Benicio del Toro

Actor, Film actor

1967 –

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Who is Benicio del Toro?

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez, better known as Benicio del Toro is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic. He is also known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Franky Four Fingers in Snatch, Jackie Boy in Sin City, and Che Guevara in Che, a performance which garnered him the Best Actor Award both at the Cannes Film Festival in France, and at the Goya Awards in Spain. He portrayed The Collector in the Marvel Studios films Thor: The Dark World, and the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy. He is the third Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award.

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Born
Feb 19, 1967
San Germán
Also known as
  • Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sanchez
  • Beno
  • Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez
  • Skinny Benny
  • Benicio Deltoro
  • Benicio Del Toro
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Spanish people
  • Italian people
  • Puerto Rican people
  • Caribbean people
Nationality
  • Puerto Rico
  • Spain
Profession
Education
  • Mercersburg Academy
  • Circle in the Square Theatre School
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Stella Adler Studio of Acting
  • Academia del Perpetuo Socorro
Lived in
  • Pennsylvania
  • Los Angeles
  • Santurce

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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