxx Interviews Benicio Del Toro || OFF SCRIPT a Grey Goose Production

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Description: Benicio del Toro has earned critical accolades throughout his career, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic as well as an Oscar nomination for his work in Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu's 21 Grams. Del Toro recently reteamed with Soderbergh to take the title role in Che: Part One and Part Two, a biography of Ernesto Che Guevara, for which he won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and at Spain's Goya Awards in 2009. Del Toro was recently seen in Susanne Bier's Things We Lost in the Fire, opposite Halle Berry. His previous works include the film adaptation of Benicio del Toro has earned critical accolades throughout his career, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic as well as an Oscar nomination for his work in Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu's 21 Grams. Del Toro recently reteamed with Soderbergh to take the title role in Che: Part One and Part Two, a biography of Ernesto Che Guevara, for which he won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and at Spain's Goya Awards in 2009.

Del Toro was recently seen in Susanne Bier's Things We Lost in the Fire, opposite Halle Berry. His previous works include the film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriquez; Peter Weir's Fearless; George Huang's Swimming With Sharks; Abel Ferrara's The Funeral; Guy Ritchie's Snatch; Sean Penn's The Indian Runner and The Pledge; Christopher McQuarrie's The Way of the Gun; William Friedkin's The Hunted; and playing Dr. Gonzo in Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Del Toro made his motion picture debut in John Glen's License to Kill, opposite Timothy Dalton's James Bond, and has earned critical acclaim for his performances ever since. In addition to winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, his performance also garnered him a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA and the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as citations from the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics and the Chicago Film Critics Association. His work in 21 Grams also earned Del Toro the Audience Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. He earned Independent Spirit Awards for his performances as Fred Fenster in Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects and as Benny Dalmau in Julian Schnabel's Basquiat.

Born in Puerto Rico, Del Toro grew up in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of California, San Diego, where he appeared in numerous student productions, one of which led to his performing at a drama festival at the Lafayette Theatre in New York. Del Toro studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting under the tutelage of Arthur Mendoza. ... (more)

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" Dr. Gonzo - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas "As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won't need much, just a tiny taste." "

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" Javier Rodríguez - Traffic "You like baseball? We need lights for the parks, so kids can play at night. So they can play baseball. So they don't become burros para los malones. Everybody likes baseball. Everybody likes parks." Honorable Mentions: Franky Four Fingers - Snatch Harold Longbaugh - The Way of the Gun "

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" Jack Jordan - 21 Grams "This is Hell. Right here." Honorable Mentions: Aaron Hallam - The Hunted "

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" Alejandro - Sicario "You should move to a small town where the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now." "

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" Moses Rosenthaler - The French Dispatch "Well, I've been here 3,647 days and nights. Another 14,603 to go. I drink 14 pints of mouthwash rations per week. At that rate, I think I'm going to poison myself to death before I ever get to see the world again, which makes me feel very sad." Honorable Mentions: Ronald Russo - No Sudden Move"

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"1- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)2- The Usual Suspects (1995)3- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)4- Snatch (2000)5- Sin City (2005)"

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" 2004 - NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role BENICIO DEL TORO as Jack Jordan in 21 GRAMS 2003 | dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu 2001- WINNER Best Actor in a Supporting Role BENICIO DEL TORO as Javier Rodriguez in TRAFFIC 2000 | dir: Steven Soderbergh "

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