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Movies starring Del Toro, Benicio
Biography: Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-90s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to surface in years. A favorite of film buffs for years, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted, "one good cop" in Steven Soderbergh's "The Traffic (2000)". Born in Puerto Rico on February 19, 1967, Benicio was the son of lawyer parents Gustavo and Fausta Sanchez Del Toro. H ... show all Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-90s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to surface in years. A favorite of film buffs for years, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted, "one good cop" in Steven Soderbergh's "The Traffic (2000)". Born in Puerto Rico on February 19, 1967, Benicio was the son of lawyer parents Gustavo and Fausta Sanchez Del Toro. His mother died when he was young, and his father moved the family to a farm in Pennsylvania. A basketball player with an interest in acting, he decided to follow the family way and study business at the University of California in San Diego. A class in acting renewed the acting bug, and he subsequently dropped out and began studying with legendary acting teacher Stella Adler in Los Angeles and at the Circle in the Square Acting School in New York City. Telling his parents that he was taking courses in business, Del Toro hid his new studies from his family for a little while. During the late 80s, he made a few TV appearances, most notably on an episode of "Miami Vice" (1984)" and in the NBC miniseries "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" (1990) (mini)". Del Toro's big screen career got off to a slower start however. His first role was Duke the Dog-Faced Boy in "Big Top Pee-wee (1988)". Things looked better, however, when he landed the role of the Dario, vicious henchman in the James Bond film "Licence to Kill (1989)". Surprising his co-stars, Del Toro was the youngest actor ever to portray a Bond villain, only 21 years old at the time. The potential break however was spoiled as "Licence to Kill (1989)" became one of the most disappointing Bond films ever; it was lost amid bigger summer competition. Benicio gave creditable performances in many overlooked films for the next few years, such as "Indian Runner (1991)", "The Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)", and "Money for Nothing (1993/I)". His roles in "Fearless (1993)" and "China Moon (1994)" gained him more critical notices. 1995 proved to be the first "Year of Benicio" as he gave a memorable performance in "Swimming with Sharks (1994)" before taking critics and film buffs by storm as the mumbling, mysterious gangster in "Usual Suspects (1995)" directed by Bryan Singer. An Oscar-winning film, Del Toro won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting actor for the role. Staying true to his independent roots, he next gave a charismatic turn as cold-blooded gangster Gaspare in "The Funeral (1996)" directed by Abel Ferrara. He also appeared as Benny Dalmau in "The Basquiat (1996)" directed by artist friend Julian Schnabel. The year also marked his first truly commercial film as he played cocky Spanish baseball star Juan Primo in "Fan (1996)" which starred Robert De Niro. Del Toro took his first leading man role in "The Excess Baggage (1997)", starring and produced by Alicia Silverstone. Hand-picked by Silverstone, his performance was about the only thing critics praised about the film, and showed the level of consciousness he was beginning to have in the minds of film fans. In 1998, Benicio Del Toro took a leading role with Johnny Depp in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)", directed by legendary director Terry Gilliam. Gaining 40 pounds for the role of Dr Gonzo, the drug-addicted lawyer to sports writer Raoul Duke, Benicio immersed himself totally in the role. Using his method acting training so far as to burn himself with cigarettes for a scene, it was a trying time for Del Toro. The harsh critical reviews proved tough on Del Toro, who felt he had given his all for the role and been dismissed. Many saw the crazed, psychotic performance as a confirmation of the rumors and overall weirdness that people seemed to place on Del Toro. Taking a short break after the ordeal, 2000 proved to be the second "Year of Benicio". He first appeared in "Way of the Gun (2000)" directed by friend and "The Usual Suspects (1995)" writer Christopher McQuarrie. Then he went to work for actor's director Steven Soderbergh in "The Traffic (2000)". A complex and graphic film, it nonetheless became a widespread hit and Oscar winner. Del Toro's cop character Javier Rodriguez functions as the movie's real heart amid an all-star ensemble cast, and many praised it as the year's best performance, a sentiment validated by a Screen Actor's Guild Award for "Best Actor". Released weeks later, he also made a notable appearance in "Snatch. (2000)" directed by Guy Ritchie and "Pledge (2001)" directed by Sean Penn. Possessing sleepy good looks reminiscent of James Dean or Marlon Brando, Del Toro has often jokingly been referred to as the "Spanish Brad Pitt". With his newfound celebrity, Del Toro has become a sort of heartthrob, being voted one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" as well as "Most Eligible Bachelors". A favorite of film fans for years for his diverse and "cool guy" gangster roles, he is now becoming a mainstream favorite respected for his acting skills and choices. So far very careful in his choices and who he works with, Del Toro can boast an impressive resume of films with some of the most influential and respected people in the film business. hide |
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Crime | Drama | Thriller |
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Germany | USA |
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Del Toro, Benicio | Vargas, Jacob | Chavez, Andrew | Saucedo, Michael | Milian, Tomas | Yenque, Jose | Rivera, Emilio | O'Neill, Michael | Douglas, Michael | Jones, Russell G. | Hetherington, Lorene | Collins, Eric | Holden, Beau | Stader, Peter | Lew, James |
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Soderbergh, Steven |
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A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.
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Crime | Drama | Thriller |
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Penn, Sean | Watts, Naomi | Huston, Danny | Nahon, Carly | Pakis, Claire | Del Toro, Benicio | Nichols, Nick | Gainsbourg, Charlotte | Rubinstein, John | Marsan, Eddie | Salter, Loyd Keith | Harris, Antef A. | Leo, Melissa | Musso, Marc | Delgado, Teresa |
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González Iñárritu, Alejandro |
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This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan (Del Toro), an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.
