Benicio del Toro
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director
February 19, 1967 (59 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | One Battle After Another · as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme · as Zsa-Zsa Korda |
| 2023 | Reptile · as Tom Nichols |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch · as Moses Rosenthaler |
| 2021 | What If…? · as The Collector (voice) |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move · as Ronald Russo |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold · as Swiper (voice) |
| 2018 | Escape at Dannemora · as Richard Matt |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado · as Alejandro Gillick |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as The Collector |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | Sicario · as Alejandro Gillick |
| 2015 | A Perfect Day · as Mambrú |
| 2015 | The Little Prince · as The Snake (voice) |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice · as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. |
| 2014 | Escobar: Paradise Lost · as Pablo EscobarOn Plex |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy · as The Collector |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World · as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian · as Jimmy Picard |
| 2012 | Savages · as Lado |
| 2012 | Savages: The Interrogations · as Lado |
| 2010 | Somewhere · as Celebrity (uncredited) |
| 2010 | The Wolfman · as Lawrence Talbot |
| 2009 | Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection · as Kid Sitting On Car (segment: La Isla Bonita) |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two · as Ernesto Che Guevara |
| 2008 | Che: Part One · as Ernesto Che Guevara |
| 2008 | The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Things We Lost in the Fire · as Jerry Sunborne |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Sin City · as Jackie Boy |
| 2003 | 21 Grams · as Jack Jordan |
| 2003 | The Hunted · as Aaron Hallam |
| 2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever · as Dario |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Lorraine · as Dj |
| 2001 | The Pledge · as Toby Jay WadenahOn Plex |
| 2000 | Traffic · as Javier Rodriguez |
| 2000 | Bread and Roses · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun · as Mr. LongbaughOn Plex |
| 2000 | Snatch · as Franky Four Fingers |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · as Dr. Gonzo |
| 1997 | Joyride · as Detective LopezOn Plex |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage · as Vincent |
| 1996 | The Funeral · as Gaspare |
| 1996 | The Fan · as Juan Primo |
| 1996 | Basquiat · as Benny DalmauOn Plex |
| 1995 | The Usual Suspects · as Fenster |
| 1994 | Swimming with Sharks · as RexOn Plex |
| 1994 | China Moon · as Lamar Dickey |
| 1993 | Fearless · as Manny Rodrigo |
| 1993 | Golden Balls · as Bob, El Amigo De Miami |
| 1993 | Money for Nothing · as Dino Palladino |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels · as Paco |
| 1992 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery · as Alvaro Harana |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner · as Miguel |
| 1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection · as Kid Sitting On Car (segment "la Isla Bonita") |
| 1990 | Drug Wars: The Camarena Story · as Caro Quintero |
| 1989 | Licence to Kill · as Dario |
| 1989 | Licence to Kill: The Royal Premiere · as Cast |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Bill |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee · as Duke The Dog-Faced Boy |
| 1987 | Private Eye · as Carlos |
| 1987 | Ohara · as Mike |
| 1984 | Miami Vice · as Pito |
All-Star Weekend · as Dr. Phill |
| 2024 | Kill the Jockey · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Reptile · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Viva · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Escobar: Paradise Lost · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Lovesickness · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Reptile · as Screenplay |
| 2011 |