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OSCAR NOMINEES: Benicio Del Toro on His First Oscar and His Hollywood Journey (June 2025)

OSCAR NOMINEES: Benicio Del Toro on His First Oscar and His Hollywood Journey (June 2025)

Benicio Del Toro is an Academy Award-winning actor and current nominee for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in "One Battle After Another." In this conversation from June 2025, Del Toro joins Willie Geist to discuss leading director Wes Anderson’s film "The Phoenician Scheme" and how winning his first Oscar reshaped his life and career. Plus, he reflects on growing up in Puerto Rico and the first role that made him feel he had truly arrived in Hollywood.

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist · Willie Geist, Benicio Del Toro

March 14, 202641m 27sbonus

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Benicio Del Toro is an Academy Award-winning actor and current nominee for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in One Battle After Another. In this conversation from June 2025, Del Toro joins Willie Geist to discuss leading director Wes Anderson’s film The Phoenician Scheme and how winning his first Oscar reshaped his life and career. Plus, he reflects on growing up in Puerto Rico and the first role that made him feel he had truly arrived in Hollywood.


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