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Guillermo del Toro

Career: Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 2008 with 3 main titles.

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
92/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Animated Feature Film
2023 · Won · 95th Academy Awards
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Best Picture
2018 · Won · 90th Academy Awards
The Shape of Water
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Director
2018 · Won · 75th Golden Globes
The Shape of Water
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Directing
2018 · Won · 90th Academy Awards
The Shape of Water
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Director
2018 · Won · 71st British Academy Film Awards
The Shape of Water
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Film Not in the English Language
2007 · Won
Pan's Labyrinth
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Best Picture
2026 · Nominated · 98th Academy Awards
Frankenstein
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
2026 · Nominated · 98th Academy Awards
Frankenstein
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Best Picture
2022 · Nominated · 94th Academy Awards
Nightmare Alley
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)
2018 · Nominated · 90th Academy Awards
The Shape of Water
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)
2007 · Nominated · 79th Academy Awards
Pan's Labyrinth
Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Guillermo del Toro played, best-known titles first.

Guillermo del Toro as Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Guillermo del Toro Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Crime
2.7, average 3.5
Biographical
0.2, average 1.0
Romance
3.3, average 3.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Found Family Dynamics 4
Gothic Horror 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Dark Fantasy 3
Practical Effects Showcase 2
Guillermo del Toro Style 2
Creature Feature 2
Visually Striking 2
Psychological Dread 2
Atmospheric Sound Design 2
Visually Opulent 2
Visually Sumptuous 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

The Bloody Benders

Producer

Director, Writer

The Boy in the Iron Box

Novel, Screenplay

Sira and the Secret of the Park

Executive Producer

2020s

16 titles · average score 67

Digger

60

Thanks

I Love Boosters

73

Thanks

Frankenstein

76

Director, Producer

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

76

Thanks

The Monkey

59

Thanks

The Apprentice

72

Thanks

Megalopolis

47

Thanks

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

56

Thanks

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

79

Director, Screenplay

Nightmare Alley

72

Director, Screenplay

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

72

Creator, Book

Roald Dahl's The Witches

48

Screenplay, Producer

2010s

37 titles · average score 69

The Shape of Water

79

Story, Director

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

76

TV show · as Señor Muelas (voice)

Crimson Peak

66

Writer, Director

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

65

Screenplay

The Book of Life

74

as Land of Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)

How to Train Your Dragon 2

77

Thanks

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

70

Screenplay

Pacific Rim

68

Director, Screenplay

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

66

Screenplay

Puss in Boots

66

as Moustache Man / Comandante (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 2

70

Creative Consultant

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

55

as Creature (Voice)

2000s

30 titles · average score 64

District 9

79

Thanks

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

76

as Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue

64

Screenplay

The Orphanage

78

Executive Producer

Diary of the Dead

57

as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

Pan's Labyrinth

90

Writer, Director

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

79

TV show · as Pappy McPoyle

Hellboy

70

as Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)

Blade II

61

Director

The Devil's Backbone

81

Screenplay, Director

Y Tu Mamá También

84

Thanks

Amores Perros

85

Editorial Coordinator

1990s

9 titles · average score 68

Futurama

78

TV show · as Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)

Under a Spell

65

Producer

Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law

68

Thanks

Mimic

58

Director, Screenstory

Algunas nubes

Makeup Effects

Cronos

73

as Man Walking Dog (uncredited)

Sólo con tu pareja

65

Thanks

Cabeza de Vaca

68

Makeup Effects Designer

Dying in the Gulf

Makeup Effects, Storyboard

1980s

7 titles · average score 66

The Simpsons

84

TV show · as Guillermo del Toro (voice)

Goitia: A God for Himself

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Love Lies

Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Geometry

63

Writer, Producer

Mrs. Lupe

56

Screenplay, Assistant Editor

Obdulia

First Assistant Director

Doña Herlinda and Her Son

60

Executive Producer