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Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-'90s 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 cop in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. Born in Puerto Rico on February 19... See full bio »

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Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sanchez
in San Germán, Puerto Rico
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2014 How the Light Gets In (rumored) (announced)
 
2014 Agent: Century 21 (pre-production)
Gilberto 'El Padre' Duran
 
2014 Inherent Vice (pre-production)
Sauncho Smilax
 
2014 Paradise Lost (filming)
Pablo Escobar
 
2013 Untitled Terrence Malick Project (rumored) (post-production)
 
2013 Jimmy P.
Jimmy Picard
 
2012 Savages: The Interrogations (video short)
Lado
 
2012 Savages
Lado
 
2010 Somewhere
Celebrity (uncredited)
 
2010 The Wolfman
Lawrence Talbot
 
2009 Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (video)
Kid sitting on car (segment "La Isla Bonita") (uncredited)
 
2008 Che: Part One
Ernesto Che Guevara
 
2008 Che: Part Two
Ernesto Che Guevara
 
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire
Jerry Sunborne
 
2005 Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (short)
Macro
 
2005 Sin City
Jackie Boy
 
2003 21 Grams
Jack Jordan
 
2003 The Hunted
Aaron Hallam
 
2001 The Pledge
Toby Jay Wadenah
 
2000 Traffic
Javier Rodriguez
 
2000 The Way of the Gun
Mr. Longbaugh
 
2000 Snatch.
Franky Four Fingers
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dr Gonzo
 
1997 Joyride
Detective Lopez
 
1997 Excess Baggage
Vincent
 
1996 The Funeral
Gaspare
 
1996 The Fan
Juan Primo
 
1996 Basquiat
Benny Dalmau
 
1995 The Usual Suspects
Fred Fenster
 
1995 Fallen Angels (TV series)
Paco
– Good Housekeeping (1995) … Paco
 
1994 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Bill
– The Bribe (1994) … Bill
 
1994 Swimming with Sharks
Rex
 
1994 China Moon
Lamar Dickey
 
1993 Fearless
Manny Rodrigo
 
1993 Huevos de oro
El amigo de Miami
 
1993 Money for Nothing
Dino Palladino
 
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Alvaro Harana (as Benicio del Toro)
 
1991 The Indian Runner
Miguel
 
1990 Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (video)
Kid sitting on car (segment "La Isla Bonita") (uncredited)
 
1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (TV mini-series)
Caro Quintero
 
1989 Licence to Kill
Dario
 
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
 
1987 Private Eye (TV series)
– Blue Movie (1987)
 
1987 Miami Vice (TV series)
Pito
– Everybody's in Show Biz (1987) … Pito (as Benicio Deltoro)
 
1987 Shell Game (TV series)
Pedroza
– The Upstairs Gardener (1987) … Pedroza
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2010 The Wolfman (producer)
 
2008 Che: Part One (producer)
 
2008 Che: Part Two (producer)
 
2007 Lovesickness (executive producer)
 
1997 The World of Apes with Bugs Bunny (video documentary) (producer)
 
1997 The World of Bears with Bugs Bunny (video documentary) (producer)
 
1997 The World of Elefhants with Bugs Bunny (video documentary) (producer)
 
1997 The World of Lions with Bugs Bunny (video documentary) (producer)
 
1997 The World of Sealions with Bugs Bunny (video documentary) (producer)
 
1995 Submission (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
2012 7 Days in Havana
 
1995 Submission (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1995 Submission (short)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2009 Where the Wild Things Are (special thanks)
 
2008 A Discussion About 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Bread and Roses (special thanks)
 
1997 Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (81 titles)
2012 Benigno (post-production)
Himself
 
2009-2012 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2012 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Alguna pregunta més? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.5 (2012) … Himself
 
2009-2012 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2012 Caiga quien caiga - CQC (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.29 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 El hormiguero (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 September 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Premio Donostia a John Travolta y Oliver Stone (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2012 Iñaki (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (2012) … Himself
 
2009-2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2011 The Project (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 October 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2010 Stones in Exile (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Xposé (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.149 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.197 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The 7PM Project (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.143 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Top Ten List Presenter
– Episode #17.89 (2010) … Himself - Top Ten List Presenter
 
2005-2010 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Parla con me (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 January 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 In Search of Ted Demme (documentary)
 
2009 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001-2009 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself - Javier Roudrigez / Himself - Senaste FIlm
– Episode dated 13 March 2009 (2009) … Himself - Senaste FIlm
– Om filmen 'Traffic' (2001) … Himself - Javier Roudrigez
 
2009 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.3 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Toni Rovira y tú (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Els matins a TV3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.99 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Buenafuente (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 23 premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor (also archive footage)
 
2001-2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Benicio Del Toro (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Fantástico (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Mañanas informales (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Todos contra Juan (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
2008 The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2008 A Discussion About 'Things We Lost in the Fire' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Jerry Sunborne'
 
2008 Shine a Light (documentary)
Himself - Concert Audience (uncredited)
 
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.16 … Himself
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marlon Brando: The Agony of Genius (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Sin City: The Premiere (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Starz on the Set: Sin City (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 That's So New York (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
2004 21 Grams: In Fragments (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Eigo de shabera-night (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 31 May 2004 (2004) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2004 Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 T4 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2004 The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2004 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Tussen de sterren (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Pursuing 'The Hunted' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Filming 'The Hunted' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Cutting Edge (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Breakfast with Hunter (documentary)
Himself
 
2001-2003 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.44 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #9.12 (2001) … Himself
 
2003 Hunter Goes to Hollywood (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Declaration of Independence (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Julia: All in Me (documentary)
 
2002 Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.16 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Keyser Söze: Lie or Legend? (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
2002 Film Trix 2002 (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Making 'Snatch' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2001 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Film Actor, Best Film Ensemble
 
2001 The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2001 Independence Day 2001 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 2000 MTV Movie Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2000 Bread and Roses
Himself - Party Guest (uncredited)
 
2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Behind the Scenes: Way of the Gun (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Inside 'Licence to Kill' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 Cannes Man
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2011-2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2012 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
 
2010 Gala 20 aniversario (TV movie)
Che Guevara
 
2010 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Los mejores momentos de 'Sé lo que hicisteis' (video)
Himself
 
2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
 
2008 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
 
2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2005 VM Show Vol. 2 (TV series)
 
2005 El oficio de actor (TV documentary)
Javier Rodríguez
 
2002 Bond Girls Are Forever (TV documentary)
Dario (uncredited)
 
The Directors (TV series documentary)
 

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Alternate Names:

Benicio Deltoro | Benicio del Toro

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I see The Usual Suspects as the time where I was, quote unquote, discovered. It took me six, seven years to get to that place. And it was not easy. You're fighting with people who doubt you and your choice of career. There are a lot of doubts - and you have to stay focused with what you want. I never put a time limit on me being successful or not... See more »

Trivia:

He was considered for the lead character of "Eddie Kagle" in "Angel on My Shoulder" (2005), a role that was played by Paul Muni in Angel on My Shoulder. Producers not only wanted him for his his amazing talent, but also for his close resemblance to Muni. See more »

Trademark:

Dark circles under his eyes. See more »

Nickname:

Beno See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius