Benicio del Toro

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 Guevara in Che. He is the third Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award.

Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Avengers: Infinity War

The Collector

The View

Self

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Miami Vice

Pito

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion	Narrator
2025	One Battle After Another	Sensei Sergio
2025	The Phoenician Scheme	Zsa-zsa Korda
2023	Reptile	Tom Nichols
2022	Bonnie	Self
2021	The French Dispatch	Moses Rosenthaler
2021	No Sudden Move	Ronald Russo
2019	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Swiper (voice)
2019	Other Music	Self
2019	Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage	Self
2019	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Self - Actor
2018	Sicario: Day of the Soldado	Alejandro Gillick
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	The Collector
2018	The Director and the Jedi	Self
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	DJ
2015	The Poet of Havana	Self
2015	Sicario	Alejandro Gillick
2015	A Perfect Day	Mambrú
2015	Take Flight	Self - Performer
2015	The Little Prince	The Snake (voice)
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	The Collector
2014	Inherent Vice	Sauncho Smilax
2014	Escobar: Paradise Lost	Pablo Escobar
2014	Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn	Self
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)
2013	Jimmy P.	Jimmy Picard
2012	Savages	Lado
2010	The Wolfman	Lawrence Talbot
2010	Making Che	Self
2010	Somewhere	Celebrity (uncredited)
2010	The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile	Self
2008	Che: Part Two	Ernesto Che Guevara
2008	Che: Part One	Ernesto Che Guevara
2008	Shine a Light	Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
2008	The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry	Narrator (voice)
2007	Things We Lost in the Fire	Jerry Sunborne
2006	Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride	Self
2005	Sin City	Det. Lt. Jack "Jackie Boy" Rafferty
2005	Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula	Macro
2004	21 Grams: In Fragments	Self
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Self
2004	Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man	Self
2003	21 Grams	Jack Jordan
2003	The Hunted	Aaron Hallam
2003	Breakfast with Hunter	Self
2003	Filming “The Hunted”	Self
2003	The Cutting Edge	Self
2003	Pursuing “The Hunted”	Self
2003	Declaration of Independence	Self
2003	Hunter Goes to Hollywood	Self
2002	Bond Girls Are Forever	Dario (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002	The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema	Himself
2002	Julia, toda en mí
2002	Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'	Self
2002	Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette	Self
2001	The Pledge	Toby Jay Wadenah
2001	Making 'Snatch'	Self
2000	Snatch	Franky Four Fingers
2000	The Way of the Gun	Mr. Longbaugh
2000	Traffic	Javier Rodriguez
2000	Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'	Self
2000	Bread and Roses	Party Guest (uncredited)
2000	Inside 'Licence to Kill'	Self
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Dr. Gonzo
1998	Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Self
1997	Excess Baggage	Vincent
1997	Joyride	Detective Lopez
1997	Cannes Man	Self
1996	Basquiat	Benny Dalmau
1996	The Funeral	Gaspare
1996	The Fan	Juan Primo
1995	The Usual Suspects	Fenster
1994	Swimming with Sharks	Rex
1994	China Moon	Lamar Dickey
1993	Fearless	Manny Rodrigo
1993	Golden Balls	Bob, el amigo de Miami
1993	Money for Nothing	Dino Palladino
1992	Christopher Columbus: The Discovery	Alvaro Harana
1991	The Indian Runner	Miguel
1990	Madonna: The Immaculate Collection	Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
1989	Licence to Kill	Dario
1988	Big Top Pee-wee	Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
	All-Star Weekend	Dr. Phill
	The Corporation	Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
	Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	What If...?	The Collector (voice)
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Richard Matt
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self
2002	Icons
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest
1997	The View	Self
1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1993	Fallen Angels	Paco
1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Caro Quintero
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Bill
1984	Miami Vice	Pito
1953	The Oscars	Self