Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro is an actor and producer born in Puerto Rico. He has starred in such films as Sin City, Traffic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and 21 Grams.

Fast Facts:

Born: February 19, 1967
Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Awards: 2 Golden Globes; Academy Award for Best Actor

Life and Career

Benicio del Toro was born in Puerto Rico but moved to Pennsylvania at the age of thirteen. His parents were lawyers, and his mother died from hepatitis when he was nine.

After high school, del Toro went to the University of California, San Diego to study business but soon dropped out to pursue acting. He received training from Stella Adler and the Circle in the Square Theater School.

del Toro began getting small parts on TV and in films, but his big break came when he starred in The Usual Suspects. The recognition from this film led to bigger parts, and his peformance in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000) earned him an Oscar for best actor.

He has been working steadily in major Hollywood films since then and has been cast to play Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in two films directed by Steven Soderbergh which release in 2008.

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