BENICIODEL TORO has earned critical accolades throughout his career, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Steven Soderbergh’sTrafficas well as an Oscar nomination for his work in Alejandro GonzalesInarritu’s21 Grams. Most recently Del Toro earned his third Academy Award nomination for his beloved performance as Sensei in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall and Chase Infiniti. This performance also earned him Best Supporting Actor awards from both the New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review, as well as nominations from Golden Globes, The Actor Awards, Critics’ Choice and BAFTA.

Del Toro re-teamed with Soderbergh to star in thebiography of CheGuevera,Che, which won him a Palme d’Or for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and the Goya award (Spain’s main national film award) for Best Actor.In addition to winning an Academy Award forTraffic, his performance also garnered a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award, the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as citations from the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, and the Chicago Film Critics Association. His work in21 Gramsalso earned him the Audience Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival. He earned Independent Spirit Awards for his performances as Fred Fenster in Bryan Singer'sThe Usual Suspects; Benny Dalmau in Julian Schnabel'sBasquiatand best ensemble for Paul Thomas Anderson’sInherent Vice.

Lasy year he starred in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme for Focus Features. The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He previously starred in Anderson’sThe French Dispatch, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was released bySearchlight.

Recent projects include Netflix’s Reptile,in which he also executive produced and was directed by prolific music video director Grant Singer, making his feature film debut; Steven Soderbergh’s crime thrillerNo Sudden Movefor HBO Max; and the Showtime limited seriesEscape atDannemora, directed by Ben Stiller for which Del Toro received an Emmy nomination for Lead Actor in a Limited Series.

In 2018, Del Toro starred in StefanoSollima’sSicario: Day of the Soldado, the follow up film to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015Sicario, in which he starred opposite Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, and received a BAFTA Award nomination. He also appeared in Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel EnterprisesAvengers: Infinity Warreprising his role as ‘The Collector’ from James Gunn’s 2014 action film,Guardians of The Galaxy, and in 2017, he appeared in Rian Johnson’sStar Wars: The Last Jedi.

Del Toro made his motion picture debut in John Glen'sLicense to Killopposite Timothy Dalton's James Bond and has earned critical acclaim for his performances ever since. Previous works include Fernando Leon deAranoa’sdramaA Perfect Daywith OlgaKurylenkoand Tim Robbins, Andrea Di Stefano’sEscobar: Paradise Lost; Paul Thomas Anderson’sInherent Vice;Arnaud Desplechin’sJimmy P;Joe Johnston’sThe Wolfman; Oliver Stone’sSavages; the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novelSinCity, directed by Robert Rodriquez; Peter Weir'sFearless; George Huang'sSwimming with Sharks; Mark Osborne’s animated drama,The Little Prince; Abel Ferrara'sTheFuneral; Guy Ritchie'sSnatch; Sean Penn'sThe Indian RunnerandThe Pledge; Christopher McQuarrie'sThe Way of the Gun; WilliamFriedkin'sThe Hunted; Susanne Bier’sThings We Lost in the Firestarring opposite Halle Berry and as Dr. Gonzo in Terry Gilliam'sFear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Born in Puerto Rico, Del Toro grew up in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of California at San Diego, where he appeared in numerous student productions, one of which led to his performance at a drama festival at the Lafayette Theater in New York. Del Toro studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory under the tutelage of Arthur Mendoza.