Tall, dark and photogenic, Benicio Del Toro spent several years in less than memorable supporting roles before his breakthrough as the mumbling Fred Fenster, the most erratic of the conspirators, in Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995). After that award-winning turn, the actor seemed on his way to a sterling career, although not all of efforts have met with box-office success.

Born in Puerto Rico and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Del Toro enrolled at the University of California at San Diego with the intention of becoming a lawyer. A freshman acting class led him to alter his career