---
name: "Benicio del Toro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benicio-del-toro"
fi1m_id: "benicio-del-toro"
imdb_id: "nm0001125"
tmdb_id: 1121
wikidata_id: "Q193668"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "19 February 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 22
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 20
updated: "2026-10-03T21:15:46.301456+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Benicio del Toro

## Identity

Benicio del Toro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benicio-del-toro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benicio-del-toro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001125
- **TMDB ID:** 1121
- **Wikidata ID:** Q193668
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benicio_del_Toro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193668, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1121

Actor and producer. Born 19 February 1967 in San Germán, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 19 February 1967, San Germán, Puerto Rico
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Also known as:** Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez, Beno del Toro, Benicio Del Toro
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 22: 20 acting, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Laura Bickford](https://film.one/person/laura-bickford.md), [Demián Bichir](https://film.one/person/demian-bichir.md), [Don Cheadle](https://film.one/person/don-cheadle.md), [Emily Blunt](https://film.one/person/emily-blunt.md), [Jeremy Dawson](https://film.one/person/jeremy-dawson.md), [Josh Brolin](https://film.one/person/josh-brolin.md), [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://film.one/person/paul-thomas-anderson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 20 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (2), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 76 (7), 2010s 75 (7), 2020s 73 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 74 across 19 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 14 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 8 of 16 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 11, Drama 9, Thriller 8, Action 5, Adventure 5, Comedy 5
- **Screen time:** 36 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,254m across 15 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benicio_del_Toro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193668, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1121

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*One Battle After Another*](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md) (87), [*The Usual Suspects*](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md) (82), [*Sicario*](https://film.one/film/sicario.md) (80), [*No Sudden Move*](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Guardians of the Galaxy*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Escape at Dannemora*](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Phoenician Scheme*](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Benicio del Toro

> Benicio del Toro can show us a man realising he is in trouble with a slow blink. We rate his restraint highly, and his quiet comedy deserves as much attention as his menace.

In the Tijuana car park in *Traffic* (2000), Benicio del Toro's policeman Javier Rodriguez understands the danger while someone else is still explaining the job. His face lets us follow his thinking without giving anything away to the men beside him. We felt a jolt of worry for him because he grasps his predicament before the conversation has caught up. Steven Soderbergh gives him room to do this without a speech. It is the performance we would start with.

His breakthrough as Fenster in *The Usual Suspects* (1995) made the odd delivery harder to miss. Bryan Singer's police line-up gives him four other men to play against, and his peculiar contributions help make their exchanges funny. The drawback is that the mumble can make the words hard to catch. By *Traffic*, the small facial movements are doing more of the work: we can see what Javier dare not say, and the danger feels immediate.

Soderbergh remains the director who makes the fullest use of that patience. In *Che: Part One* (2008), del Toro plays Guevara as someone whose decisions have already been made, keeping his voice low as he teaches a fighter to read or tends the wounded. It is disciplined acting, though we learn little about what the man wants for himself. *Che: Part Two* (2008) gives even more of the performance to listening, and del Toro stays worth watching through a middle stretch that does not always justify its length.

That restraint is a choice, as *No Sudden Move* (2021) makes usefully clear. His Ronald Russo is loose, talkative and rather pleased with himself beside Don Cheadle's watchful Curt Goynes. Their conversations in cars, testing how far they can trust each other, are more absorbing than the film's explanations of its criminal business. Soderbergh gets a different rhythm from him here, with Cheadle's stillness giving the chatter something to work against.

Comedy makes good use of that patience too. In Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another* (2025), his karate teacher Sergio gets the biggest laughs by staying calm. Wes Anderson gives him whole paragraphs as the industrialist Zsa-zsa Korda in *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), which del Toro delivers with patient weight and no apparent vanity. Mia Threapleton's watchful Liesl holds her own against him, but their work cannot make every business meeting interesting. Start with Sergio if the evening needs a laugh.

## Biography

Benicio del Toro is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He was born on 19 February 1967 in San Germán, Puerto Rico. He studied acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York and the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles.

Del Toro received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Javier Rodríguez in *Traffic* (2000). He portrayed Ernesto Che Guevara in *Che: Part One* (2008) and *Che: Part Two* (2008), which he also produced. Other film credits include *No Sudden Move* (2021), *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025) and *One Battle After Another* (2025). He has appeared in *The Usual Suspects* (1995) and *Sicario* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (22)

