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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — The Collector
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) — The Collector
3. Thor: The Dark World (2013) — Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — DJ
5. The Usual Suspects (1995) — Fenster
6. Snatch (2000) — Franky Four Fingers
7. Sicario (2015) — Alejandro Gillick
8. Sin City (2005) — Jackie Boy
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) — Dr. Gonzo
10. What If...? (2021) — The Collector (voice)
11. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) — Alejandro Gillick
12. One Battle After Another (2025) — Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
13. 21 Grams (2003) — Jack Jordan
14. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) — Moses Rosenthaler
15. The Little Prince (2015) — The Snake (voice)
16. Inherent Vice (2014) — Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
17. Traffic (2000) — Javier Rodriguez
18. Savages (2012) — Lado
19. The Wolfman (2010) — Lawrence Talbot
20. Licence to Kill (1989) — Dario
21. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) — Swiper (voice)
22. Reptile (2023) — Tom Nichols
23. The Pledge (2001) — Toby Jay Wadenah
24. Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Bill
25. The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — Zsa-zsa Korda
26. The Hunted (2003) — Aaron Hallam
27. The Fan (1996) — Juan Primo
28. Che: Part One (2008) — Ernesto Che Guevara
29. Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014) — Pablo Escobar
30. Somewhere (2010) — Celebrity (uncredited)
31. No Sudden Move (2021) — Ronald Russo
32. Che: Part Two (2008) — Ernesto Che Guevara
33. A Perfect Day (2015) — Mambrú
34. Miami Vice (1984) — Pito
35. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
36. The Way of the Gun (2000) — Mr. Longbaugh
37. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) — Jerry Sunborne
38. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
39. Fearless (1993) — Manny Rodrigo
40. Swimming with Sharks (1994) — Rex

Directed

1. 7 Days in Havana (2012) — Director
2. Submission (1995) — Director