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Benicio del Toro

Acting 59 years old San Germán, Puerto Rico ★ 3.8
Born: February 19, 1967

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.

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Known For

One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another Sensei Sergio St. Carlos 2025
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War The Collector 2018
Sicario
Sicario Alejandro Gillick 2015
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Moses Rosenthaler 2021
The Wolfman
The Wolfman Lawrence Talbot 2010

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War The Collector 2018
Sicario
Sicario Alejandro Gillick 2015
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War The Collector 2018

Filmography

Acting Credits (110)

Neurótica Anónima
Neurótica Anónima 2025
One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another Sensei Sergio St. Carlos 2025
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme Zsa-zsa Korda 2025
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion Narrator 2025
Reptile
Reptile Tom Nichols 2023
Bonnie
Bonnie Self 2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Moses Rosenthaler 2021
What If...?
What If...? The Collector (voice) 2021
No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move Ronald Russo 2021
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage Self 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Swiper (voice) 2019
Other Music
Other Music Self 2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Self - Actor 2019
Escape at Dannemora
Escape at Dannemora Richard Matt 2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Alejandro Gillick 2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War The Collector 2018
The Director and the Jedi
The Director and the Jedi Self 2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi DJ 2017
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario (archive footage) 2016
The Poet of Havana
The Poet of Havana Self 2015
Sicario
Sicario Alejandro Gillick 2015
A Perfect Day
A Perfect Day Mambrú 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
The Little Prince
The Little Prince The Snake (voice) 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice Sauncho Smilax, Esq. 2014
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn Self 2014
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Escobar: Paradise Lost Pablo Escobar 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy The Collector 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited) 2013
Jimmy P.
Jimmy P. Jimmy Picard 2013
Savages
Savages Lado 2012
Somewhere
Somewhere Celebrity (uncredited) 2010
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile Self 2010
The Wolfman
The Wolfman Lawrence Talbot 2010
Making Che
Making Che Self 2010
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two Ernesto Che Guevara 2008
Todos Contra Juan
Todos Contra Juan Benicio del Toro 2008
Che: Part One
Che: Part One Ernesto Che Guevara 2008
Shine a Light
Shine a Light Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) 2008
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry Narrator (voice) 2008
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire Jerry Sunborne 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride Self 2006
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula Macro 2005
Sin City
Sin City Jackie Boy 2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Self 2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man Self 2004
21 Grams: In Fragments
21 Grams: In Fragments Self 2004
21 Grams
21 Grams Jack Jordan 2003
Filming “The Hunted”
Filming “The Hunted” Self 2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
Pursuing “The Hunted” Self 2003
The Cutting Edge
The Cutting Edge Self 2003
Breakfast with Hunter
Breakfast with Hunter Self 2003
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence Self 2003
The Hunted
The Hunted Aaron Hallam 2003
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
Hunter Goes to Hollywood Self 2003
Julia, toda en mí
Julia, toda en mí 2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema Himself 2002
Icons
Icons 2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' Self 2002
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette Self 2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
Making 'Snatch'
Making 'Snatch' Self 2001
The Pledge
The Pledge Toby Jay Wadenah 2001
Traffic
Traffic Javier Rodriguez 2000
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' Self 2000
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
Inside 'Licence to Kill' Self 2000
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses Party Guest (uncredited) 2000
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun Mr. Longbaugh 2000
Snatch
Snatch Franky Four Fingers 2000
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Self 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Dr. Gonzo 1998
Joyride
Joyride Detective Lopez 1997
Excess Baggage
Excess Baggage Vincent 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
The Fan
The Fan Juan Primo 1996
Basquiat
Basquiat Benny Dalmau 1996
Cannes Man
Cannes Man Self 1996
The Funeral
The Funeral Gaspare 1996
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects Fenster 1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA Self 1995
Swimming with Sharks
Swimming with Sharks Rex 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
China Moon
China Moon Lamar Dickey 1994
Fearless
Fearless Manny Rodrigo 1993
Golden Balls
Golden Balls Bob, el amigo de Miami 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Money for Nothing
Money for Nothing Dino Palladino 1993
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels Paco 1993
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Alvaro Harana 1992
The Indian Runner
The Indian Runner Miguel 1991
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita") 1990
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story Caro Quintero 1990
Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill Dario 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt Bill 1989
Big Top Pee-wee
Big Top Pee-wee Duke the Dog-Faced Boy 1988
Miami Vice
Miami Vice Pito 1984
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
All-Star Weekend
All-Star Weekend Dr. Phill
The Corporation
The Corporation Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
White Lies
White Lies
Reenactment
Reenactment
Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel
Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

Directing Credits (2)

Writing Credits (2)

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