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Benicio del Toro
AKA: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez · Beno del Toro · Benicio Del Toro
Acting
Born: 1967
San Germán, Puerto Rico
15 Global Credits
🔥 3.6 Popularity
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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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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 Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019 · US
Escape at Dannemora
Richard Matt
2018 · US
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014 · US
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014 · US
Todos Contra Juan
Benicio del Toro
2008 · AR
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007 · GB
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001 · GB
The View
Self
1997 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | Self |
| Escape at Dannemora | 2018 | Richard Matt |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | Self - Guest |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014 | Self - Guest |
| Todos Contra Juan | 2008 | Benicio del Toro |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2007 | Self |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2001 | Self - Guest |
| The View | 1997 | Self |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1993 | Self - Guest |
| Fallen Angels | 1993 | Paco |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1989 | Bill |
| Miami Vice | 1984 | Pito |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975 | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| The Oscars | 1953 | Self |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1944 | Self - Nominee |