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Also Known As Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sanchez
Born February 19, 1967 (age 59) • San Germán? • Puerto Rico
Awards And Honors Cannes film festival (2008) • Academy Award (2001) • BAFTA (2001) • Golden Globe Award (2001) • Academy Award (2001): Actor in a Supporting Role • Golden Globe Award (2001): Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Shell Game" (1987) • "Joyride" (1997) • "Licence to Kill" (1989) • "Snatch" (2000) • "The Pledge" (2001) • "Miami Vice" (1987) • "A Perfect Day" (2015) • "Swimming with Sharks" (1994) • "Excess Baggage" (1997) • "Jimmy P." (2013) • "The Hunted" (2003) • "Money for Nothing" (1993) • "Che: Part One" (2008) • "The Little Prince" (2015) • "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992) • "21 Grams" (2003) • "China Moon" (1994) • "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) • "The Way of the Gun" (2000) • "Ohara" (1987) • "The Usual Suspects" (1995) • "The Indian Runner" (1991) • "Fearless" (1993) • "The Fan" (1996) • "Savages" (2012) • "The Funeral" (1996) • "Che: Part Two" (2008) • "Sicario" (2015) • "Tales from the Crypt" (1994) • "Escape at Dannemora" (2018) • "Basquiat" (1996) • "The Wolfman" (2010) • "Escobar: Paradise Lost" (2014) • "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) • "Inherent Vice" (2014) • "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" (2018) • "Private Eye" (1987) • "Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi" (2017) • "Huevos de oro" (1993) • "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2019) • "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) • "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" (1990) • "Sin City" (2005) • "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988) • "Fallen Angels" (1995) • "Things We Lost in the Fire" (2007) • "Traffic" (2000)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed) "7 días en La Habana" (2012)

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