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Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican actor and producer of Spanish descent. He has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades and awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000). Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Birth Name
Benicio Monserrate Rafael Sanchez Del Toro
Born
Sunday, 19 February 1967
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| White Lies | 8838 | |
| Reptile | Tom Nichols | 2023 |
| All-Star Weekend | Dr. Phill | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The French Dispatch | Moses Rosenthaler | 2021 |
| What If...? | The Collector | 2021 |
| No Sudden Move | Ronald Russo | 2021 |
| Other Music | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| White Lies | 8838 | |
| Reptile | Tom Nichols | 2023 |
| All-Star Weekend | Dr. Phill | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The French Dispatch | Moses Rosenthaler | 2021 |
| What If...? | The Collector | 2021 |
| No Sudden Move | Ronald Russo | 2021 |
| Other Music | Self / Himself | 2020 |
| The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self | 2019 |
| Hollywood's Stories | Self | 2019 |
| Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Swiper / Swiper (voice) | 2019 |
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self | 2019 |
| Escape at Dannemora | Richard Matt | 2018 |
| Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Alejandro Gillick / Alejandro | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Taneleer Tivan / The Collector | 2018 |
| The Director and the Jedi | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi | DJ | 2017 |
| The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
| Birthday Stories with Lynn Hirschberg | Self | 2015 |
| The Poet of Havana | Self | 2015 |
| Sicario | Alejandro / Alejandro Gillick | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Let's Go, DFW! | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
| The Little Prince | The Snake / The Snake (voice) | 2015 |
| Celebrity Conversations | Self | 2015 |
| A Perfect Day | Mambrú | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Inherent Vice | Sauncho Smilax, Esq / Sauncho Smilax | 2014 |
| Escobar: Paradise Lost | Pablo Escobar | 2014 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | The Collector / Taneleer Tivan | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest / Self | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self - Actor / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Thor: The Dark World | The Collector | 2013 |
| Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian | Jimmy Picard | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Big Interview with Dan Rather | Self | 2013 |
| Savages | Lado | 2012 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| Somewhere | Celebrity | 2010 |
| Stones in Exile | Himself / Self | 2010 |
| The Wolfman | Lawrence Talbot | 2010 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Che: Part Two | Ernesto Che Guevara | 2008 |
| Che: Part One | Ernesto Che Guevara | 2008 |
| Shine a Light | Self - Concert Audience | 2008 |
| The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2008 |
| Things We Lost in the Fire | Jerry Sunborne | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Lado | 2007 |
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film | Self | 2006 |
| El hormiguero | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The Colbert Report | Self | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Macro | 2005 |
| Sin City | Jackie Boy / Det. Lt. Jack "Jackie Boy" Rafferty | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | 2004 |
| Alguna pregunta més? | Self | 2004 |
| Els matins a TV3 | Self - Interviewee | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| Hollywood on Set | Self | 2003 |
| 21 Grams | Jack Jordan | 2003 |
| Breakfast with Hunter | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| The Hunted | Aaron Hallam | 2003 |
| Hunter Goes to Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Dario | 2002 |
| The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| Icons | Self | 2002 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2002 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| America: A Tribute to Heroes | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| Making 'Snatch' | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2001 |
| The Pledge | Toby Jay Wadenah | 2001 |
| Bread and Roses | Self - Party Guest / Party Guest | 2000 |
| The Way of the Gun | Harold Longbaugh / Mr. Longbaugh | 2000 |
| Snatch | Franky Four Fingers | 2000 |
| Traffic | Javier Rodriguez / Javier Rodríguez | 2000 |
| The Directors | Dr. Gonzo | 1999 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Dr. Gonzo / Oscar Z. Acosta | 1998 |
| Excess Baggage | Vincent | 1997 |
| Joyride | Detective Lopez | 1997 |
| The Funeral | Gaspare | 1996 |
| The Fan | Juan Primo | 1996 |
| Basquiat | Benny Dalmau | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Cannes Man | Benicio Del Toro / Self | 1996 |
| The Usual Suspects | Fenster / Fred Fenster | 1995 |
| Swimming with Sharks | Rex | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Guest | 1994 |
| China Moon | Lamar Dickey | 1994 |
| Fearless | Manny Rodrigo | 1993 |
| Golden Balls | El amigo de Miami / Bob, el amigo de Miami | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Top Ten List Presenter | 1993 |
| Money for Nothing | Dino Palladino | 1993 |
| Fallen Angels | Paco | 1993 |
| Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Alvaro Harana | 1992 |
| The Indian Runner | Miguel | 1991 |
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Caro Quintero | 1990 |
| Licence to Kill | Dario | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Bill | 1989 |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Duke the Dog-Faced Boy | 1988 |
| Private Eye | Carlos | 1987 |
| Ohara | Mike | 1987 |
| Shell Game | Pedroza | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self - Actor | 1986 |
| Miami Vice | Pito | 1984 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| 7 Days in Havana | 2012 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Reptile | 2023 |
| Viva | 2016 |
| Escobar: Paradise Lost | 2014 |
| The Wolfman | 2010 |
| Che: Part Two | 2008 |
| Che: Part One | 2008 |
| Lovesickness | 2007 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2004 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2001 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 2001 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
