Benicio del Toro
Acting

Benicio del Toro

February 19, 1967 (58 years old) San Germán, Puerto Rico

Also known as: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez, 베니시오 델 토로, ベニチオ・デル・トロ, 베니치오 델 토로, Beno 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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • TV

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 • TV

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 • TV

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 • TV

Snatch

Snatch

2000 • Movie

Sicario

Sicario

2015 • Movie

Movie Credits (61)

Acting

2000

Snatch

as Franky Four Fingers

2015

Sicario

as Alejandro Gillick

1995

The Usual Suspects

as Fenster

2013

Thor: The Dark World

as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

as The Collector

2005

Sin City

as Jackie Boy

1989

Licence to Kill

as Dario

2012

Savages

as Lado

2000

Traffic

as Javier Rodriguez

2014

Inherent Vice

as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.

1998

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

as Dr. Gonzo

2010

The Wolfman

as Lawrence Talbot

2015

A Perfect Day

as Mambrú

1993

Fearless

as Manny Rodrigo

1997

Excess Baggage

as Vincent

2001

The Pledge

as Toby Jay Wadenah

1988

Big Top Pee-wee

as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy

2022

Bonnie

as Self

2003

21 Grams

as Jack Jordan

2014

Escobar: Paradise Lost

as Pablo Escobar

Crew

2008

Che: Part Two

Producer

2008

Che: Part One

Producer

2012

7 Days in Havana

Director

2010

The Wolfman

Producer

2014

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Executive Producer

2015

Viva

Executive Producer

1995

Submission

Director

1995

Submission

Writer

2007

Maldeamores

Executive Producer

2023

Reptile

Executive Producer

TV Credits (19)

Acting

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

1 episodes

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

2 episodes

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1 episodes

1984

Miami Vice

as Pito

1 episodes

2021

What If...?

as The Collector (voice)

1 episodes

1997

The View

as Self

1 episodes

2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

2 episodes

1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Bill

1 episodes

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

1 episodes

1953

The Oscars

as Self

2 episodes

1993

Fallen Angels

as Paco

1 episodes

2018

Escape at Dannemora

as Richard Matt

7 episodes

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2002

Icons

1 episodes

2008

Todos Contra Juan

as Benicio del Toro

1 episodes

1990

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

as Caro Quintero

3 episodes

1994

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

1 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 19, 1967 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Popularity
5.5

Career Stats

61
Movies
19
TV Shows