Short answers, pulled from the story.
Benicio del Toro was born on the 19th of February 1967, in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His parents Gustavo Adolfo del Toro Bermúdez and Fausta Genoveva Sánchez Rivera were both lawyers.
Benicio del Toro gained momentum with his breakout performance as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects in 1995. This role won him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and established him as a character actor.
Benicio del Toro won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Javier Rodriguez in Traffic released in 2000. He spoke most of his lines in Spanish making him the fourth living Oscar winner whose winning role featured predominantly non-English dialogue.
Benicio del Toro portrayed Che Guevara in biographical films The Argentine and Guerrilla during 2008. For the final portions of the film shown here, he shed thirty-five pounds to show how ill Guevara had become near the end of his life in the jungles of Bolivia.
Benicio del Toro became the first male model to be featured in the Italian liquor company's 2011 Campari calendar. He was chosen to be the face of the 2011 Campari calendar after starring in and producing the remake of The Wolf Man in 2010.