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Actor: Benicio Del ToroFilm:"Traffic" Nomination: Best Supporting Actor Age: 34 Previous Wins for Role: Golden Globes Las Vegas Film Critics National Society of Film Critics New York Film Critics Online Film Critics San Diego Film Critics Southeastern Film Critics Toronto Film Critics Previous Noms for Role: Blockbuster Entertainment Awards British Academy Awards Chicago Film Critics Golden Satellite Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Character Bio: In "Traffic," Benicio Del Toro plays Javier Rodriguez, a Mexican policeman working on and around the border. After a huge drug bust, Mexico's number one crime fighter General Salazar asks him to work on his team. Rodriguez is trapped in the middle as corrupt officials and a drug cartel fight over control of the border drug traffic. He turns down wealth for honor; he resists the temptations of power and money. He only wants to make his country better and in the end bring down corrupt officials from the inside. To prepare for the role, Puerto Rican-born Del Toro worked with a dialect coach and spent time with police in Tijuana, learning the slang and getting a better perspective. His performance brings dimension and humanity to a character that could have fallen into a flat stereotype.
Read the Florida Times-Union review of "Traffic"
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