Benedicio del Toro: an actor without borders
Awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival for his role in Traffic in 2001, and a prizewinner at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in 21 Grams in 2003, Benicio Del Toro also picked up the Best Male Actor Award at the Festival de Cannes for his incarnation of Che on Screen in 2008 in Steven Soderbergh's two-parter. An actor with a thousand faces, Del Toro has received numerous awards for his colourful filmography, as we discover here with a selection of his greatest performances.
1995
The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer
1998
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Las Vegas Parano) by Terry Gilliam
2000
Snatch by Guy Ritchie
2000
Traffic by Steven Soderbergh
I love cinema for the stories and the elements bound up with them – that is to say art in general.
2003
21 Grams by Alejandro González Iñárritu
2003
The Hunted by William Friedkin
2005
Sin City by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
2008
Che by Steven Soderbergh
When you work in film, one of the most exciting things is to have a film in Competition at Cannes. It’s a real sign that you’ve arrived.
2012
Savages by Oliver Stone
2013
Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian) by Arnaud Desplechin
2014
Escobar: Paradise Lost by Andrea Di Stefano
A film can influence you in a personal way, give you hope and optimism. It influences language and it influences people.
2015
Sicario by Denis Villeneuve