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Benicio Del Toro is a critically acclaimed Puerto Rican actor who has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, for his roles in films like Traffic, 21 Grams, and Che. He is known for playing a wide range of characters, from eccentric criminals to morally upright police officers, and has established himself as one of the most versatile and talented actors of his generation.
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About the Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sanchezis a Puerto Rican actor. He has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Silver Bear for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000). Del Toro’s performance as despairing ex-con turned zealot Jack Jordan, in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s 21 Grams (2003), earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He is also known for his breakout role as the eccentric, unintelligible crook Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects (1995); Benny Dalmau in Basquiat (1996), winning two consecutive Independent Spirit Awards for both films; Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); gambling addict Franky Four Fingers in Snatch (2000); the predatory, unhinged antagonist Jackie Boy in Sin City (2005); revolutionary Che Guevara in Che (2008), a performance that earned him the Best Actor award both at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Goya Awards; and as Alejandro, a mysterious, ruthless agent out to bring down a drug cartel in Sicario (2015), for which del Toro was nominated for several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
His other roles include portrayals of the Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; drug lord Pablo Escobar in Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014); Lawrence Talbot in the 2010 remake of The Wolfman; and the codebreaker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018, he starred as Richard Matt in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
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Benicio Del Toro has won numerous accolades for his acting, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Silver Bear for his performance in the film Traffic (2000).
Benicio Del Toro’s breakout role was as the eccentric, unintelligible crook Fred Fenster in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.
Benicio Del Toro has played a wide range of notable characters, including Benny Dalmau in Basquiat, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Franky Four Fingers in Snatch, the predatory antagonist Jackie Boy in Sin City, revolutionary Che Guevara in Che, and the mysterious agent Alejandro in Sicario.
In 2018, Benicio Del Toro starred as Richard Matt in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
Benicio Del Toro has played the Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the codebreaker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).
12 Quotes by Benicio Del Toro
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I don’t think I could be a foot soldier. I don’t know if I could take orders too good. I’m a little lazy.
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Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.
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When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don’t know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up.
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To be honest with you, I’d rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
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Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That’s probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio and do other things that I really want to do.
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You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.
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There’s a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
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I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by.
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My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I’m at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.
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I’m not Jack Nicholson. I’m not Brando. But I do mumble.
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I’ve liked most of the films that I’ve been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.
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There are a lot of good actresses out there.
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