Del Toro abandoned the family business (both his parents and godmother were lawyers) when he changed majors then quit college to pursue acting. Mumbling through The Usual Suspects with Kevin Spacey and gaining 40lbs. to play drug-crazed Hunter S. Thompson's lawyer in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas led to an Oscar for 2000's Traffic. And his dad worried there was no future in acting.
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Feb. 19, 1967
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Full Name:
Benicio Del Toro
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Surprise! Benicio del Toro must have gotten with Kimberly Stewart because his rep announced in April 2011 that "Kimberly is pregnant. Benicio is the father and is very supportive. Although they are not a couple, they are looking forward to ...
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Although she denied her own "sarcastic quote" that she had sex with Del Toro in an elevator at the Chateau Marmont before the 2004 Oscars, observers did spy them making out at said party... and their rooms were upstairs... and ...
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Graham and Del Toro shared a short holiday fling around Christmas 2001 that Graham called to a close in the New Year.
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Del Toro was an unknown actor when he met Golino on the set of Big Top Pee Wee - she played Pee Wee's love interest, while Del Toro was cast as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy (It was the role he ...
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