Son of Gustavo Del Toro and Fausta Sanchez-Del Toro, and Godson of Sarah Torres (all lawyers).
Passionate about oil painting.
Sent to boarding school in Pennsylvania when he was 13.
Has one brother, Gustavo, who is two years older and is a physician in the US.
Mother died when he was nine.
Family urged him to become a lawyer because they felt there was no future in acting.
Studied at Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting on scholarship.
Dated Alicia Silverstone
Dated Chiara Mastroianni
Attended the University of California - San Diego (UCSD)
Gained 40 lbs. for his role in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
Burned himself with cigarettes repeatedly for the elevator scene in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" because the real Oscar Zeta Acosta did as well. The shots of the burn were cut.
Reportedly turned down the role of Frida Kahlo's husband Diego Rivera in _Frida Kahlo (2001)_ because of the weight gain that would be required.
Was offered the role of Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000) that eventually went to Javier Bardem. He turned it down to be in friend Christopher McQuarrie's The Way of the Gun (2000).
Attended Mercersburg Academy (graduated in 1985). He was a basketball star and artist there, but not an actor.
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