Benicio Del Toro
From Movie Music News
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Full Name: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez
Nicknames: Skinny Benny and Beno.
Sex: Male
Birthdate: February 19, 1967
Birthday: Sunday
Birthplace: Miramar, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Grew Up In: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, USA (moved to Mercersburg at the age of thirteen).
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Nationality: Puerto Rican
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Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Religion: Catholic
Education: Benicio Del Toro attended Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (The Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), a Roman Catholic school in Miramar, Puerto Rico. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. After graduation, Benicio Del Toro followed the advice of his father and pursued a degree in business at the University of California, San Diego. Success in an elective drama course encouraged him to drop out of college and study with noted acting teachers Stella Adler and Arthur Mendoza in Los Angeles, as well as at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York.
Occupation: Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award winning actor and film producer.
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Father: Gustavo Adolfo del Toro BermĂşdez (a lawyer).
Mother: Fausta Sánchez Rivera (a lawyer) (died of hepatitis when Benicio Del Toro was nine years old).
Older Brother: Gustavo Del Toro (a pediatric oncologist).
Sisters: 0
Ex-girlfriends: Chiara Mastroianni
Ex-fiancee: Valeria Golino (from 1988 to 1992)
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Filmography
- 1988 Big Top Pee-wee - Duke, the Dog-Faced Boy
- 1989 Licence to Kill - Dario
- 1991 The Indian Runner - Miguel
- 1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery - Alvaro Harana
- 1993 Fearless - Manny Rodrigo
- 1993 Huevos de oro - Bob, the friend from Miami
- 1993 Money for Nothing - Dino Palladino
- 1994 Swimming with Sharks - Rex
- 1994 China Moon - Lamar Dickey
- 1995 The Usual Suspects - Fred Fenster
- 1996 The Funeral - Gaspare Spoglia
- 1996 The Fan - Juan Primo
- 1996 Cannes Man - Himself
- 1996 Basquiat - Benny Dalmau
- 1996 Joyride - Detective Lopez
- 1997 Excess Baggage - Vincent Roche
- 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Dr. Gonzo aka Oscar Zeta Acosta
- 2000 Traffic - Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor)
- 2000 The Way of the Gun - Harry Longbaugh
- 2000 Snatch Franky 'Four Fingers'
- 2000 Bread and Roses - Himself (Cameo)
- 2001 The Pledge - Toby Jay Wadenah
- 2003 21 Grams - Jack Jordan (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination)
- 2003 The Hunted - Aaron Hallam
- 2005 Sin City - Jack 'Jackie Boy' Rafferty
- 2007 Things We Lost in the Fire - Jerry Sunborne
- 2008 Guerrilla - Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna
- 2008 The Argentine = Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna
- 2009 The Wolf Man - Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man
