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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

243

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-10-09 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Also Known As

기예르모 델 토로

Γκιγιέρμο Ντελ Τόρο

ギレルモ・デル・トロ

ギジェルモ・デル・トーロ

Guillermo del Toro Gómez

گی‌یرمو دل تورو

غييرمو ديل تورو

Guillermo del Toro

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Men in Suits

2012

Men in Suits

as

Self

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

2012

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

as

Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)

Zombie Lover

2011

Zombie Lover

as

Interviewee

Bullfighter

2000

Bullfighter

as

Bullboy #2

Extraordinary Tales

2013

Extraordinary Tales

as

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')

Puss in Boots

2011

Puss in Boots

as

Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)

78/52

2017

78/52

as

Self

Five Came Back

2017

Five Came Back

as

Self

The Book of Life

2014

The Book of Life

as

Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)

Spanish Gothic

2013

Spanish Gothic

as

Self

Torrente 3: The Protector

2005

Torrente 3: The Protector

as

Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)

Diary of the Dead

2007

Diary of the Dead

as

Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

Love, Antosha

2019

Love, Antosha

as

Self

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

as

Creature (Voice)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as

Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)

Hellboy

2004

Hellboy

as

Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)

Cronos

1993

Cronos

as

Man Walking Dog (uncredited)

Quantum of Solace

2008

Quantum of Solace

as

Additional Voices (voice)

Noin

2003

Noin

as

Guillermo del Toro

HypaSpace

HypaSpace

as

Self

Barry

Barry

as

El Toro

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Guillermo del Toro (voice)

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Winner

Production

Crew

Directing