Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

1967-02-19 San Germán, Puerto Rico 96 Credits

Biography

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. His awards include the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award. He is known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects, Javier Rodríguez in Traffic (his Oscar-winning role), Jack 'Jackie Boy' Rafferty in Sin City, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Franky Four Fingers in Snatch, and Che...

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One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

2025

as Sensei Sergio

Acting

When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as Zsa-zsa Korda

6.9
Acting

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion

2025

as Narrator

Acting

Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion.

Kill the Jockey

Kill the Jockey

2024

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

Remo's self-destructive behavior overshadows his talent. Abril, an upcoming jockey, is pregnant with Remo's baby and has to decide between the child o...

Reptile

Reptile

2023

as Tom Nichols

6.7
Acting

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, a...

Reptile

Reptile

2023

Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, a...

Bonnie

Bonnie

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

2021

as Moses Rosenthaler

7.0
Acting

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student ri...

No Sudden Move

No Sudden Move

2021

as Ronald Russo

6.4
Acting

A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple...

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

as Self

Acting

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the...

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

as Swiper (voice)

6.6
Acting

Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Al...

Other Music

Other Music

2019

as Self

6.8
Acting

A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan's East Village.

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Actor

4.2
Acting

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018

as Alejandro Gillick

6.9
Acting

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

as The Collector

8.2
Acting

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from ...

The Director and the Jedi

The Director and the Jedi

2018

as Self

7.2
Acting

An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as DJ

6.8
Acting

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resist...

Take Flight

Take Flight

2015

as Self - Performer

6.5
Acting

2015's best actors lift off in a series of tributes to the ultimate Hollywood magic trick.

Viva

Viva

2015

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, J...

The Poet of Havana

2015

as Self

Acting

Join internationally renowned Cuban singer, songwriter, and lyricist Carlos Varela as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as an artist.

Sicario

Sicario

2015

as Alejandro Gillick

7.4
Acting

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexi...

A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

2015

as Mambrú

6.7
Acting

Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been...

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

2015

as The Snake (voice)

7.6
Acting

Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency ...

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

2014

as Sauncho Smilax

6.5
Acting

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn

2014

as Self

7.5
Acting

The director and his 8-bit avatar lead you on a galactic adventure through the making of this epic movie, from vibrant concept art, elaborate makeup a...

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost

2014

as Pablo Escobar

6.3
Acting

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into t...

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost

2014

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into t...

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

as The Collector

7.9
Acting

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Rona...

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

2013

as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Fa...

Jimmy P.

Jimmy P.

2013

as Jimmy Picard

6.1
Acting

At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military ...

Savages

Savages

2012

as Lado

6.3
Acting

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

7 Days in Havana

7 Days in Havana

2012

Director

5.7
Directing

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-...

Somewhere

Somewhere

2010

as Celebrity (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a vis...

The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile

2010

as Self

6.6
Acting

In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards ...

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010

as Lawrence Talbot

5.9
Acting

Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonl...

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010

Producer

5.9
Producing

Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonl...

Making Che

Making Che

2010

as Self

Acting

Behind the scenes of Steven Soderbergh’s Che

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Thanks

6.5

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

2008

as Ernesto Che Guevara

6.7
Acting

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a sma...

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

2008

Producer

6.7
Producing

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a sma...

Che: Part One

Che: Part One

2008

as Ernesto Che Guevara

6.8
Acting

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobili...

Che: Part One

Che: Part One

2008

Producer

6.8
Producing

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobili...

Shine a Light

Shine a Light

2008

as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorsese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at th...

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

2008

as Narrator (voice)

6.5
Acting

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of...

Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

as Jerry Sunborne

6.6
Acting

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the f...

Maldeamores

Maldeamores

2007

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love t...

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

2006

as Self

7.2
Acting

A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" ...

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

2005

as Macro

6.1
Acting

This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and fema...

Sin City

Sin City

2005

as Jackie Boy

7.5
Acting

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self

7.8
Acting

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

2004

as Self

7.0
Acting

First surfacing in 1954, the Gill-Man from CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has been one of the most influential screen monsters. This documentary fondl...

