Benicio del Toro
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 19, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- San Germán, Puerto Rico
Biography
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnisjo ðel ˈtoɾo]; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a Goya Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Silver Bear. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.9 billion worldwide. Del Toro made his film debut in Big Top Pee-wee (1988) before his breakout role playing an unintelligible crook in the crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by roles in Basquiat (1996), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Snatch (2000). He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a morally upright police officer in the Steven Soderbergh crime drama Traffic (2000). He was nominated in the same category for his role as an ex-con in Alejandro González Iñárritu's thriller 21 Grams (2003). He has since acted in Sin City (2005), Che (2008), Savages (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Sicario (2015), No Sudden Move (2021), and One Battle After Another (2025). He also took on franchise roles such as Lawrence Talbot in The Wolfman (2010), the Collector in three films from 2013 to 2018 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and DJ, the codebreaker, in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). He also acted in the Wes Anderson films The French Dispatch (2021) and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). On television, he portrayed Richard Matt in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benicio del Toro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
All-Star Weekend
Movie · as Dr. Phill
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
Movie
Reenactment
Movie
Sicario 3
Movie · as Alejandro Gillick
Protective Custody
TV · 1 ep
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
Movie · as Self
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion
Movie · as Narrator
One Battle After Another
Movie · as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Zsa-zsa Korda
Neurótica Anónima
Movie
Reptile
Movie · as Tom Nichols
Bonnie
Movie · as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Moses Rosenthaler
No Sudden Move
Movie · as Ronald Russo
What If...?
TV · as The Collector (voice) · 1 ep
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Movie · as Swiper (voice)
Other Music
Movie · as Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie · as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Movie · as Alejandro Gillick
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as The Collector
The Director and the Jedi
Movie · as Self
Escape at Dannemora
TV · as Richard Matt · 7 eps
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie · as DJ
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Poet of Havana
Movie · as Self
Sicario
Movie · as Alejandro Gillick
A Perfect Day
Movie · as Mambrú
The Little Prince
Movie · as The Snake (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie · as The Collector
Inherent Vice
Movie · as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Movie · as Pablo Escobar
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Thor: The Dark World
Movie · as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
Jimmy P.
Movie · as Jimmy Picard
Savages
Movie · as Lado
The Wolfman
Movie · as Lawrence Talbot
Making Che
Movie · as Self
Somewhere
Movie · as Celebrity (uncredited)
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Movie · as Self
Che: Part One
Movie · as Ernesto Che Guevara
Che: Part Two
Movie · as Ernesto Che Guevara
Shine a Light
Movie · as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Todos Contra Juan
TV · as Benicio del Toro · 1 ep
Things We Lost in the Fire
Movie · as Jerry Sunborne
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie · as Self
Sin City
Movie · as Jackie Boy
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Movie · as Macro
21 Grams: In Fragments
Movie · as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie · as Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Movie · as Self
21 Grams
Movie · as Jack Jordan
The Hunted
Movie · as Aaron Hallam
Breakfast with Hunter
Movie · as Self
Filming “The Hunted”
Movie · as Self
The Cutting Edge
Movie · as Self
Pursuing “The Hunted”
Movie · as Self
Declaration of Independence
Movie · as Self
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie · as Himself
Julia, toda en mí
Movie
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Movie · as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Movie · as Self
Icons
TV · 1 ep
The Pledge
Movie · as Toby Jay Wadenah
Making 'Snatch'
Movie · as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Snatch
Movie · as Franky Four Fingers
The Way of the Gun
Movie · as Mr. Longbaugh
Traffic
Movie · as Javier Rodriguez
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Movie · as Self
Bread and Roses
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
Movie · as Self
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie · as Dr. Gonzo
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie · as Self
Excess Baggage
Movie · as Vincent
Joyride
Movie · as Detective Lopez
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Basquiat
Movie · as Benny Dalmau
The Funeral
Movie · as Gaspare
The Fan
Movie · as Juan Primo
Cannes Man
Movie · as Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
The Usual Suspects
Movie · as Fenster
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Swimming with Sharks
Movie · as Rex
China Moon
Movie · as Lamar Dickey
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fearless
Movie · as Manny Rodrigo
Golden Balls
Movie · as Bob, el amigo de Miami
Money for Nothing
Movie · as Dino Palladino
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Fallen Angels
TV · as Paco · 1 ep
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Movie · as Alvaro Harana
The Indian Runner
Movie · as Miguel
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Movie · as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
TV · as Caro Quintero · 3 eps
Licence to Kill
Movie · as Dario
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Bill · 1 ep
Big Top Pee-wee
Movie · as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
Miami Vice
TV · as Pito · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep