Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro: Biography in Details

Who is Benicio del Toro?

Benicio del Toro is an American actor known for projects like ‘The Usual Suspects,’ ’21 Grams’ and ‘Sicario’ as well as his Academy Award-winning part in ‘Traffic.’

Benicio del Toro: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Benicio Del Toro, the great actor was born on February 19, 1967, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. His nationality is Spanish and American while his ethnicity is mixed(Puerto Rican, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Italian, Indigenous).

His father’s name is Gustavo Adolfo del Toro Bermúdez and mother’s name is Fausta Genoveva Sánchez Rivera.

When he was 9 years old, his mother died. Then his family moved to a farm in Pennsylvania four years later. He has a brother named Gustavo del Toro.

Education History

Benicio del Toro had completed high school with the intention of becoming a lawyer and enrolled at the University of California.

He had attended the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School before winning a scholarship to the renowned Stella Adler Conservatory.

Benicio del Toro: Professional Life, Career

Benicio del Toro started his career in the 1980s. During this time, he made several television appearances in Miami Vice in 1984. His big-screen career got off to a slower start, however, his first role was Duke the Dog-Faced Boy in Big Top Pee-wee in 1988.

In 1989, he landed the role of Dario, the vicious henchman in the James Bond film Licence to Kill. At the age of 21, he was the youngest actor ever to portray a Bond villain.

He gave creditable performances in many overlooked films for the next several years, such as The Indian Runner in 1991, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery in 1992, and Money for Nothing in 1993.

Benicio had first gained serious critical attention in 1995, for his scene-stealing turn as Fred Fenster. In 1996 he gave a charismatic turn as cold-blooded gangster Gaspare Spoglia in The Funeral.

In 2021, he played the role of Moses Rosenthaler in the famous American anthology comedy film The French Dispatch and in the same year he played the role of Ronald Russo in the film No sudden Move.

More about his career

But in 1997, his first mainstream leading role was in the Excess Baggage. With the release of Steven Soderbergh’s drug saga Traffic in 2000.

In 2001, Del Toro was seemingly ubiquitous; in addition to Traffic, he played the gangster Frankie Four Fingers in Snatch, a crime caper directed by Guy Ritchie and co-starring Brad Pitt.

He had played a born-again ex-con in 21 Grams in 2003, which led to another Academy Award nomination for the best supporting actor. He went on to portray a violent cop in Sin City in 2005.

In 2013 he was seen playing an extraterrestrial being known as the Collector in the Marvel Comics adventure Guardians of the Galaxy.

Net Worth and Salary

He had written, produced as well as directed a short film, Submission, starring Matthew McConaughey.

As per 2022 data, he has an estimated net worth of $45 million.

Benicio del Toro: Rumors and Controversy

Unlike other celebrities, he hasn’t suffered from any kind of controversy but he has suffered from rumors.

People say that he and Kimberly Stewart is bearing a child but the fact is they are not in a relationship.

Body Measurements

Benicio del Toro has a height of 6 feet 2 inches. His body weighs 80kg. He has salt-pepper hair and hazel eyes.

Social Media Profile

Benicio del Toro is active on Facebook and Twitter.

He has more than 5.1k followers on Facebook and more than 8.6k followers on Twitter.

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