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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…
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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.
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Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
as Self
Neurótica Anónima
One Battle After Another
as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
The Phoenician Scheme
as Zsa-zsa Korda
Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion
as Narrator
Reptile
as Tom Nichols
Bonnie
as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Moses Rosenthaler
No Sudden Move
as Ronald Russo
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Swiper (voice)
Other Music
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Alejandro Gillick
Avengers: Infinity War
as The Collector
The Director and the Jedi
as Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as DJ
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
as (archive footage)
The Poet of Havana
as Self
Sicario
as Alejandro Gillick
A Perfect Day
as Mambrú
The Little Prince
as The Snake (voice)
Inherent Vice
as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Escobar: Paradise Lost
as Pablo Escobar
Guardians of the Galaxy
as The Collector
Thor: The Dark World
as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
Jimmy P.
as Jimmy Picard
Savages
as Lado
Somewhere
as Celebrity (uncredited)
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
as Self
The Wolfman
as Lawrence Talbot
Making Che
as Self
Che: Part Two
as Ernesto Che Guevara
Che: Part One
as Ernesto Che Guevara
Shine a Light
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Narrator (voice)
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Jerry Sunborne
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Macro
Sin City
as Jackie Boy
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Self
21 Grams: In Fragments
as Self
21 Grams
as Jack Jordan
No Poster
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self
No Poster
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self
No Poster
The Cutting Edge
as Self
Breakfast with Hunter
as Self
Declaration of Independence
as Self
The Hunted
as Aaron Hallam
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
as Self
Julia, toda en mí
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
as Himself
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
Making 'Snatch'
as Self
The Pledge
as Toby Jay Wadenah
Traffic
as Javier Rodriguez
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
as Self
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
as Self
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Way of the Gun
as Mr. Longbaugh
Snatch
as Franky Four Fingers
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Self
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Dr. Gonzo
Joyride
as Detective Lopez
Excess Baggage
as Vincent
The Fan
as Juan Primo
Basquiat
as Benny Dalmau
Cannes Man
as Self
The Funeral
as Gaspare
The Usual Suspects
as Fenster
Swimming with Sharks
as Rex
China Moon
as Lamar Dickey
Fearless
as Manny Rodrigo
Golden Balls
as Bob, el amigo de Miami
Money for Nothing
as Dino Palladino
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Alvaro Harana
The Indian Runner
as Miguel
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
Licence to Kill
as Dario
Big Top Pee-wee
as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
No Poster
Sicario 3
as Alejandro Gillick
All-Star Weekend
as Dr. Phill
Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills
No Poster