Benicio del Toro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-02-19 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

San Germán, Puerto Rico

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

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • One Battle After Another

    One Battle After Another

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The View

    The View

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Snatch

    Snatch

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Sicario

    Sicario

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

  • Thor: The Dark World

    Thor: The Dark World

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado

  • Fearless

    Fearless

  • The Phoenician Scheme

    The Phoenician Scheme

  • Escape at Dannemora

    Escape at Dannemora

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Sin City

    Sin City

  • Che: Part Two

    Che: Part Two

  • Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

  • The Corporation

    The Corporation

  • Licence to Kill

    Licence to Kill

  • Che: Part One

    Che: Part One

  • Escobar: Paradise Lost

    Escobar: Paradise Lost

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Swimming with Sharks

    Swimming with Sharks

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

  • Traffic

    Traffic

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Joyride

    Joyride

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Savages

    Savages

  • The Wolfman

    The Wolfman

  • Reptile

    Reptile

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold

    Dora and the Lost City of Gold

  • Big Top Pee-wee

    Big Top Pee-wee

  • Shine a Light

    Shine a Light

  • Icons

    Icons

  • No Sudden Move

    No Sudden Move

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • The Hunted

    The Hunted

  • Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

    Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

  • The Fan

    The Fan

  • Other Music

    Other Music

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • Golden Balls

    Golden Balls

  • Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

    Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

  • The Way of the Gun

    The Way of the Gun

  • Somewhere

    Somewhere

  • China Moon

    China Moon

  • Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

  • The Funeral

    The Funeral

  • A Perfect Day

    A Perfect Day

  • Todos Contra Juan

    Todos Contra Juan

  • Filming “The Hunted”

    Filming “The Hunted”

  • Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

    Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

  • Neurótica Anónima

    Neurótica Anónima

  • Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Money for Nothing

    Money for Nothing

  • Things We Lost in the Fire

    Things We Lost in the Fire

  • Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

    Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

  • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

    Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

  • All-Star Weekend

    All-Star Weekend

  • Making 'Snatch'

    Making 'Snatch'

  • Jimmy P.

    Jimmy P.

  • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

    Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

  • The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

    The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

  • 21 Grams: In Fragments

    21 Grams: In Fragments

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Hunter Goes to Hollywood

    Hunter Goes to Hollywood

  • Inside 'Licence to Kill'

    Inside 'Licence to Kill'

  • Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

    Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

  • The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

    Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

  • The Director and the Jedi

    The Director and the Jedi

  • Breakfast with Hunter

    Breakfast with Hunter

  • Reenactment

    Reenactment

  • The Cutting Edge

    The Cutting Edge

  • Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

    Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

  • Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

    Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

  • Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

    Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

  • Making Che

    Making Che

  • The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

    The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

  • Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario

    Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • Julia, toda en mí

    Julia, toda en mí

  • Pursuing “The Hunted”

    Pursuing “The Hunted”

  • The Poet of Havana

    The Poet of Havana

  • Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills

    Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills