Famous American actor, Benicio del Toro is best known for his role as a Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects in 1995 and for his role he was able to grab his first Independent Spirit Award. Besides this, he is also known for his work in Sicario, 21 Grams, Traffic.
Benicio Del Toro was born to father, Gustavo Adolfo del Toro Bermúdez and mother, Fausta Genoveva Sánchez Rivera on February 19, 1967, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He lost his mother at the age of nine due to hepatitis. Later on, he moved to Pennsylvania with his father and brother, Gustavo del Toro.
As per his education, he joined the University of California after the completion of his high school level. During his early days, he decided to become a lawyer but later on, changed his mind and joined the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School.
The 51-year-old, Benicio Del Toro has a gone through several relationships and most of the ladies are from the entertainment industry. But till the date, he has not married to anyone. Well if we start from the beginning, then in the 90s he was in a relationship with Valeria Golino with whom he got engaged. But, the couple called off their relationship after some years.
Prior to this, he had affairs with Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Keener, Sara Foster, Alicia Silverstone, Claire Forlani, Heather Graham, Sophie Dahl. One of his most notable relationships was with actress Lindsay Lohan in 2006.
In 2010, he started dating Kimberly Steward(Daughter of Rod Stewart) with whom he welcomed a baby girl and named her Delilah. However, the couple broke up later on.
The actor who started his career as an actor back in the 80s has a net worth of $45 million collected in his account. All of his net worth is possible from his longtime contribution in Hollywood. As per some of the sources he used to receive around $420,000 salary from his role in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Some of his movies have earned a huge amount in the box office. Have a look below.
Benicio del Toro started his career back in the early 80s after he appeared in show Miami Vice. Prior to this, he has done several shows such as Shell Game, and Private Eye. In 1998he made his appearance in the debut movie, Big Top Pee-Wee and the following year he got the opportunity to work in the James Bond film, Licence to Kill as bond’s henchman “Dario”.
With his successful debut movie, he, later on, got an opportunity in several famous movies including Fearless(1993), The Indian Runner(1991), China Moon(1994) and so on.
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