Benicio del Toro
Born: 1967-02-19 in San Germán, Puerto Rico
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
- The Phoenician Scheme as Zsa-zsa Korda
- Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion as Narrator
2024
- Kill the Jockey ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Reptile as Tom Nichols
2022
- Bonnie as Self
- New Heights as Self
2021
- What If...? as The Collector (voice)
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Moses Rosenthaler
- No Sudden Move as Ronald Russo
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold as Swiper (voice)
- Other Music as Self
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War as The Collector
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Alejandro Gillick
- Escape at Dannemora as Richard Matt
- The Director and the Jedi as Self
2017
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi as DJ
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
- Viva ... (Executive Producer)
- The Little Prince as The Snake (voice)
- A Perfect Day as Mambrú
- The Poet of Havana as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Guardians of the Galaxy as The Collector
- Escobar: Paradise Lost as Pablo Escobar
- Inherent Vice as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
- Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Self
2013
- Thor: The Dark World as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
- Jimmy P. as Jimmy Picard
2012
- Savages as Lado
- 7 Days in Havana ... (Director)
2010
- The Wolfman as Lawrence Talbot
- Making Che as Self
- Somewhere as Celebrity (uncredited)
- The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile as Self
2009
- Where the Wild Things Are ... (Thanks)
2008
- Shine a Light as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
- Che: Part One as Ernesto Che Guevara
- Che: Part Two as Ernesto Che Guevara
- The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as Narrator (voice)
- Todos Contra Juan as Benicio del Toro
2007
- Maldeamores ... (Executive Producer)
- Things We Lost in the Fire as Jerry Sunborne
2006
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2005
- Sin City as Jackie Boy
- Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Macro
2004
2003
- The Hunted as Aaron Hallam
- 21 Grams as Jack Jordan
- Breakfast with Hunter as Self
- Hunter Goes to Hollywood as Self
- Pursuing “The Hunted” as Self
- Filming “The Hunted” as Self
- The Cutting Edge as Self
- Declaration of Independence as Self
2002
2001
- The Pledge as Toby Jay Wadenah
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- Making 'Snatch' as Self
2000
- Snatch as Franky Four Fingers
- Traffic as Javier Rodriguez
- The Way of the Gun as Mr. Longbaugh
- Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' as Self
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' as Self
1998
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Dr. Gonzo
- Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Self
1997
- The View as Self
- Joyride as Detective Lopez
- Excess Baggage as Vincent
1996
- The Fan as Juan Primo
- Basquiat as Benny Dalmau
- The Funeral as Gaspare
- Cannes Man as Self
1995
- The Usual Suspects as Fenster
- Submission ... (Director)
1994
- China Moon as Lamar Dickey
- Swimming with Sharks as Rex
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Fearless as Manny Rodrigo
- Fallen Angels as Paco
- Money for Nothing as Dino Palladino
- Golden Balls as Bob, el amigo de Miami
1992
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as Alvaro Harana
1991
- The Indian Runner as Miguel
1990
- Drug Wars: The Camarena Story as Caro Quintero
- Madonna: The Immaculate Collection as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Bill
- Licence to Kill as Dario
1988
- Big Top Pee-wee as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
1984
- Miami Vice as Pito
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953
- The Oscars as Self