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Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro is known as a Puerto Rican actor. He is most famous for his roles in 'The Usual Suspects' and 'Traffic'.

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Background and Age

Benicio Del Toro was born on February 19, 1967, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Del Toro's mom kicked the bucket when he was 9 years of age, and his family moved to a homestead in Pennsylvania four years after the death. Del Toro enlisted at the University of California at San Diego after high school with the goal of turning into a legal counselor. Rather, his affection for acting which was created in rookie drama classes drove him to pursue genuine performance center training. He moved to New York City, where he went to the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School before winning a grant to the famous Stella Adler Conservatory.

Career and Net Worth

With the release of Steven Soderbergh's drug war saga Traffic in late 2000, Del Toro ended up at the center audience praise and media consideration. A champion even among the film's amazing outfit cast that included Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Don Cheadle, Del Toro's bilingual performance as Javier Rodriguez, a Mexican cop, earned the actor a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for best supporting actor.

In August 2019, Benicio will be playing the voice of Swiper in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The children's show, Dora the Explorer has instructed a huge number of preschoolers worldwide since her introduction in 2000. Her show has been changed over into 30 tongues, following a long time of teaching, the show is finally getting the film treatment.

Marriage, Wife and Kids

Benicio shares a kid with his ex, Kimberly Stewart. His ex is an outstanding model and the girl of rock symbol Rod Stewart. The actor started dating her in 2010, and after a year, their girl Delilah was born. The pair split the same year and kept on being in great terms with each other while raising their girl. As time cruised by, Benicio turned into the main one taking care of his girl.

He dated actress Sara Foster in 2004 in spite of the age difference of 14 years. Their relationship went on for a long time. There were likewise bits of gossip in 2008 that he was dating actress Catherine Keener, yet the story never got affirmed. Actress and singer Lindsay Lohan once uncovered that she slept with Benicio in February 2006, yet the actor neither denied nor affirmed her story.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 19 Feb, 1967
Age: 53 yrs
Citizenship: Puerto Rico
Spain
Birth Place: San Germán
Gender: Male
Description: Puerto Rican actor and film producer
Net Worth 2021: 45 million
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Last Modified: Sep 3 2020
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