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Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro SΓ‘nchez (Latin American Spanish:Β [beΛnisjoΒ Γ°elΒ ΛtoΙΎo]; born February 19, 1967)Β is aΒ Puerto RicanΒ actor.Β His accoladesΒ include anΒ Academy Award, aΒ BAFTA Award, aΒ Golden Globe, aΒ Goya Award, aΒ Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and aΒ Silver Bear. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.9 billion worldwide.
Del Toro made his film debut inΒ Big Top Pee-wee (1988) before his breakout role playing an unintelligible crook in the crime thrillerΒ The Usual SuspectsΒ (1995), followed by roles inΒ Basquiat (1996),Β Fear and Loathing in Las VegasΒ (1998), andΒ SnatchΒ (2000). He received theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorΒ for his role as a morally upright police officer in theΒ Steven SoderberghΒ crime dramaΒ TrafficΒ (2000). He was nominated in the same category for his role as an ex-con inΒ Alejandro GonzΓ‘lez IΓ±Γ‘rritu's thrillerΒ 21 GramsΒ (2003). He has since acted inΒ Sin City (2005),Β CheΒ (2008),Β SavagesΒ (2012),Β Inherent Vice (2014),Β SicarioΒ (2015),Β No Sudden MoveΒ (2021), andΒ One Battle After AnotherΒ (2025).Β
He also took on franchise roles such asΒ Lawrence TalbotΒ inΒ The WolfmanΒ (2010), theΒ CollectorΒ in three films from 2013 to 2018 in theΒ Marvel Cinematic Universe, and DJ, the codebreaker, inΒ Star Wars: The Last JediΒ (2017). He also acted in theΒ Wes AndersonΒ filmsΒ The French DispatchΒ (2021) andΒ The Phoenician SchemeΒ (2025). On television, he portrayedΒ Richard MattΒ in theΒ ShowtimeΒ miniseriesΒ Escape at DannemoraΒ (2018), for which he received a nomination for theΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
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