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
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Miami Vice
1984
Golden Globe Awards
1944
What If...?
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
The View
as Self · 1997
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Avengers: Infinity War
as The Collector · 2018
Miami Vice
as Pito · 1984
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
What If...?
as The Collector (voice) · 2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Tales from the Crypt
as Bill · 1989
Thor: The Dark World
as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited) · 2013
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as DJ · 2017
One Battle After Another
as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos · 2025
Snatch
as Franky Four Fingers · 2000
Guardians of the Galaxy
as The Collector · 2014
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest · 2001
The Usual Suspects
as Fenster · 1995
The Little Prince
as The Snake (voice) · 2015
Licence to Kill
as Dario · 1989
Sicario
as Alejandro Gillick · 2015
Fallen Angels
as Paco · 1993
Sin City
as Jackie Boy · 2005
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Alejandro Gillick · 2018
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Swiper (voice) · 2019
No Sudden Move
as Ronald Russo · 2021
The Phoenician Scheme
as Zsa-zsa Korda · 2025
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self · 1995
Traffic
as Javier Rodriguez · 2000
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Moses Rosenthaler · 2021
The Wolfman
as Lawrence Talbot · 2010
Inherent Vice
as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. · 2014
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Dr. Gonzo · 1998
Icons
· 2002
Reptile
as Tom Nichols · 2023
21 Grams
as Jack Jordan · 2003
Escape at Dannemora
as Richard Matt · 2018
The Pledge
as Toby Jay Wadenah · 2001
The Hunted
as Aaron Hallam · 2003
Escobar: Paradise Lost
as Pablo Escobar · 2014
Che: Part One
as Ernesto Che Guevara · 2008
Savages
as Lado · 2012
Che: Part Two
as Ernesto Che Guevara · 2008
The Fan
as Juan Primo · 1996
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
as Caro Quintero · 1990
A Perfect Day
as Mambrú · 2015
Excess Baggage
as Vincent · 1997
Somewhere
as Celebrity (uncredited) · 2010
China Moon
as Lamar Dickey · 1994
The Way of the Gun
as Mr. Longbaugh · 2000
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Alvaro Harana · 1992
Big Top Pee-wee
as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy · 1988
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Jerry Sunborne · 2007
The Indian Runner
as Miguel · 1991
Todos Contra Juan
as Benicio del Toro · 2008
Golden Balls
as Bob, el amigo de Miami · 1993
Fearless
as Manny Rodrigo · 1993
The Funeral
as Gaspare · 1996
Cannes Man
as Self · 1996
Basquiat
as Benny Dalmau · 1996
Shine a Light
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) · 2008
The Director and the Jedi
as Self · 2018
Money for Nothing
as Dino Palladino · 1993
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Bonnie
as Self · 2022
Swimming with Sharks
as Rex · 1994
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita") · 1990
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited) · 2000
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
as Self · 2010
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self · 2004
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
as Self · 2026
Protective Custody
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor · 2019
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Macro · 2005
Jimmy P.
as Jimmy Picard · 2013
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
as Himself · 2002
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self · 2019
Julia, toda en mí
· 2002
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self · 2006
Other Music
as Self · 2019
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
as (archive footage) · 2016
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
as Self · 2000
All-Star Weekend
as Dr. Phill
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
as Self · 2000
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Self · 1998
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self · 2002
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
as Self · 2003
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self · 2002
21 Grams: In Fragments
as Self · 2004
Declaration of Independence
as Self · 2003
Joyride
as Detective Lopez · 1997
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Self · 2004
Neurótica Anónima
· 2025
The Poet of Havana
as Self · 2015
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Narrator (voice) · 2008
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion
as Narrator · 2025
The Corporation
as Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
Breakfast with Hunter
as Self · 2003
Making 'Snatch'
as Self · 2001
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self · 2003
Making Che
as Self · 2010
The Cutting Edge
as Self · 2003
Reenactment
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self · 2003