Benicio del Toro

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Avengers: Infinity War

The View

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (87)

• Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another2026 · as Self
• Neurótica Anónima2025
• One Battle After Another2025 · as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as Zsa-zsa Korda
• Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion2025 · as Narrator
• Reptile2023 · as Tom Nichols
• Bonnie2022 · as Self
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Moses Rosenthaler
• No Sudden Move2021 · as Ronald Russo
• Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage2019 · as Self
• Dora and the Lost City of Gold2019 · as Swiper (voice)
• Other Music2019 · as Self
• Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · as Self - Actor
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018 · as Alejandro Gillick
• Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as The Collector
• The Director and the Jedi2018 · as Self
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · as DJ
• Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario2016 · as (archive footage)
• The Poet of Havana2015 · as Self
• Sicario2015 · as Alejandro Gillick
• A Perfect Day2015 · as Mambrú
• The Little Prince2015 · as The Snake (voice)
• Inherent Vice2014 · as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
• Escobar: Paradise Lost2014 · as Pablo Escobar
• Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · as The Collector
• Thor: The Dark World2013 · as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
• Jimmy P.2013 · as Jimmy Picard
• Savages2012 · as Lado
• Somewhere2010 · as Celebrity (uncredited)
• The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile2010 · as Self
• The Wolfman2010 · as Lawrence Talbot
• Making Che2010 · as Self
• Che: Part Two2008 · as Ernesto Che Guevara
• Che: Part One2008 · as Ernesto Che Guevara
• Shine a Light2008 · as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
• The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Things We Lost in the Fire2007 · as Jerry Sunborne
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula2005 · as Macro
• Sin City2005 · as Jackie Boy
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self
• Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man2004 · as Self
• 21 Grams: In Fragments2004 · as Self
• 21 Grams2003 · as Jack Jordan
• Filming “The Hunted”2003 · as Self
• The Cutting Edge2003 · as Self
• Pursuing “The Hunted”2003 · as Self
• Breakfast with Hunter2003 · as Self
• Declaration of Independence2003 · as Self
• The Hunted2003 · as Aaron Hallam
• Hunter Goes to Hollywood2003 · as Self
• Julia, toda en mí2002
• The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002 · as Himself
• Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette2002 · as Self
• Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'2002 · as Self
• Making 'Snatch'2001 · as Self
• The Pledge2001 · as Toby Jay Wadenah
• Traffic2000 · as Javier Rodriguez
• Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'2000 · as Self
• Inside 'Licence to Kill'2000 · as Self
• Bread and Roses2000 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Way of the Gun2000 · as Mr. Longbaugh
• Snatch2000 · as Franky Four Fingers
• Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998 · as Self
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998 · as Dr. Gonzo
• Joyride1997 · as Detective Lopez
• Excess Baggage1997 · as Vincent
• The Fan1996 · as Juan Primo
• Basquiat1996 · as Benny Dalmau
• Cannes Man1996 · as Self
• The Funeral1996 · as Gaspare
• The Usual Suspects1995 · as Fenster
• Swimming with Sharks1994 · as Rex
• China Moon1994 · as Lamar Dickey
• Fearless1993 · as Manny Rodrigo
• Golden Balls1993 · as Bob, el amigo de Miami
• Money for Nothing1993 · as Dino Palladino
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery1992 · as Alvaro Harana
• The Indian Runner1991 · as Miguel
• Madonna: The Immaculate Collection1990 · as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
• Licence to Kill1989 · as Dario
• Big Top Pee-wee1988 · as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
• All-Star Weekend— · as Dr. Phill
• The Corporation— · as Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
• Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills—
• Reenactment—
• Sicario: Capos— · as Alejandro Gillick

All TV Shows (22)

• What If...?2021 · as The Collector (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Escape at Dannemora2018 · as Richard Matt
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Todos Contra Juan2008 · as Benicio del Toro
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Icons2002
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA1995 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Fallen Angels1993 · as Paco
• Drug Wars: The Camarena Story1990 · as Caro Quintero
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Bill
• Miami Vice1984 · as Pito
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee