Guillermo del Toro

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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1964-10-09

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Cronos	Man Walking Dog (uncredited)	67
2	2000	Bullfighter	Bullboy #2	27
3	2002	The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'	Self	30
4	2002	Masters of Horror	Self	77
5	2004	Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'	Self	58
6	2004	Hellboy	Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)	67
7	2004	Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation	Self	72
8	2005	Torrente 3: The Protector	Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)	54
9	2005	Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy		95
10	2007	07 Spaceys		50
11	2007	Diary of the Dead	Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)	56
12	2007	Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard	Self	0
13	2007	Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers	Self	0
14	2007	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner	Self	79
15	2007	The Power of Myth	Self	100
16	2007	The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale	Self	75
17	2007	The Color and the Shape	Self	80
18	2007	Pan and the Fairies	Self	80
19	2008	Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist	Self	48
20	2008	The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't	Self	65
21	2008	Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound	Self	65
22	2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)	68
23	2008	Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown	Self	73
24	2008	Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock	Self	0
25	2008	Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies	Self	60
26	2008	Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro	Self	0
27	2008	Saul Bass: Title Champ	Self	67
28	2008	In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy	Self	70
29	2008	Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators	Self	0
30	2008	Quantum of Solace	Additional Voices (voice)	63
31	2008	Hellboy: In Service of the Demon	Self	69
32	2008	El último truco	Self	73
33	2009	The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style	Self	68
34	2009	North by Northwest: One for the Ages	Self	63
35	2009	Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock	Self	0
36	2010	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Creature (Voice)	58
37	2011	Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope	Self	69
38	2011	Reclaiming 'Mimic'	Self	0
39	2011	A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'	Self	0
40	2011	Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'	Self	0
41	2011	Zombie Lover	Interviewee	0
42	2011	Puss in Boots	Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)	66
43	2012	Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan	Self	74
44	2012	Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss	Self	80
45	2012	Men in Suits	Self	80
46	2012	El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza	Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)	67
47	2013	Extraordinary Tales	Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')	64
48	2013	Drew: The Man Behind the Poster	Self	70
49	2013	Spanish Gothic	Self	0
50	2013	The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy	Self	68
51	2013	The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim	Self	98
52	2013	Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics	Self	69
53	2014	Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams	Self	0
54	2014	The Book of Life	Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)	75
55	2014	Lennon or McCartney	Self	52
56	2015	Metal Gear Solid: Legacy	Self	65
57	2015	The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet	Self	0
58	2015	Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex	Self	72
59	2016	The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak	Self	83
60	2016	I Remember Crimson Peak	Himself	100
61	2016	Hand Tailored Gothic	Self	0
62	2016	A Living Thing		100
63	2016	Crimson Phantoms		100
64	2016	The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant	Self	77
65	2017	Five Came Back	Self	79
66	2017	78/52	Self	73
67	2017	When Romero Met Del Toro		0
68	2018	Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead	Self	0
69	2018	Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar	Guillermo del Toro	0
70	2018	Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2		60
71	2019	The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'	Self	0
72	2019	Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film	Self	68
73	2019	Love, Antosha	Self	74
74	2020	Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business	Self	30
75	2020	I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón	Self	60
76	2021	Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster	Self	70
77	2022	Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters	Self	48
78	2022	Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story	Self	100
79	2022	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema	Self	75
80	2023	George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina		0
81	2023	Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds	Self	66
82	2023	Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre	Self	64
83	2024	Dario Argento: Panico	Self	70
84	2025	Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema	Self	0
85		Mollusk		0
86	2025	Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1989	The Simpsons	Guillermo del Toro (voice)	80
4	2002	HypaSpace	Self	40
5	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
6	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Pappy McPoyle	83
7	2014	The Director's Chair	Self	70
8	2014	The Game Awards	Self	67
9	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
10	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
11	2017	Five Came Back	Self	72
12	2018	Barry	El Toro	79
13	2018	James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction	Self	68
14	2019	Elvis Goes There	Self	90
15	2021	Variety Studio: Directors on Directors	Self	0
16	2022	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	Self - Host (uncredited)	75
17	2024	Leonardo da Vinci	Self	81

Guillermo del Toro

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