Benicio Del Toro’s first acting job was in “Big Top Pee-Wee” playing Duke the Dog-Faced Boy. The Academy Award winning-actor told Howard how he got the part during his 2010 interview. Check out more today on #Sternthology 👉 siriusxm.us/sternthology | The Howard Stern Show

Benicio del Toro receives his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in One Battle After Another, 25 years after winning the award for Traffic in 2001. He remains the only Puerto Rican-born actor to win an acting Oscar. Del Toro gained and then lost 40 pounds for his early breakout role in The Usual Suspects. He was once considered for the role of Darth Maul in Star Wars, and his career has been defined by intense, transformative performances across nearly four decades in Hollywood. #O

A look back at Benicio Del Toro presenting Jennifer Connelly with the Oscar for Supporting Actress for "A Beautiful Mind" at the 74th Oscars | The Academy