Guillermo del Toro
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: 09 October 1964
Played In
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
Self
The Thing Expanded
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Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Self - Writer / Director
Mollusk
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Sangre del Toro
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It’s a Mad Max World
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
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Netflix Tudum 2025
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Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Dario Argento: Panico
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Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
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Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
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George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Self - Host (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
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Directors on Directors
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I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
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Love, Antosha
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Elvis Goes There
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Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
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The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
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Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Guillermo del Toro
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
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Barry
El Toro
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
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When Romero Met Del Toro
78/52
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Five Came Back
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Five Came Back
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The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
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The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
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A Living Thing
Hand Tailored Gothic
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I Remember Crimson Peak
Himself
Crimson Phantoms
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
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The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Lennon or McCartney
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The Game Awards
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The Book of Life
Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
The Director's Chair
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Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
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Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
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The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
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Spanish Gothic
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Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
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El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
Men in Suits
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Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
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Puss in Boots
Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
Zombie Lover
Interviewee
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
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A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
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Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Creature (Voice)
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
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The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
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North by Northwest: One for the Ages
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El último truco
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Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
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Quantum of Solace
Additional Voices (voice)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
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Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
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Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
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Saul Bass: Title Champ
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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
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Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
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Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
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The Color and the Shape
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Pan and the Fairies
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The Power of Myth
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The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
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Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
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Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
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Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
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Diary of the Dead
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
07 Spaceys
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Torrente 3: The Protector
Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pappy McPoyle
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
Que es un fantasma?
Hellboy
Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
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Noin
Guillermo del Toro
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Masters of Horror
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The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
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HypaSpace
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The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes
Bullfighter
Bullboy #2
Futurama
Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)
Cronos
Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
The Simpsons
Guillermo del Toro (voice)
The Oscars
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee