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Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro

Actor and producer, also director and writer · Born February 19, 1967 (59) · San Germán, Puerto Rico

Oscar winner · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · 8 other major award bodies

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnisjo ðel ˈtoɾo]; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a Goya Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Silver Bear. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.9 billion worldwide. Del Toro made his film debut in Big Top Pee-wee (1988) before his breakout role playing an unintelligible crook in the crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by roles in Basquiat (1996), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Snatch (2000). He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a morally upright police officer in the Steven Soderbergh crime drama Traffic (2000). He was nominated in the same category for his role as an ex-con in Alejandro González Iñárritu's thriller 21 Grams (2003). He has since acted in Sin City (2005), Che (2008), Savages (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Sicario (2015), No Sudden Move (2021), and One Battle After Another (2025).  He also took on franchise roles such as Lawrence Talbot in The Wolfman (2010), the Collector in three films from 2013 to 2018 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and DJ, the codebreaker, in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). He also acted in the Wes Anderson films The French Dispatch (2021) and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). On television, he portrayed Richard Matt in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benicio del Toro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
February 19, 1967 (59)
From
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Works as
Actor and producer, also director and writer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 31% in 30 days

What are Benicio Del Toro's films like?

Across their 51 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Crime13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
21%
Self
18%
Bonds
15%
Power
14%
Survival
13%
Society
12%
Ideas
7%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 50 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 11 · Dark 25

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 14

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 18 · Intense 23

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 9

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 28 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 18

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 19

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 24 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 10

Roles they play

33 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 13 of 33 analyzed roles.

Shadow
13 of 33
Hero
10 of 33
Threshold guardian
4 of 33
Shapeshifter
2 of 33
Ally
2 of 33
Trickster
1 of 33
Mentor
1 of 33
Show the 33 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Melancholic
26
Dread
14
Contemplative
15
Absurd
11
Other
46

How their films linger

Thought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic7
  • Ambiguous13
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Benicio Del Toro's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 42 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Benicio Del Toro's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 42 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Neurótica Anónima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • One Battle After Another(2025)

    as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Phoenician Scheme(2025)

    as Zsa-zsa Korda

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator

  • Kill the Jockey(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Reptile(2023)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · as Tom Nichols

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as Moses Rosenthaler

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • What If...?(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as The Collector (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • No Sudden Move(2021)

    as Ronald Russo

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold(2019)

    as Swiper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Escape at Dannemora(2018)

    Show 7 episodes · as Richard Matt

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

    as Alejandro Gillick

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    as The Collector

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi(2017)

    as DJ

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as (archive footage)

  • Viva(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Sicario(2015)

    as Alejandro Gillick

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Perfect Day(2015)

    as Mambrú

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Little Prince(2015)

    as The Snake (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Inherent Vice(2014)

    as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Escobar: Paradise Lost(2014)

    Executive Producer · as Pablo Escobar

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)

    as The Collector

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Thor: The Dark World(2013)

    as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian(2013)

    as Jimmy Picard

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Savages(2012)

    as Lado

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • 7 Days in Havana(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere(2010)

    as Celebrity (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Wolfman(2010)

    Producer · as Lawrence Talbot

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Where the Wild Things Are(2009)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Che: Part Two(2008)

    Producer · as Ernesto Che Guevara

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Todos Contra Juan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Benicio del Toro

  • Che: Part One(2008)

    Producer · as Ernesto Che Guevara

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry(2008)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Things We Lost in the Fire(2007)

    as Jerry Sunborne

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Maldeamores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Executive Producer

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Macro

  • Sin City(2005)

    as Jackie Boy

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • 21 Grams(2003)

    as Jack Jordan

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Hunted(2003)

    as Aaron Hallam

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Julia, toda en mí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Icons(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Gatekeeper(2002)

    as Coyote

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Pledge(2001)

    as Toby Jay Wadenah

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Traffic(2000)

    as Javier Rodriguez

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Bread and Roses(2000)

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Way of the Gun(2000)

    as Mr. Longbaugh

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Snatch(2000)

    as Franky Four Fingers

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1998)

    as Dr. Gonzo

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Joyride(1997)

    as Detective Lopez

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Excess Baggage(1997)

    as Vincent

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Fan(1996)

    as Juan Primo

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Basquiat(1996)

    as Benny Dalmau

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Funeral(1996)

    as Gaspare

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Usual Suspects(1995)

    as Fenster

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Submission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • Swimming with Sharks(1994)

    as Rex

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • China Moon(1994)

    as Lamar Dickey

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Fearless(1993)

    as Manny Rodrigo

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Golden Balls(1993)

    as Bob, el amigo de Miami

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Money for Nothing(1993)

    as Dino Palladino

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Fallen Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Paco

  • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery(1992)

    as Alvaro Harana

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Indian Runner(1991)

    as Miguel

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

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

  • Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 3 episodes · as Caro Quintero

  • Licence to Kill(1989)

    as Dario

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Bill

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Big Top Pee-wee(1988)

    as Duke the Dog-Faced Boy

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Pito

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • All-Star Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Phill

  • Elysian Park and the Stone Quarry Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Protective Custody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Reenactment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Sicario 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Alejandro Gillick

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles, 69 of them dated from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

One Battle After Another (2025)

$213M worldwide

Highest rated

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

One Battle After Another (2025)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19842025

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 31 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 5 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 74: 62 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndDirecting2 of 74: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 74: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing9 of 74: 4 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew1 of 74: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

74 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s18 · 17 acting · 1 crew2000s18 · 16 acting · 4 crew2010s20 · 17 acting · 5 crew2020s9 · 8 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 21% of 47 roles
889398030818

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 8 other major awards from 29 major nominations, 1996–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  2. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
  3. 2016
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  4. 2015
    • Independent Spirit Award, won
  5. 2012
    • Cannes award, nominated
  6. 2008
    • Cannes award, won
  7. 2006
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  8. 2004
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
      • Independent Spirit Award, won
Show 5 earlier years
  1. 2003
    • Venice award, won · Best Actor
  2. 2002
    • Sundance award, won
  3. 2001
    • Oscar, won · Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Berlinale award, won · Best Actor
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  4. 1997
    • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Supporting Male
  5. 1996
    • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Supporting Male

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Benicio Del Toro's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 53; across their 50 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser31
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

The Gatekeeper (2002)

84th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 45 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Benicio Del Toro's work okay for kids?

Across up to 35 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore31 titles43–93 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity35 titles14–72 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles35–90 · median 72 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles32–91 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense28 titles36–85 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Benicio Del Toro work with?

People who share at least 2 of Benicio Del Toro's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Soderbergh shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles