Benicio del Toro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

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

  • One Battle After Another

    One Battle After Another

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The View

    The View

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Phoenician Scheme

    The Phoenician Scheme

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

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

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

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Sicario

    Sicario

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Snatch

    Snatch

  • Thor: The Dark World

    Thor: The Dark World

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado

  • Savages

    Savages

  • Reptile

    Reptile

  • Sin City

    Sin City

  • The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Licence to Kill

    Licence to Kill

  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold

    Dora and the Lost City of Gold

  • The Fan

    The Fan

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Escape at Dannemora

    Escape at Dannemora

  • Escobar: Paradise Lost

    Escobar: Paradise Lost

  • Traffic

    Traffic

  • Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • The Wolfman

    The Wolfman

  • China Moon

    China Moon

  • Icons

    Icons

  • The Hunted

    The Hunted

  • Fearless

    Fearless

  • Reenactment

    Reenactment

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • New Heights

    New Heights

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

    Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

  • Jimmy P.

    Jimmy P.

  • No Sudden Move

    No Sudden Move

  • The Funeral

    The Funeral

  • Neurótica Anónima

    Neurótica Anónima

  • Other Music

    Other Music

  • Joyride

    Joyride

  • Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Making Che

    Making Che

  • The Way of the Gun

    The Way of the Gun

  • The Corporation

    The Corporation

  • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

    Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

  • Shine a Light

    Shine a Light

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • Things We Lost in the Fire

    Things We Lost in the Fire

  • Golden Balls

    Golden Balls

  • A Perfect Day

    A Perfect Day

  • Making 'Snatch'

    Making 'Snatch'

  • Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses

  • Che: Part One

    Che: Part One

  • Che: Part Two

    Che: Part Two

  • All-Star Weekend

    All-Star Weekend

  • Somewhere

    Somewhere

  • Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

    Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

  • Big Top Pee-wee

    Big Top Pee-wee

  • Money for Nothing

    Money for Nothing

  • Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

    Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

  • Swimming with Sharks

    Swimming with Sharks

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Inside 'Licence to Kill'

    Inside 'Licence to Kill'

  • Breakfast with Hunter

    Breakfast with Hunter

  • Hunter Goes to Hollywood

    Hunter Goes to Hollywood

  • Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

    Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

  • The Poet of Havana

    The Poet of Havana

  • Julia, toda en mí

    Julia, toda en mí

  • Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

    Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

  • 21 Grams: In Fragments

    21 Grams: In Fragments

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

    The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

  • Todos Contra Juan

    Todos Contra Juan

  • Filming “The Hunted”

    Filming “The Hunted”

  • Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

    Untitled Ocean's Eleven Prequel

  • Pursuing “The Hunted”

    Pursuing “The Hunted”

  • The Cutting Edge

    The Cutting Edge

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

    Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

    Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

    Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

  • Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

    Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • The Director and the Jedi

    The Director and the Jedi

  • Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

    The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills

    Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills