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'''Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez''' (born [[February 19]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winning [[actor]]. He was born in [[San German, Puerto Rico]] and grew up in Santurce, but spent his teens and attended high school in [[Mercersburg, Pennsylvania]], near [[Pittsburgh]].

== Summaries & dates ==

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.

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==Biography==

Benicio attended [[Academia del Perpetuo Socorro]] (The Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), a Roman Catholic school in [[Miramar, Puerto Rico]]. When he was nine years old, his mother died of [[hepatitis]]. At age 13, his father moved his family to [[Mercersburg]], [[Pennsylvania]], near [[Chambersburg]], where Benicio was enrolled in Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school.

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After graduation, Del Toro followed the advice of his father and pursued a practical degree in business at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. Success in an elective drama course encouraged him to drop out of college and study with noted acting teacher [[Stella Adler]] in Los Angeles, as well as at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York. Benicio hid his new career goals from his family until roles began to come his way.

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He began to surface in small television parts during the late 1980s, playing mostly thugs and drug dealers on programs like "[[Miami Vice]]" and the NBC miniseries, "Drug Wars: The Kiki Camarena Story." Work in films followed, beginning with his debut in ''[[Big Top Pee-wee]]'' and in the [[James Bond|007]] film ''[[Licence to Kill]]'', in which 21-year-old Benicio held the distinction of being the youngest actor ever to play a [[Bond villain]].

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* <nowiki>[[2006]] [[November 22]]</nowiki> shows as [[2006]] [[November 22]]

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Although both films were considered [[box office]] disappointments, Del Toro continued to give worthy performances in movies like ''[[The Indian Runner]]'' (1991), ''[[China Moon]]'' (1991), ''[[Christopher Columbus: The Discovery]]'' (1992), ''[[Money for Nothing (film)|Money for Nothing]]'' (1993), ''[[Fearless (film)|Fearless]]'' (1993), and ''[[Swimming with Sharks]]'' (1994).

His career gained real momentum in 1995 with his breakout performance in ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'', where he stole scenes from his more seasoned costars as the mumbling, wisecracking '''Fred Fenster'''. The role won him an [[Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Supporting Actor, and firmly established him as "the guy to watch."

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The heat from ''Suspects'' led to more strong roles in independent and major studio films. He played the charming, ruthless mobster Gaspare in Abel Ferrara's The Funeral (1996) and won a second consecutive Best Supporting Actor Independent Spirit Award for his work as Benny Dalmau in ''[[Basquiat]]'' (1996), directed by his friend, [[artist]] [[Julian Schnabel]]. Benicio also shared the screen with [[Robert De Niro]] in the big budget thriller ''[[The Fan (1996 film)|The Fan]]'', in which he played Juan Primo, a charismatic Mexican baseball star.

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In 1997, [[Alicia Silverstone]] personally chose Benicio to costar with her in the quirky romantic comedy ''[[Excess Baggage]]'', which she also produced. The film was generally panned, but critics singled out Benicio's distinctive screen presence and creative performance.

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[[Image:Fearandloathing.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Johnny Depp]] and Benicio Del Toro in the 1998 film adaption of [[Hunter S. Thompson|Hunter S. Thompson's]] book ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'']]

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For ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', the 1998 film adaptation of [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s famous book, he packed on 40+ pounds to play [[Dr. Gonzo]] (aka [[Oscar Zeta Acosta]]), Thompson's lawyer and drug-fiend cohort. Del Toro's highly immersive, uncanny performance divided critics and audiences. The negative reviews upset him, as he had fully invested himself in the role both emotionally and physically, even burning himself with cigarettes for one particular scene (later cut from the film). Even though del Toro has told interviewers this was a low point in his career, [[Terry Gilliam|Terry Gilliam's]] [[surrealistic]] film has earned a [[cult film|cult following]] over the years.

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Returning from a self-imposed two-year hiatus after ''Fear and Loathing'', Benicio would gain a mainstream audience in 2000 with an impressive string of performances in four high-profile films. First up was ''[[The Way of the Gun]]'', a sardonic crime yarn that reunited him with ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' screenwriter [[Christopher McQuarrie]], making his directorial debut.

Hi, Whiskey Pete. This is just a note to let you know that [[:Category:Supermodels]] has now been deleted and [[WP:SALT]]ed, so please don't add it to articles anymore. Thanks! —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

A few months later, he stood out among a first-rate ensemble cast in [[Steven Soderbergh|Steven Soderbergh's]] ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]'', a complex dissection of the North American [[war on drugs|drug war]]s. As Javier Rodriguez -- a [[Mexican]] border cop struggling to remain honest amid the corruption and deception of illegal drug trafficking -- Benicio, who spoke most of his lines in Spanish, gave a heartfelt, multifaceted performance that dominated the film and earned him his first [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. His universally praised work swept all of the major critics awards in 2000, as well as the [[Golden Globe]], and the [[Screen Actors Guild]] award for Best Actor. In addition to the critical accolades, ''Traffic'' was also a surprise success at the box office, bringing Benicio real Hollywood clout for the first time in his career.

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== Re: Liberating [[Mayo A. Shattuck III]] ==

[[Image:Bdt2.jpg|thumb|right|Benicio Del Toro as Javier Rodriguez in ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]'' (2000)]]

Hey there. You left a message on my [[User_talk:DarkElf109|talk page]] earlier today, and I was wondering, was this in error, or are you asking me to personally remove the copyright infringement tag? I've had no participation in the article you mention, hence my question. If you could clarify, that would be great. -[[User:DarkElf109|DarkElf109]] 08:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

While ''Traffic'' was still playing in theaters, two other del Toro films were released in late 2000/early 2001. He had a brief, memorable role as the diamond thief Franky Four Fingers in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s hip caper comedy ''[[Snatch (movie)|Snatch]]'', and was powerful as a [[mental retardation|mentally-challenged]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] man in ''[[The Pledge]]'', directed by his old friend [[Sean Penn]].

But isn't it still a copyvio? I don't think anyone has touched the page since I flagged it. I seem to be the last editor. [[User:Quatloo|Quatloo]] 22:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

All of this attention helped to cement Benicio's status as a [[sex symbol]]. His smoldering looks have led to comparisons with [[James Dean]], [[Marlon Brando]], and [[Brad Pitt]], and placement on [[People (magazine)|People Magazine's]] annual "50 Most Beautiful People" list. Although he stayed out of the limelight in 2002, Benicio had another banner year in 2003 with the release of ''[[The Hunted]]'', an action thriller costarring [[Tommy Lee Jones]], and the drama ''[[21 Grams]]'', an acting tour-de-force, costarring Sean Penn and [[Naomi Watts]]. He went on to garner another [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] nomination for his work in the latter.

Check out [[Talk:Mayo_A._Shattuck_III/Temp]], the temporary subpage created for editing it out. Pete's fixed it up nicely (check the edit log). Since I didn't put up the warning, I'm not gonna remove it, but if you feel his work is enough to get it removed, notify an administrator to get the temporary page moved over the copyvio'd page. -[[User:DarkElf109|DarkElf109]] 22:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

His most recent work can be seen in the [[film adaptation]] of [[Frank Miller|Frank Miller's]] [[graphic novel]] ''[[Sin City (movie)|Sin City]]'', directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]]. He is currently filming a version of the life of [[Che Guevara]], directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].

::I have no objection to someone embarking upon this process. I haven't had any contact with administrators and know very little about wikipedia bureaucracy, so I'm probably not the person to do this. [[User:Quatloo|Quatloo]] 07:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

==Trivia==

* Del Toro has a cameo in Madonna's music video clip [[La Isla Bonita]] as a background character.

* In 2001, Del Toro became the fourth [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winner whose winning role was a character who speaks predominantly in a foreign language.

* He is the third [[Puerto Rican]] actor to win an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]. The other two were actors [[Jose Ferrer]] and [[Rita Moreno]].

* The night he won his [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], it was the first time that two actors born in [[Puerto Rico]] were nominated in the same category. (The other actor was [[Joaquin Phoenix]] for his role in ''[[Gladiator]]).''

::Quatloo, didn't you add the copyvio? Anyway, if no one with admin privleges swoops down within a week or so, I'll just try deleting the tag (or stalking someone down who can) myself. -- [[User:Whiskey Pete|Whiskey Pete]], 20:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

==Selected filmography==

*''[[Guerrilla (film)]]'' (2007)

*''[[Sin City (movie)|Sin City]]'' (2005)

*''[[21 Grams]]'' (2003)

*''[[The Hunted]]'' (2003)

*''[[The Pledge]]'' (2001)

*''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]'' (2000)

*''[[The Way of the Gun]]'' (2000)

*''[[Snatch (movie)|Snatch]]'' (2000)

*''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998)

*''[[Excess Baggage]]'' (1997)

*''[[The Fan (1996 film)|The Fan]]'' (1996)

*''[[Basquiat]]'' (1996)

*''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995)

*''[[Swimming with Sharks]]'' (1994)

*''[[Fearless]]'' (1993)

*''[[Money for Nothing (film)|Money for Nothing]]'' (1993)

*''[[Licence to Kill]]'' (1989)

*''[[Big Top Pee-wee]]'' (1988)

==Awards PMR ==

* [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], (2003), Best Supporting Actor nomination: ''[[21 Grams]]''

* [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[Berlin International Film Festival]], (2000), Silver Bear for Best Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|British Academy Awards (BAFTA)]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[Chicago Film Critics Association]], (2003), Best Supporting Actor nomination: ''[[21 Grams]]''

* [[Chicago Film Critics Association]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[Golden Globe]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[Independent Spirit Award]], (1996), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Basquiat]]''

* [[Independent Spirit Award]], (1995), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''

* [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|L.A. Film Critics Association]], (2003), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[21 Grams]]''

* [[Film criticism|National Society of Film Critics]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[New York Film Critics Circle]], (2000), Best Supporting Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* [[Screen Actors Guild]], (2003), Best Supporting Actor nomination: ''[[21 Grams]]''

* [[Screen Actors Guild]], (2000), Best Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

* Toronto Film Critics Association, (2000), Best Actor win: ''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]''

Do you really not get why we're redirecting the article? _└&nbsp;^{'''[[User:Osgoodelawyer|<font color="blue">OzLawyer</font>]]'''}&nbsp;/&nbsp;_{''<font color="black">[[User Talk:Osgoodelawyer|talk]]</font>''}&nbsp;^┐ 21:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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:I "get" the case for redirecting, thank you; I just don't get why some people are so adamant about it. [[User:Whiskey Pete|Whiskey Pete]] 22:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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::I think that would be because two articles on the same subject is obviously of no use in an encyclopedia, and in fact invites non-conforming use of the "breakaway" article (that is, more bias and non-reliable information creeping into the PMR article as most contributors are paying attention to--and in fact only know of--the Transnistria article). _└&nbsp;^{'''[[User:Osgoodelawyer|<font color="blue">OzLawyer</font>]]'''}&nbsp;/&nbsp;_{''<font color="black">[[User Talk:Osgoodelawyer|talk]]</font>''}&nbsp;^┐ 14:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

==See also==

:::really, man, it's all good, I see your point totally. I was just a bit surprised by the sense of engagement people had about this issue, that's all. (FWIW, the ''sole'' reason I re-created the PMR artcile was because the Category of Unrecognized states refers generally to proper state names, not colloquialy names -- that's all. So a proper redirect would resolve this ambiguity just fine.) [[User:Whiskey Pete|Whiskey Pete]] 00:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

* [[Che Guevara]]

* [[List of male movie actors (A-K)]]

* [[List of Best Supporting Actor nominees]]

* [[List of famous Puerto Ricans]]

* [[List of Hispanics]]

* [[List of James Bond villains]]

* [[Declaration of Independence (United States)]]

* [[List of Navy-Vieques protesters and supporters]]

== Daniel Brandt/namebase.org ==

==External links==

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*{{imdb name|id=0001125|name=Benicio Del Toro}}

*[http://www.beniciodeltoro.com Benicio Del Toro - Official Site]

*[http://www.beniciodeltoro.com/media/1997/miami2.htm This Is My Life: Benicio Del Toro - The Miami (October 10, 1997)]

*[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/benicio_del_toro_biog.html All About Benicio - Dominic Wills]

*[http://p092.ezboard.com/bbeniciodeltoroheaven Benicio Del Toro Heaven - Bulletin Board]

*[http://www.bdtfanlisting.com/ Benicio Del Toro - Fanlisting]

*[http://www.oceanfrontgallery.net/ Benicio Del Toro - Photo Gallery]

*[http://www.declareyourself.com/videos.htm Benicio Del Toro - Video: Declaration of Independence Performance]

The edit didn't identify what "WMF's Spam blocklist" was, or why that was noteworthy. &mdash;[[User:Tregoweth|tregoweth]] ([[User talk:Tregoweth|talk]]) 01:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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== Comments on Imam Rapito ==

[[Category:1967 births|Del Toro, Benicio]]

funny your googling... on the advantages of the international press. it goes on both way though, as you can see if you check [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Operation_Gladio#Tbeaty.27s_removal_of_L.27Humanite here]... But your comment sparked my interest, and it is true that already in February 2006, a year ago, you could find reference (albeit with a spelling mistake, that confused me first) in ''[[Le Figaro]]'' (very good newspaper for international things), see [http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20060224.FIG000001516_auditions_sur_le_rapt_d_un_imam_par_la_cia.html here] if you're interested... ciao ragazzo! [[User:Tazmaniacs|Tazmaniacs]]

[[Category:Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee|Del Toro, Benicio]]

:if you find a Google translator or something, the last paragraphs of this article by an Italian journalist are most interesting (you may even understand even if you don't a get word of this language). It would be interesting to find more on this subject in the press (see [http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2006-12-08/2006-12-08-841807 here]). [[User:Tazmaniacs|Tazmaniacs]]

[[Category:Best Supporting Actor Oscar|Del Toro, Benicio]]

::hey there; thanks for your work on that page. actually, I can sort of understand articles in French, but I confess I that the intricacies of Italian politics are much more mysterious to me, so I don't quite understand the significance. nonetheless, please keep adding references; the U.S. press, as usual, is treating the story quite superficially, in general, and most of the interesting stuff (to say nothing of actual names of American servicepersonnel involved) comes from the foreign press. [[User:Whiskey Pete|Whiskey Pete]] 02:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[[Category:Film actors|Del Toro, Benicio]]

==Thanks to Whiskey Pete==

[[Category:James Bond actors|Del Toro, Benicio]]

Thank you very much for your valuable contributions and comments.[[User:S710|S710]] 20:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[[Category:Living people|Del Toro, Benicio]]

[[Category:People from Pittsburgh|Del Toro, Benicio]]

[[Category:Puerto Rican actors|Del Toro, Benicio]]

== [[Death flights]] ==

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The [[Death flights]] doesn't mention Vietnam. Maybe you should add it there? [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] 03:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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:How we meet again! Hey, I just passed over [[Rocco Martino]], and there is some talk about "double agent" - with whom? he was employed by SISMI, allegedly to spy on the French? So who is the second agency? States? By the way, concerning horror flights, do you know anything about Leonardo A. Cole, ''Clouds of Secrecy'' ? Ah, well, I've found something here on Wiki, see [[Serratia marcescens]]. There should be a special entry for this... Enjoy J&B ! [[User:Tazmaniacs|Tazmaniacs]]

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[[pl:Benicio Del Toro]]

::PS: concerning death flights per se, there is a lot to see with [[Paul Aussaresses]] who taught the US some "technics" learnt during the Battle of Algiers. They most probably found their inspiration there for Vietnam... [[User:Tazmaniacs|Tazmaniacs]]

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:::One other thing, only a coincidence, but Spataro, in charge of the Imam's case, was also in charge of the trial of [[Adriano Sofri]]... <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Tazmaniacs|Tazmaniacs]] ([[User talk:Tazmaniacs|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Tazmaniacs|contribs]]) 05:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

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