Benicio del toro
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Benicio Del Toro
(1967-)
Who Is Benicio Del Toro?
Born in Puerto Rico on February 19, 1967, Benicio Del Toro later entered University of California San Diego for law but eventually moved to New York and studied theater instead. Following his Academy Award for Traffic, Del Toro took on other roles and was nominated for another best supporting actor Oscar for 21 Grams. Additional films include The Pledge, the two-part Che, Guardians of the Galaxy and Sicario.
Early Life
Benicio Del Toro was born on February 19, 1967, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Del Toro's mother died when he was 9 years old, and his family moved to a farm in Pennsylvania four years later. Del Toro enrolled at the University of California at San Diego after high school with the intention of becoming a lawyer. Instead, his love of acting (developed in freshman drama classes) led him to pursue serious theater training. He moved to New York City, where he attended the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School before winning a scholarship to the renowned Stella Adler Conservatory.
After appeari
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker (born 1964)
Not to be confused with Guillermo de Torre.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is del Toro and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
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Del Toro in 2023 | |
| Born | Guillermo del Toro Gómez (1964-10-09) 9 October 1964 (age 60) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse(s) | Lorenza Newton (m. 1986; div. 2017)Kim Morgan (m. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish:[ɡiˈʝeɾmoðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque.[1] He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power.[2] Known for pioneering dark fantasy in the fil
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Guillermo del Toro
(1964-)
Who Is Guillermo del Toro?
Born on October 9, 1964, Guillermo del Toro was able to parlay his childhood love of the macabre into a highly successful career as a filmmaker, making his feature debut in 1993 with Cronos. He helmed the comic-book adaptations Blade II and Hellboy before directing Pan’s Labyrinth, an acclaimed, artfully distinguished film that was nominated for a Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Del Toro also directed the action blockbuster Pacific Rim and the haunted house/period piece Crimson Peak, before snagging his first Oscar win for Best Director with the sci-fi romance The Shape of Water.
Background
Future filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Having a taste for the macabre at an early age, del Toro decorated his family home with decidedly spooky elements. He started creating shorts in high school and later attended the film school Centro de Investigación y Estudios Cinematográficos. In the mid-1980s, he created his own effects company, Necropia, geared towards the M
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