- Date of Birth: 19 February, 1967
- Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico
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Biography:
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is an Academy Award-winning Puerto Rican actor and film producer. He is best known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects, Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez in Traffic and Jack 'Jackie Boy' Rafferty in Sin City.
Del Toro was born in Miramar, Santurce,... Read more
Filmography
News
What will entertain us in 2009
sfgate.com –
2009-01-04
With the nation officially in recession, the Bay Area (and beyond) will have plenty of artistic comfort food in 2009, as several classics return and warhorses carry on. ... Full Article
BENICIO Del Toro must be one of the most modest actors in Hollywood. The Puerto Rican star picked up an Oscar award for best supporting actor for his role in Traffic, and was nominated again in 2003 for his turn... ... Full Article
Che won't revolutionise the cinema
metro.co.uk –
2008-12-24
Pretty, sunny, audience friendly The Motorcycle Diaries depicted the early adventures of young Argentine doctor Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as something akin to a gap-year buddy movie. ... Full Article
The 49 Films That Will Define 2009
totalfilm.com –
2008-12-24
What is it?Two-part biopic of revolutionary-cum-poster boy Che Guevara, starring Benicio Del Toro Why we're excited: Because this isn't Ocean's Fourteen, and because the last time Soderbergh strayed into such weighty territory he gave us Traffic. ... Full Article
Washington, Dec.13 (ANI): Noted Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has said that in the prevailing politico-economic environment in the United States, where the mantra is make profit of everything, the class-less society dream of Cuban rebel Ernesto `Che Guevara in the... ... Full Article
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