21 Grams: In Fragments

21 Grams: In Fragments

2004

as Self

Acting

A documentary on the making of 21 Grams (2003).

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

as Jack Jordan

7.3
Acting

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...

Filming “The Hunted”

2003

as Self

Acting

Behind the scenes of The Hunted.

Pursuing “The Hunted”

2003

as Self

Acting

Behind the scenes of The Hunted.

The Cutting Edge

2003

as Self

Acting

Behind the scenes of The Hunted.

Breakfast with Hunter

Breakfast with Hunter

2003

as Self

6.7
Acting

Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing f...

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

2003

as Self

10.0
Acting

Famous actors and actresses read the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

The Hunted

The Hunted

2003

as Aaron Hallam

6.2
Acting

In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is appro...

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

2003

as Self

6.7
Acting

Hunter Thompson visits the set of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Bond Girls Are Forever

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

as Dario (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

Julia, toda en mí

2002

Acting

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

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

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

2002

as Himself

6.2
Acting

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

2002

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary that includes interviews with Singer as well as the rest of the cast - mainly Spacey. There is no "plot" or "promotional" elements to this...

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

Featurette in which director Bryan Singer tells more about the mysterious criminal Keyser Soze.

Making 'Snatch'

Making 'Snatch'

2001

as Self

6.4
Acting

The making of Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch'.

The Pledge

The Pledge

2001

as Toby Jay Wadenah

6.6
Acting

A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

Traffic

Traffic

2000

as Javier Rodriguez

7.1
Acting

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

2000

as Self

6.5
Acting
Inside 'Licence to Kill'

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

2000

as Self

6.8
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'.

Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

2000

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa ge...

The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun

2000

as Mr. Longbaugh

6.3
Acting

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and...

Snatch

Snatch

2000

as Franky Four Fingers

7.8
Acting

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...

Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

as Self

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

as Dr. Gonzo

7.2
Acting

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

Joyride

Joyride

1997

as Detective Lopez

5.0
Acting

A bored motel clerk and his buddies go for a little joy ride in a woman's car. They don't realize until it is too late that she is a paid assassin and...

Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

1997

as Vincent

6.0
Acting

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Cannes Man

Cannes Man

1997

as Self

5.4
Acting

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab d...

The Fan

The Fan

1996

as Juan Primo

6.0
Acting

When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti...

Basquiat

Basquiat

1996

as Benny Dalmau

6.6
Acting

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

The Funeral

The Funeral

1996

as Gaspare

6.8
Acting

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

as Fenster

8.2
Acting

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also res...

Submission

1995

Director, Writer

8.7
Directing Writing

Benicio del Toro's 1995 short film

Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

1994

as Rex

6.6
Acting

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a do...

China Moon

China Moon

1994

as Lamar Dickey

6.1
Acting

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the...

Fearless

Fearless

1993

as Manny Rodrigo

6.9
Acting

After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike an...

Golden Balls

Golden Balls

1993

as Bob, el amigo de Miami

5.5
Acting

A libidinous construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.

Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing

1993

as Dino Palladino

5.6
Acting

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. ...

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1992

as Alvaro Harana

4.8
Acting

Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the un...

The Indian Runner

The Indian Runner

1991

as Miguel

6.5
Acting

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent...

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

1990

as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")

8.6
Acting

The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released on November 13, 1990 to accompany...

Licence to Kill

Licence to Kill

1989

as Dario

6.4
Acting

After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered...

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy

4.9
Acting

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front ya...

All-Star Weekend

All-Star Weekend

N/A

as Dr. Phill

Acting

Two buddies form a rivalry over their favorite American basketball player.

The Corporation

N/A

as Jose Miguel Battle Sr.

Acting

A story of Jose Miguel Battle (a.k.a. the Godfather), the leader of an organized crime group, called "The Corporation", which was involved in illegal ...

Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills

Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills

N/A

Acting

Narrated by Benicio del Toro, Ruscha’s film takes us on a journey through the space and history of Elysian Park. Like much of Los Angeles, Elysian Par...