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Guillermo del Toro

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Known For

60 Years Old

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.

Born

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on 9th October 1964

All Credits

The Late Late Show with James Corden Image
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Simpsons Image
The Simpsons
Guillermo del Toro (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Image
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pappy McPoyle
Barry Image
Barry
El Toro
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Image
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Self - Host (uncredited)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Image
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Five Came Back Image
Five Came Back
Self
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors Image
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Self
The Game Awards Image
The Game Awards
Self
Puss in Boots Image
Puss in Boots
Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
The Book of Life Image
The Book of Life
Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci Image
Leonardo da Vinci
Self
Quantum of Solace Image
Quantum of Solace
Additional Voices (voice)
Hellboy Image
Hellboy
Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Image
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
The Director's Chair Image
The Director's Chair
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025 Image
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Image
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Creature (Voice)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Image
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Diary of the Dead Image
Diary of the Dead
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Cronos Image
Cronos
Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
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HypaSpace
Self
Torrente 3: The Protector Image
Torrente 3: The Protector
Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)
Love, Antosha Image
Love, Antosha
Self
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy Image
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self
Lennon or McCartney Image
Lennon or McCartney
Self
Elvis Goes There Image
Elvis Goes There
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Image
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
Extraordinary Tales Image
Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema Image
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
Self
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza Image
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics Image
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film Image
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't Image
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
Bullfighter Image
Bullfighter
Bullboy #2
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound Image
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster Image
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema Image
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim Image
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Self
78/52 Image
78/52
Self
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope Image
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre Image
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Image
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds Image
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Self
Five Came Back Image
Five Came Back
Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex Image
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business Image
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
Dario Argento: Panico Image
Dario Argento: Panico
Self
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style Image
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Self
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters Image
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Self
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón Image
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
Self
I Remember Crimson Peak Image
I Remember Crimson Peak
Himself
Men in Suits Image
Men in Suits
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Image
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon Image
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 Image
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation Image
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak Image
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Self
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown Image
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy Image
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self
El último truco Image
El último truco
Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock Image
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy Image
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators Image
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant Image
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Self
North by Northwest: One for the Ages Image
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Self
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Image
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
Self
No Image
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Self
07 Spaceys Image
07 Spaceys
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss Image
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self
Masters of Horror Image
Masters of Horror
Self
No Image
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' Image
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' Image
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Self
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist Image
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Self
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro Image
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Self
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina Image
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' Image
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Self
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead Image
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard Image
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
Saul Bass: Title Champ Image
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Self
No Image
When Romero Met Del Toro
Hand Tailored Gothic Image
Hand Tailored Gothic
Self
Mollusk Image
Mollusk
Pan and the Fairies Image
Pan and the Fairies
Self
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The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
Self
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The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
Self
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams Image
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic' Image
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Self
Spanish Gothic Image
Spanish Gothic
Self
Noin Image
Noin
Guillermo del Toro
No Image
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies Image
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Self
A Living Thing Image
A Living Thing
Crimson Phantoms Image
Crimson Phantoms
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone' Image
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
Self
The Color and the Shape Image
The Color and the Shape
Self
Reclaiming 'Mimic' Image
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Self
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Zombie Lover
Interviewee
The Power of Myth Image
The Power of Myth
Self
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar Image
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Guillermo del Toro