Acting
Benicio del Toro
EN, ES cinema · 93 credits
Born
19 February 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Also known as Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez · Beno del Toro · Benicio Del Toro
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
All-Star Weekend
as Dr. Phill
Sicario 3
Sicario 3
as Alejandro Gillick
One Battle After Another
as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
The Phoenician Scheme
as Zsa-zsa Korda
Kill the Jockey
Executive Producer
Reptile
as Tom Nichols, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Bonnie
as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Moses Rosenthaler
No Sudden Move
as Ronald Russo
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Swiper (voice)
Other Music
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Alejandro Gillick
Avengers: Infinity War
as The Collector
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo
Executive Producer
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
as (archive footage)
Sicario
as Alejandro Gillick
A Perfect Day
as Mambrú
The Little Prince
as The Snake (voice)
Viva
Executive Producer
Guardians of the Galaxy
as The Collector
Inherent Vice
as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Escobar: Paradise Lost
as Pablo Escobar, Executive Producer
Thor: The Dark World
as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
Jimmy P.
as Jimmy Picard
Savages
as Lado
7 Days in Havana
Director
The Wolfman
as Lawrence Talbot, Producer
Making Che
as Self
Somewhere
as Celebrity (uncredited)
Che: Part Two
as Ernesto Che Guevara, Producer
Che: Part One
as Ernesto Che Guevara, Producer
Shine a Light
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Narrator (voice)
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Jerry Sunborne
Maldeamores
Executive Producer
Sin City
as Jackie Boy
21 Grams
as Jack Jordan
The Hunted
as Aaron Hallam
The Pledge
as Toby Jay Wadenah
Making 'Snatch'
as Self
Snatch
as Franky Four Fingers
The Way of the Gun
as Mr. Longbaugh
Traffic
as Javier Rodriguez
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Dr. Gonzo
Excess Baggage
as Vincent
Joyride
as Detective Lopez
Basquiat
as Benny Dalmau
The Funeral
as Gaspare
The Fan
as Juan Primo
Cannes Man
as Self
The Usual Suspects
as Fenster
Submission
1995
Submission
Director, Writer
China Moon
as Lamar Dickey
Fearless
as Manny Rodrigo
Golden Balls
as Bob, el amigo de Miami
Money for Nothing
as Dino Palladino
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Alvaro Harana
The Indian Runner
as Miguel
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
Licence to Kill
as Dario
Big Top Pee-wee
as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy