Benicio del Toro is a talented Puerto Rican-Spanish actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous recognitions including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2001 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Traffic (2000). His other notable films include 21 Grams , The Usual Suspects , Basquiat , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Snatch , Sin City , Che , Sicario , Escobar: Paradise Lost , The Wolfman ,Star Wars: The Last Jedi , Guardians of the Galaxy , and Avengers: Infinity War .

Born name

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez

nickname

Well, skinny Benny

Sun sign

fishes

Place of birth

San German, Puerto Rico

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

nationality

Puerto Rican, Spanish

training

Benicio del Toro studied at the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help) in Miramar, Puerto Rico. He later joined the Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.

He then enrolled at the University of California, San Diego to study business. As he continued to develop in his acting elective, he dropped out of college and began acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Drama in Los Angeles and also came full circle at the Square Theater School in New York City.

occupation

Actor, film producer

family

• Vater – Gustavo Adolph del Toro Bermudez (Rechtsanwalt)
• Mother – Fausta Genoveva Sánchez Rivera (lawyer)
• Siblings – Gustavo del Toro (older brother) (Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York)
• Andere – Joshue Del Toro (Cousin), Rebeca Pous Del Toro(Cousin) (Sängerin), Benicio del Carmen Sanchez Castaño (Großvater mütterlicherseits), Lirio / Licio / Licia / Lucia Belén Oma)

Manager

Benicio del Toro is managed by –

• Rick Yorn, Manager, LBI Entertainment, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Creative artist agency
• Hansen Jacobson

To build

Average

Height

188 cm (6 ft 2 in)

weight

90 kg or 198.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Benicio Del Toro has dated –

1. Valeria Golino – Benicio was in a relationship with Italian actress Valeria Golino. The couple became engaged in 1988. However, in 1992 they called off their engagement.
2. Claire Forlani (1995) – In June 1995, Benicio reportedly met British actress Claire Forlani. They have appeared in many films together.
3. Alicia Silverstone (1996-1997) – In 1996, Benicio began dating actress Alicia Silverstone. The pair were paired together in Excess Baggage (1997). They separated in 1997.
4. Chiara Mastroianni (1998-2001) – In 1998, Benicio began dating French actress Chiara Mastroianni. After being together for almost 3 years, they separated in 2001.
5. Heather Graham (2001) – In 2001, Benicio briefly dated actress Heather Graham.
6. Sophie Dahl (2002) – In September 2002, Benicio reportedly met British model Sophie Dahl.
7. Scarlett Johansson (2004) – In 2004, Benicio had an encounter with actress Scarlett Johansson.
8. Sara Foster (2004-2006) – In 2004, Benicio began dating actress Sara Foster. Their relationship only lasted 2 years before breaking up in 2006.
9. Lindsay Lohan (2006) – In February 2006, Benicio met actress Lindsay Lohan.
10. Catherine Keener (2008-2009) – In August 2008, Benicio began dating actress Catherine Keener. They ended their relationship the following year.
11. Kimberly Stewart (2010) – In November 2010, Benicio and actress Kimberly Stewart had a meeting. Kimberly is the daughter of singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. Their brief encounter resulted in the birth of their daughter, Delilah Genoveva Stewart del Toro (b. August 21, 2011). Their daughter was baptized in Puerto Rico.

race/ethnicity

Multiracial (White and Hispanic)

He has Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Italian, and Native American ancestry.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Dark circles around the eyes
• high altitude

brand promotion

Benicio del Toro has done endorsement work for brands like –

• Hennes & Mauritz
• Calvin Klein Perfume Obsession
• Great for them
• Heineken

Religion

Christianity

He was born a Roman Catholic.

Known for

His numerous creditable film performances include Traffic (2000) as Javier Rodriguez, 21 Grams (2003) as Jack Jordan, Che (2008) as Che Guevara, The Usual Suspects (1995) as Fred Fenster, Basquiat (1996) as Benny Dalmau, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as Dr. Gonzo and Sicario (2015) as Alejandro Gillick

first movie

In 1988 he made his big screen debut as Duke the dog-faced in the romantic adventure comedy Big Top Pee-Wee .

In 2015, he made his big screen voice acting debut in the animated adventure film The Little Prince as the Snake.

First TV show

In 1987 he made his first television appearance in the comedy-drama series Shell Game as Pedroza.

Benicio del Toro Lieblingssachen

• Junk Food – Pizza
• Movies – The 400 Strikes (1959), Lucia (1968), The Harder They Come (1972), The Creature of the Black Lagoon (1954), The Last Detail (1973)
• Food – Fried pork chop, fried green plantains and rice
• Musicians – Van Morrison, U2, Mike Scott of the Waterboys
• Writers – George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Bram Stoker
• Fictional villain – Dracula

Benicio del Toro Facts

1. His last name “Del Toro” means “of the bull” in Spanish.
2. At the age of 9 he lost his mother to hepatitis.
3. During his school days, he was good at art and a great basketball player.
4. He likes to draw and loves oil paintings.
5. At the age of 13 he was transferred to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania to attend a private boarding school called Mercersburg Academy.
6. Benicio studied acting with Stella Adler and Arthur Mendoza at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting on a scholarship.
7. His family wanted him to become a lawyer because they think acting has no future.
8. He had to burn himself with cigarettes several times for a scene in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), which was dropped in the final production.
9. He turned down the role of Diego Rivera in Frida (2002) because the character required him to regain weight, which he had already done in Fright and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) by putting on 40 pounds.
10. Benicio sustained a horrific wrist injury during a stunt fight scene for the film The Hunted (2003) that required 3 hours of therapy a day, raising doubts about his wrist’s full recovery.
11. He is the third Puerto Rican actor to receive an Oscar after Rita Moreno for West Side History (1961) and José Ferrer for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).
12. His character’s last name in Basquiat (1996) “Dalmau” was inspired by a Puerto Rican basketball player Raymond Dalmau who played in the 1970s and early 1980s.
13. At 21, he became the youngest to play a villain in a James Bond film. License to Kill (1989).
14. He has appeared in Madonna’s music video La Isla Bonita (1987).
15. He is good friends with Johnny Depp, in which he starred in Fear and Loathing (1998).
16. His father turned his property across the street into a large basketball court so that Benicio and his brother could play and practice basketball with their friends.
17. Singer Macy Gray is his big fan.
18. Like Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen, PierceBrosnan, Hugh Grant, Hugh Laurie, Daniel Radcliffe, Andrew Johnston and the late Michael Jackson, Benicio is a huge supporter of English Premier League football club Fulham Football Club.
19. In March 2012, the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico presented him with an honorary degree for his contribution to cinema in celebration of the university’s centenary.
20. He has also worked with many Academy Award-winning directors such as Steven Soderbergh, William Friedkin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Oliver Stone.
21. He has worked with actor Josh Brolin in many films including Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Inherent Vice (2014), Sicario (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Sicario: Day of the Soldier (2018).
22. A few years ago , Miramax Films’ Meryl Poster, the executive at the time, stated that Benicio and Josh Brolin were the worst auditions she had ever encountered.
23. As a child he was extremely afraid of his teachers, of the dark and of being alone.
24. The villain who scared him the most was Robert Mitchum in the original Cape Fear (1991).
25. He once stated that he was 47.6998 percent evil in real life, although this fluctuates from time to time.
26. He has worked as an executive producer in films such as Viva (2015), Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014) and Lovesick (2007) and as a producer in The Wolfman (2010) and Che (2008).
27. Benicio worked as a spokesperson for the Yo Limpio Awareness Campaign in Puerto Rico in 2003.
28. He is not active on social media.