### Performed in (20) — the average rests on these

- *One Battle After Another* (2025), Fi1m 87, as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos — [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Zsa-zsa Korda — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *No Sudden Move* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Ronald Russo — [page](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md)
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Moses Rosenthaler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), Fi1m 63, as The Collector (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as The Collector — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), Fi1m 74, as Richard Matt — [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), Fi1m 76, as DJ — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Fi1m 80, as Alejandro Gillick — [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, as The Collector — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Fi1m 78, as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. — [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *Che: Part One* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Ernesto Che Guevara — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Ernesto Che Guevara — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *Sin City* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Jackie Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Jack Jordan — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Snatch* (2000), Fi1m 74, as Franky Four Fingers — [page](https://film.one/film/snatch.md)
- *Traffic* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Javier Rodriguez — [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Fenster — [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, as Dario — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Pito — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Neurótica Anónima* (2025), Actor
- *One Battle After Another* (2025), as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *The Phoenician Scheme* (2025), as Zsa-zsa Korda — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phoenician-scheme.md)
- *Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion* (2025), as Narrator
- *Kill the Jockey* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Reptile* (2023), as Tom Nichols · Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun* (2021), as Moses Rosenthaler — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-french-dispatch-of-the-liberty-kansas-evening-sun.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as The Collector (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *No Sudden Move* (2021), as Ronald Russo — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md)
- *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (2019), as Swiper (voice)
- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), series, as Richard Matt — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), as Alejandro Gillick
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as The Collector — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), as DJ — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario* (2016), as (archive footage)
- *Viva* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Sicario* (2015), as Alejandro Gillick — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *A Perfect Day* (2015), as Mambrú
- *The Little Prince* (2015), as The Snake (voice)
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *Escobar: Paradise Lost* (2014), as Pablo Escobar · Executive Producer
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), as The Collector — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Jimmy P.* (2013), as Jimmy Picard
- *Savages* (2012), as Lado
- *7 Days in Havana* (2012), Director
- *Somewhere* (2010), as Celebrity (uncredited)
- *The Wolfman* (2010), as Lawrence Talbot · Producer
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), as Ernesto Che Guevara · Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *Todos Contra Juan* (2008), series, as Benicio del Toro
- *Che: Part One* (2008), as Ernesto Che Guevara · Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry* (2008), as Narrator (voice)
- *Things We Lost in the Fire* (2007), as Jerry Sunborne
- *Maldeamores* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula* (2005), as Macro
- *Sin City* (2005), as Jackie Boy — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), as Jack Jordan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *The Hunted* (2003), as Aaron Hallam
- *Julia, toda en mí* (2002), Actor
- *Icons* (2002), series, Actor
- *The Pledge* (2001), as Toby Jay Wadenah
- *Traffic* (2000), as Javier Rodriguez — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *Bread and Roses* (2000), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *The Way of the Gun* (2000), as Mr. Longbaugh
- *Snatch* (2000), as Franky Four Fingers — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/snatch.md)
- *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* (1998), as Dr. Gonzo
- *Joyride* (1997), as Detective Lopez
- *Excess Baggage* (1997), as Vincent
- *The Fan* (1996), as Juan Primo
- *Basquiat* (1996), as Benny Dalmau
- *The Funeral* (1996), as Gaspare
- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), as Fenster — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)
- *Submission* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Swimming with Sharks* (1994), as Rex
- *China Moon* (1994), as Lamar Dickey
- *Fearless* (1993), as Manny Rodrigo
- *Golden Balls* (1993), as Bob, el amigo de Miami
- *Money for Nothing* (1993), as Dino Palladino
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Paco — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Christopher Columbus: The Discovery* (1992), as Alvaro Harana
- *The Indian Runner* (1991), as Miguel
- *Madonna: The Immaculate Collection* (1990), as Kid Sitting on Car (segment "La Isla Bonita")
- *Drug Wars: The Camarena Story* (1990), series, as Caro Quintero
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), as Dario — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Bill
- *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Pito — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *All-Star Weekend*, as Dr. Phill
- *The Corporation*, as Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
- *Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills*, Actor
- *Reenactment*, Actor
- *Protective Custody*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-9d47d3203178.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Benicio_del_Toro-7624.jpg/1280px-Benicio_del_Toro-7624.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors from the movie on the life of Che presented at Cannes 2008. From left to right: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jon Lee Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Cristian Mer](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-f626bf07c51a.jpg) Actors from the movie on the life of Che presented at Cannes 2008. From left to right: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jon Lee Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Cristian Mer — Étienne ANDRÉ, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/2008-05-21_%C3%89quipe_du_film_Che.jpg/1280px-2008-05-21_%C3%89quipe_du_film_Che.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benicio Del Toro interview on the Red Carpet for World Premiere of ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-5a1df9388581.jpg) Benicio Del Toro interview on the Red Carpet for World Premiere of ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025) — RON RAFFETY, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Actor_Benicio_Del_Toro_-_World_Premier_%27One_Battle_After_Another%22.jpg/1280px-Actor_Benicio_Del_Toro_-_World_Premier_%27One_Battle_After_Another%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benicio Del Toro, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Guardians of the Galaxy", at the San Diego Convention](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-33986a427c47.jpg) Benicio Del Toro, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Guardians of the Galaxy", at the San Diego Convention — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Benicio_Del_Toro%2C_Lee_Pace_%26_Djimon_Hounsou_%289364336014%29.jpg/1280px-Benicio_Del_Toro%2C_Lee_Pace_%26_Djimon_Hounsou_%289364336014%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-1c1dc2248ef3.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-f89b6423867c.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-cb58a36bb2ff.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB
- ![Benicio Del Toro attends red carpet movie premier; Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia... Savages enjoyed its red carpet premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight. Sav (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-cbc3e3551f1e.jpg) Benicio Del Toro attends red carpet movie premier; Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia... Savages enjoyed its red carpet premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight. Sav (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Benicio_Del_Toro_%288073587481%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-8c0b1e75d688.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-f78ec15d67ed.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB
- ![Benicio del Toro](https://film.one/media/person/7950/gallery-c71ba3c9b5dd.jpg) Benicio del Toro — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2026: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *One Battle After Another*
- 2004: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *21 Grams*
- 2001: Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Traffic*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2001: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (won), for *Traffic*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Traffic*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2008: Best Actor (won), for *Che*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2001: Best Actor (won), for *Traffic*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Donostia Award 2014: Donostia Award (won)
- International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor 2004: International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *21 Grams*
- Independent Spirit Awards 1997: Best Supporting Male (won), for *Basquiat*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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