Oscat-winning actor Benicio del Toro arrives for the premiere of the film "Che" at the 61st international Cannes film festival, on May 21, 2008. He won the acting award at the festival, one of a score of honors he has picked up in his career. In addition to the Oscar, the 44-year-old actor has won, among other awards, a Golden Globe, four Independent Spirit awards and a BAFTA, the British equivalent of an Oscar.
Actor Benicio Del Toro arrives at Focus Features' "Somewhere" premiere at ArcLight Hollywood on Dec. 7, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif. He has the distinction of being the youngest actor to play a Bond villain, taking that role in "License to Kill" when he was just 21.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro attends a news conference in Havana, Dec. 7, 2008. Del Toro plays Argentine-born Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a hero of the Cuban revolution, in the the movie "Che" by director Steven Soderbergh.
Actor Benicio Del Toro arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.
Benicio del Toro, right, and Mexican actor Demian Bichir talk with reporters at Miraflores presidential palace before an interview with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, unseen, in Caracas, Wednesday, March 4, 2009.
Benicio del Toro embraces a fan upon his arrival at the premiere of his film "Che" in Caracas, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro cracks jokes after winning a Goya award for best leading actor for his role in the movie "Che el Argentino" (Che the Argentine) during the XXIII edition of the annual Goya film awards in Madrid, Feb. 1, 2009.
Actor Benicio Del Toro arrives at the premiere of "Che" during AFI Fest 2008 on Nov. 1, 2008.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro arrives for the London Film Festival screening of "Che" in Leicester Square, Oct. 25, 2008.
Actor Benicio Del Toro, right, and director Steven Soderbergh, left, arrive to the New York Film Festival screening of the film "Che," in New York, Oct. 7, 2008.
Benicio Del Toro arrives to the New York Film Festival screening of the film Che, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.
Actor Benicio del Toro, who won an Oscar in 2001 for his supporting role in "Traffic," arrives for a press conference while promoting the film "Che" during the International Film Festival in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2008.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, right, poses with French actress Valerie Lemercier after he won the best actor award for his role in the film "Che" during the award ceremony at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2008.
Actor Benicio Del Toro, right, and an unidentified guest arrive for the awards ceremony at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, May 25, 2008.
Co-stars Actors Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro attend the premiere of "Things We Lost In The Fire" presented by The Cinema Society at the Tribeca Grand Hotel on Oct. 6, 2007, in New York
Actor Benico Del Toro speaks at a ceremomy at which the late Stella Adler was honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Aug. 4, 2006, in Hollywood. Adler was considered one of the most important acting coaches in history.
Actress Naomi Watts and actor Benecio Del Toro pose for photographers at the Hollywood Film Festival's gala ceremony and Hollywood Movie Awards, Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Benicio Del Toro holds his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, after the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on March 25, 2001. He won for his role as a Mexican cop in the movie "Traffic." He was nominated again in 2004 for his supporting role in "21 Grams."