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Berry, Halle | Del Toro, Benicio | Duchovny, David | Llewellyn, Alexis | Berry, Micah | Lynch, John Carroll | Lohman, Alison | Weigert, Robin | Miller, Omar Benson | Newsome, Paula | Dubrovsky, Sarah | Thomas, Maureen | Harras, Patricia | Foster, V.J. | Field, Caroline |
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Bier, Susanne |
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A recent widow invites her husband’s troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
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Bridges, Jeff | Rossellini, Isabella | Perez, Rosie | Hulce, Tom | Turturro, John | Del Toro, Benicio | O'Connell, Deirdre | de Lancie, John | Vrooman, Spencer | Cerny, Daniel | Roberts, Eve | Rose, Robin Pearson | Monk, Debra | Mace, Cynthia | Mell, Randle |
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Weir, Peter |
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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
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Drama | Sport | Thriller |
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De Niro, Robert | Snipes, Wesley | Barkin, Ellen | Leguizamo, John | Del Toro, Benicio | D'Arbanville, Patti | Mulkey, Chris | Ferchland, Andrew J. | Hammond, Brandon | Hallahan, Charles | Butler, Dan | Fuller, Kurt | Jace, Michael | Medrano, Frank | Davis, Don S. |
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Scott, Tony |
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Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.
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Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller |
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UK | USA |
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Dalton, Timothy | Lowell, Carey | Davi, Robert | Soto, Talisa | Zerbe, Anthony | McRae, Frank | Hedison, David | Newton, Wayne | Del Toro, Benicio | Starke, Anthony | McGill, Everett | Llewelyn, Desmond | Armendáriz Jr., Pedro | Brown, Robert | Barnes, Priscilla |
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Glen, John |
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When drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) exacts his brutal vengeance on Bond’s friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison), 007 resigns from the British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta against the master criminal. Bond won’t be satisfied until Sanchez is defeated, and to accomplish this aim he allies himself with a beautiful pilot (Carey Lowell) and Sanchez’s sexy girldfriend (Talisa Soto). But Bond, relegated to outlaw status, must battle agents on both sides of the law as he discovers the horrifying extent of his prey’s resources. In order to bring Sanchez down, Bond must survive a ferocious boat chase, a midair brawl over the controls of an out-of-control airplane, and an action-packed confrontation in the Mexico desert.
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Action | Drama | Thriller |
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Jones, Tommy Lee | Del Toro, Benicio | Nielsen, Connie | Stefanson, Leslie | Finn, John | Zúñiga, José | Canada, Ron | Pellegrino, Mark | DeCone, Aaron | O'Quinn, Carrick | Chapman, Lonny | Linn, Rex | Velez, Eddie | Boyd, Jenna | Mackenzie, Alexander |
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Friedkin, William |
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In the green woods of Silver Falls, Oregon, Aaron Hallam, a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces, keeps his own brand of wildlife vigil. After Hallam brutally slew four deer hunters in the area, FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell turns to L.T. Bonham— the one man who may be able to stop him. At first L.T. resists the mission. Snug in retirement, he’s closed off to his past, the years he spent in the Special Forces training soldiers to become skilled murderers. But when he realizes that these recent slaying is the work of a man he trained, he feels obligated to stop him. Accepting the assignment under the condition that he works alone, L.T. enters the woods, unarmed—plagued by memories of his best student and riddled with guilt for not responding to Aaron’s tortured letters to him as he began to slip over the edge of sanity. Furious as he is with his former mentor for ignoring his pleas for help, Aaron knows that he and L.T. share a tragic bond that is unbreakable. And, even as they go into their final combat against each other, neither can say with certainty who is the hunted and who is the hunter.
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Crime | Mystery | Thriller |
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Germany | USA |
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Baldwin, Stephen | Byrne, Gabriel | Del Toro, Benicio | Pollak, Kevin | Spacey, Kevin | Palminteri, Chazz | Postlethwaite, Pete | Esposito, Giancarlo | Hedaya, Dan | Amis, Suzy | Bartel, Paul | Bressler, Carl | Simon, Phillip | Shearer, Jack | Estabrook, Christine |
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Singer, Bryan |
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After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now desperately trying to go straight. The cops won’t leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent “Keyser Soze” is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot.
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Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama |
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Depp, Johnny | Del Toro, Benicio | Maguire, Tobey | Barkin, Ellen | Busey, Gary | Ricci, Christina | Harmon, Mark | Diaz, Cameron | Helmond, Katherine | Jeter, Michael | Jillette, Penn | Bierko, Craig | Lovett, Lyle | Flea | Newman, Laraine |
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Gilliam, Terry |
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The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the “American dream”… they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
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Comedy | Crime | Thriller |
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UK | USA |
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Statham, Jason | Graham, Stephen | Ford, Alan | Pitt, Brad | Farina, Dennis | Serbedzija, Rade | Gee, Robbie | James, Lennie | Jones, Vinnie | Del Toro, Benicio | Reid, Mike | Flemyng, Jason | Beckwith, Andy | Beck, William | Bremner, Ewen |
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Ritchie, Guy |
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Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a ‘pikey’ ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including ‘Cousin Avi’, ‘Boris The Blade’, ‘Franky Four Fingers’ and ‘Bullet Tooth Tony’. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!
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