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Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Acting

Born: February 19, 1967San Germán, Puerto Rico

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
Filmography
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
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
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
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
The Little Prince

The Little Prince

The Snake (voice)

2015
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
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
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
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

Pursuing “The Hunted”

Self

2003

The Cutting Edge

Self

2003

Filming “The Hunted”

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

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
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

Self

2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Self

2002
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 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
Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

Rex

1994
China Moon

China Moon

Lamar Dickey

1994
Fearless

Fearless

Manny Rodrigo

1993
Golden Balls

Golden Balls

Bob, el amigo de Miami

1993
Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing

Dino Palladino

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
Licence to Kill

Licence to Kill

Dario

1989
Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

Duke the Dog-Faced Boy

1988