Benicio Del Toro

Quick Facts

Full Name	Benicio Del Toro
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1967(1967-02-19)
Age	57
Birthplace	San Juan
Country	Puerto Rico
Horoscope	Aquarius

Benicio Del Toro Biography

Benicio Del Toro is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on February 19, 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican actor and film producer, who gained notoriety for his part on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The performance in the film, Traffic, earned him an BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. Other films he has created include The Usual Suspects, 21 Grams, Che, Sin City and Guardians of the Galaxy.

The year he made his breakthrough was in 2000, when He was on His breakout year was 2000, when he starred in Guy Ritchie‘s film Snatch.’s film Snatch.

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer of Spanish descent. He has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades and awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000). Del Toro’s performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Del Toro surfaced in small television roles during the late 1980s, playing mostly thugs and drug dealers on programs such as Miami Vice and the NBC miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story. He appeared in Madonna’s 1987 music video “La Isla Bonita” as a background character sitting on a car. Work in films followed, beginning with his debut in Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and as Dario in the James Bond movie Licence to Kill (1989), in which the 21-year-old del Toro held the distinction of being the youngest actor ever to play a Bond henchman. Del Toro continued to appear in movies including The Indian Runner (1991), China Moon (1994), Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), Money for Nothing (1993), Fearless (1993) and Swimming with Sharks (1994).

He was in a relationship with the actress He dated actress Alicia Silverstone from 1996 to 1997. He had a daughter named Delilah with model Kimberly Stewart. from 1996 until 1997. He had one child with the name Delilah along with the models Kimberly Stewart.

Benicio Del Toro Net Worth

Benicio Del Toro is one of the richest Movie Actor from Puerto Rico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benicio Del Toro 's net worth $45 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He secretly left his University of California San Diego to pursue acting studies and acting in Los Angeles.

He was Franky Four Fingers from the film Snatch. He was a part of his role in the Showtime program Escape at Dannemora playing Richard Matt.

Del Toro was born on February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, to Gustavo Adolfo del Toro Bermúdez and Fausta Genoveva Sánchez Rivera (daughter of Benicio Sánchez Castaño and Lirio Belén Rivera), who were both lawyers. Many of del Toro’s relatives are involved in Puerto Rico’s legal system. He has an older brother, Gustavo, who is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York. He had a Catalan paternal great-grandfather and a Basque maternal great-grandmother. Del Toro is related to Puerto Rican basketball player Carlos Arroyo, Spanish latin pop and eurodance singer Rebeca Pous Del Toro, whose maternal grandfather was Puerto Rican, and Puerto Rican singer Eliseo del Toro. Del Toro’s great-grandfather was Rafael Rivera Esbrí, one of the heroes of the El Polvorin fire in Ponce, and who would also later become mayor of that city (1915-1917).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Benicio Del Toro height 6 ft 2 in Benicio weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Benicio Del Toro Dating?

According to our records, Benicio Del Toro is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Benicio Del Toro’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2003, Benicio del Toro became the spokesman of the educational campaign “Yo Limpio a Puerto Rico”, an environmental organization founded in 1997 by Ignacio Barsottelli, whose mission is to educate and mobilize Puerto Ricans in favor of recycling and the protection of the environment.

Facts & Trivia

Benicio Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Puerto Rico. Benicio Del Toro celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

In 2008, del Toro was awarded the Prix d’interpretation masculine (or Best Actor Award) at the Cannes Film Festival for his characterization of Che Guevara in the biographical films The Argentine and Guerrilla (together known as Che). During his acceptance speech, del Toro dedicated his award “to the man himself, Che Guevara” along with director Steven Soderbergh. Del Toro was also awarded a 2009 Goya Award as the Best Actor for his depiction of Che. Actor Sean Penn, who won an Oscar for his role in Milk, remarked that he was surprised and disappointed that Che and del Toro were not also up for any Academy Award nominations. During his acceptance speech for the Best Actor’s trophy at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Penn expressed his dismay stating, “The fact that there aren’t crowns on Soderbergh’s and del Toro’s heads right now, I don’t understand… that is such a sensational movie, Che.” For the final portions of the film (shown here), del Toro shed 35 pounds to show how ill Guevara had become near the end of his life in the jungles of Bolivia.

Top Facts about Benicio Del Toro

1. Benicio del Toro was born on February 19, 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in “Traffic” (2000).
3. Del Toro has also won a Golden Globe and BAFTA award.
4. He played the role of The Collector in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
5. Del Toro is fluent in Spanish and English.
6. His breakthrough role was in “The Usual Suspects” (1995).
7. He starred as Che Guevara in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” (2008).
8. Del Toro directed and produced the documentary “Santiago y Luisa” (2019).
9. He has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards.
10. Del Toro is known for his intense and versatile acting style.

Is Benicio Del Toro and Guillermo del Toro related?

No relation to filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, despite a popular misconception.

Is Benicio Del Toro related to Brad Pitt?

Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro Both men have BAFTA Awards and both are brilliant actors, but when they’re on screen they can’t be mistaken. They talk differently, walk differently and definitely act differently.

How rich is Benicio Del Toro?

Net Worth: $45 Million
Height:| 6 ft (1.85 m)
Profession:| Actor, Film Producer, Film director
Nationality:| Puerto Rico

What is Benicio Del Toro most famous for?

Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic (2000).

Is Kimberly Stewart married to Benicio Del Toro?

Kimberly Stewart is mother to a 10-year-old daughter named Delilah de Toro whom she shares with Academy Award winner, Benicio Del Toro. However, the duo were not married. She was born in 2011.