Benicio del Toro is a Puerto Rican actor, director and film producer who has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He rose to fame with his scene-stealing breakout role as the eccentric, unintelligible crook Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects (1995), which won him his first Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. The following year, he won a second consecutive Independent Spirit Award for Basquiat (1996). In 2000, he starred in the Steven Soderbergh-directed crime drama film Traffic as the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez. His performance was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2003, he starred in 21 Grams directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He collaborated with Soderbergh again in 2008 on Che, a biographical film about Ernesto "Che" Guevara which he also produced, for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Goya Award for Best Actor. He received a third BAFTA Award nomination for the action-thriller film Sicario (2015).
In 2018, he took part in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora as real-life murderer Richard Matt, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
Awards and nominations
Award | Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Academy Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
2004 | 21 Grams | Nominated | |||
American Latino Media Arts Awards | 1998 | Excess Baggage | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Crossover Role in a Feature Film | Nominated | |
2001 | Traffic | Outstanding Latino Cast | Won | ||
2002 | The Pledge | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
2006 | Sin City | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
2012 | Savages | Nominated | |||
Austin Film Critics Association Awards | 2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
2022 | The French Dispatch | Best Ensemble | Won | ||
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | 2016 | Sicario | Best International Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
Berlin International Film Festival Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Won | |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama | Won | |
British Academy Film Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | |
2004 | 21 Grams | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated | ||
2016 | Sicario | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
Cannes Film Festival Awards | 2008 | Che | Best Actor | Won | |
2012 | 7 Days in Havana | Un Certain Regard | Nominated | ||
Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2009 | Che | Best Actor | Nominated | |
2016 | A Perfect Day | Nominated | |||
CinemaCon Awards | 2018 | Benicio del Toro | Male Star of the Year | Won | |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1996 | The Usual Suspects | Most Promising Actor | Nominated | |
2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
2004 | 21 Grams | Nominated | |||
2015 | Sicario | Won | |||
Chlotrudis Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
2004 | 21 Grams | Nominated | |||
2006 | Sin City | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | ||
Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2019 | Escape at Dannemora | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Nominated | |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
2015 | Sicario | 5th Place | |||
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Best Ensemble | Won | |
2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
2021 | The French Dispatch | Best Ensemble | Won | ||
Empire Awards | 2002 | Traffic | Best Actor | Nominated | |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | 2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
Golden Globe Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Won | |
Goya Awards | 2009 | Che | Best Actor | Won | |
Hollywood Film Awards | 2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
Imagen Awards | 2001 | Benicio del Toro | Lasting Image Award | Won | |
Independent Spirit Awards | 1996 | The Usual Suspects | Best Supporting Male | Won | |
1997 | Basquiat | Won | |||
2004 | 21 Grams | Special Distinction Award | Won | ||
2015 | Inherent Vice | Robert Altman Award | Won | ||
IndieWire Critics Poll Awards | 2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | 4th Place | |
International Cinephile Society Awards | 2004 | 21 Grams | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
2016 | Sicario | Nominated | |||
Jupiter Awards | 2016 | Sicario | Best International Actor | Nominated | |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Awards | 2022 | Benicio del Toro | President's Award | Won | |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 2016 | Sicario | Supporting Actor of the Year | Nominated | |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 2000 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up | |
2004 | 21 Grams | Runner-up | |||
MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2013 | Savages | Best Latino Actor | Nominated | |
National Board of Review Awards | 1995 | The Usual Suspects | Best Cast | Won | |
National Society of Film Critics Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Actor | Runner-up | |
Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||||
Online Film Critics Society Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
2009 | Che | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
Platino Awards | 2015 | Escobar: Paradise Lost | Best Actor | Nominated | |
2023 | Benicio del Toro | Platino Honorary Award | Won | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | 2019 | Escape at Dannemora | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated | |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2000 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | 2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
San Sebastián International Film Festival Awards | 2014 | Benicio del Toro | Donostia Award | Won | |
Sarajevo Film Festival Awards | 2015 | Benicio del Toro | Heart of Sarajevo | Won | |
Satellite Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Nominated | |
Best Motion Picture Ensemble | Won | ||||
2004 | 21 Grams | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
2016 | Sicario | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Won | ||||
2004 | 21 Grams | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | 2021 | The French Dispatch | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
Sundance Film Festival Awards | 2002 | Benicio del Toro | Piper-Heidsieck Tribute to Independent Vision Award | Won | |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 2000 | Traffic | Best Actor | Won | |
2015 | Sicario | Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up | ||
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | 2001 | Traffic | Best Actor | Won | |
2004 | 21 Grams | Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up | ||
Venice Film Festival Awards | 2003 | 21 Grams | Leone del Pubblico Prize for Best Actor | Won | |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2003 | 21 Grams | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
2021 | The French Dispatch | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
Notes
- ^ shared with the cast of the respective film
- shared with Laurent Cantet, Gaspar Noé, Julio Médem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío, and Pablo Trapero
- tied with the casts of Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel
- shared with the cast, director and writer of the film
- shared with the cast, director and casting director of the film
- tied with Philip Seymour Hoffman
- tied with Omar Sharif
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