Biography
Benicio del Toro is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He was born on 19 February 1967 in San Germán, Puerto Rico. He studied acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York and the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles.
Del Toro received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic (2000). He portrayed Ernesto Che Guevara in Che: Part One (2008) and Che: Part Two (2008), which he also produced. Other film credits include No Sudden Move (2021), The Phoenician Scheme (2025) and One Battle After Another (2025). He has appeared in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Sicario (2015).
