Benicio del Toro

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967) is an Oscar winning actor. He was born in San German, Puerto Rico and grew up in Santurce, a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico and spent his teens and attended High School in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh. His parents, Gustavo Adolfo del Toro Bermudez and Fausta Sanchez Rivera, were both lawyers. He has an older brother, also named Gustavo, who is a pediatric oncologist working in Manhattan.

Selected Filmography

• Sin City (2005)
• 21 Grams (2003)
• The Hunted (2003)
• The Pledge (2001)
• Traffic (2000)
• The Way of the Gun (2000)
• Snatch (2000)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• The Fan (1996)
• Basquiat (1996)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Swimming with Sharks (1994)
• Fearless (1993)
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• Big Top Pee-wee (1988)