Nominee for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 21 Grams, Benicio Del Toro won the Academy Award when he was first nominated for Traffic.

BenicioDel Toro 21 Grams This is the second nomination for Benicio. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 21 Grams, he won the Academy Award when he was first nominated for Traffic. Benicio plays Jack, an ex-convict who has turned to religion to rebuild his life but may lose what he has gained in the wake of a terrible accident. Benicio entered Hollywood in the mid 90's as one of the most intriguing offbeat actors of the decade. He did oddball roles in movies like The Usual Suspects and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Mainstream recognition came to Benicio with Steven Soderbergh's Traffic where he played a Mexican police officer fighting corruption and drug traffickers at the border. Select Filmography 2003 21 Grams The Hunted 2001 The Pledge 2000 Traffic The Way of the Gun Snatch 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1996 Joyride Basquiat 1995 The Usual Suspects 1993 Fearless 1990 Madonna: The Immaculate Collection 1989 Licence to Kill 1988 Big Top Pee-wee