Benicio del Toro
Actor
Born February 19, 1967 in San 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).
Filmography
All-Star Weekend
Dr. Phill
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
Self
Neurótica Anónima
One Battle After Another
Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
The Phoenician Scheme
Zsa-zsa Korda
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion
Narrator
Kill the Jockey
Reptile
Tom Nichols
Bonnie
Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Moses Rosenthaler
What If...?
The Collector (voice)
No Sudden Move
Ronald Russo
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Swiper (voice)
Other Music
Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
Escape at Dannemora
Richard Matt
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Alejandro Gillick
Avengers: Infinity War
The Collector
The Director and the Jedi
Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
DJ
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
(archive footage)
Viva
The Poet of Havana
Self
Sicario
Alejandro Gillick
A Perfect Day
Mambrú
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Little Prince
The Snake (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Inherent Vice
Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Pablo Escobar
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Collector
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Thor: The Dark World
Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
Jimmy P.
Jimmy Picard
Savages
Lado
7 Days in Havana
Somewhere
Celebrity (uncredited)
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Self
The Wolfman
Lawrence Talbot
Making Che
Self
Where the Wild Things Are
Che: Part Two
Ernesto Che Guevara
Todos Contra Juan
Benicio del Toro
Che: Part One
Ernesto Che Guevara
Shine a Light
Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Narrator (voice)
Things We Lost in the Fire
Jerry Sunborne
Maldeamores
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Macro
Sin City
Jackie Boy
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Self
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
21 Grams
Jack Jordan
Breakfast with Hunter
Self
Declaration of Independence
Self
The Hunted
Aaron Hallam
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
Self
Julia, toda en mí
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Himself
Icons
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Making 'Snatch'
Self
The Pledge
Toby Jay Wadenah
Traffic
Javier Rodriguez
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Self
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
Self
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Way of the Gun
Mr. Longbaugh
Snatch
Franky Four Fingers
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Self
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dr. Gonzo
Joyride
Detective Lopez
Excess Baggage
Vincent
The View
Self
The Fan
Juan Primo
Basquiat
Benny Dalmau
Cannes Man
Self
The Funeral
Gaspare
The Usual Suspects
Fenster
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
Swimming with Sharks
Rex
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
China Moon
Lamar Dickey
Fearless
Manny Rodrigo
Golden Balls
Bob, el amigo de Miami
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Money for Nothing
Dino Palladino
Fallen Angels
Paco
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Alvaro Harana
The Indian Runner
Miguel
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Caro Quintero
Licence to Kill
Dario
Tales from the Crypt
Bill
Big Top Pee-wee
Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
Miami Vice
Pito
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee