Benicio Del Toro

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NAME:	Benicio Del Toro
PROFILE:	Name: Benicio Del Toro Height: 6' 4" Sex: M Nationality: Puerto Rican Birth Date: February 19, 1967 Birth Place: Santurce, Puerto Rico Profession: actor Education: Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania University of California in San Diego (majored in Business) Circle in the Square Acting School in New York Stella Adler Acting Conservatory in Los Angeles on scholarship Relationship: Claire Forlani (actress; b. July 1, 1972), Alicia Silverstone (actress; b. October 4, 1976), and Chiara Mastroianni (b. May 28, 1972) Father: Gustavo Del Toro (a lawyer) Mother: Fausta Sanchez-Del Toro (died in 1975 from hepatitis) Brother: Gustavo (a physician in the US; older) Claim to fame: breakthrough role as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects (1995) Contact: Click here
GOSSIP:	Saved Penelope Cruz and her mother Encarna from being stranded in the lift after it suddenly shut down as they headed towards a meeting at the Majestic Hotel. (May 23, 2005) Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 21 GRAMS (2004) Scarlett Johansson and Benicio Del Toro were so smitten with each other at a pre-Oscars party, they didn't care about being spotted with their arms all over each other. (March 3, 2004) Was a basketball star and artist at Mercersburg Academy, but not an actor. Benico badly injured his wrist during a stunt fight during the filming of William Friedkin's THE HUNTED. He fell on his wrist as he dove for a knife and actor Tommy Lee Jones fell on top of him. He was injured so badly that he reportedly will be out of work for months, even though the film was virtually completed. He requires 3 hours of therapy daily and reportedly there is question whether he will regain full usage of the wrist. Burned himself with cigarettes repeatedly for the elevator scene in FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS because the real Oscar Zeta Acosta did as well. The shots of the burn were cut. Family urged him to become a lawyer because they felt there was no future in acting. Offered the role of Reinaldo Arenas in BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000) that eventually went to Javier Bardem. He turned it down to be in friend Christopher McQuarrie's THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000). Passionate about painting. Reportedly turned down the role of Frida Kahlo's husband Diego Rivera in FRIDA KAHLO (2001) because of the weight gain that would be required. Trade mark: Slurred, mumbling voice and odd mannerisms Is one of only four actors to have won an Academy Award for a part spoken mainly in a foreign language (most of Del Toro's dialogue is in Spanish). Sophia Loren, Robert De Niro, and Roberto Begnini are the other three. Broke his wrist while filming a fight scene in THE FIGHT (2001) with Tommy Lee Jones halting production for four months and pushing back the release date. His delivery of the line He'll flip ya'. Flip ya' for real is straight from the movie THELONIOUS MONK: STRAIGHT, NO CHASER (1989) about jazz pianist Thelonius Monk. Monk says the line himself. (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) In the scene of THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000) where he and Phillippe, Ryan are flipping through radio stations in the car, one of the brief news reports on the radio says something to the effect of: Director Singer was found molesting adolescents... - a reference to charges brought against Singer during the production of APT PUPIL (1998). MORE BENICIO DEL TORO TRIVIA
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