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Benicio Del Toro

  • Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico
  • Birthday: February 19, 1967

Tall, dark and photogenic, Benicio Del Toro spent several years in less than memorable supporting roles before his breakthrough as the mumbling Fred Fenster, the most erratic of the conspirators, in Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995). After that award-winning turn, the actor seemed on his way to a sterling career, although not all of efforts have met with box-office success.

Born in Puerto Rico and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Del Toro enrolled at the University of California at San Diego with the intention of beco…more

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Portrayed the title character in Steven Soderbergh's two part biopic, "Che," about the life of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Guevara

  • 2007

    Co-starred with Halle Berry in "Things We Lost in the Fire"

  • 2005

    Cast as Jackie Boy, a dirty cop with a penchant for violence in "Sin City" an adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

  • 2003

    Co-starred with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts as an ex-convict in "21 Grams"; directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actor

  • 2001

    Re-teamed with director Sean Penn, playing a mentally challenged Native American in "The Pledge"

Awards

  • 2008

    Cannes Film Festival Award: Best Leading Actor

  • 2004

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Award: Best Supporting Actor

  • 2004

    Independent Spirit Award: Special Distinction

  • 2003

    Venice Film Festival Audience Award: Best Actor

  • 2002

    Sundance Film Festival Award: Tribute to Independent Vision

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