Guillermo del Toro 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, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Guest starring as Director / Producer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Dark Futures (May 21, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Monsters (May 14, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
Five Came Back (2017)
Starring as Guillermo del Toro
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: The Price of Victory (Mar 31, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Combat Zones (Mar 31, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: The Mission Begins (Mar 31, 2017)
Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures (2017)
Guest starring as Mr. Talbot
- Episode 2x21: Goof Mansion (Oct 5, 2018)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
Guest starring as Senor Muelas
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: To Catch a Changeling (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Becoming: Part 2 (Dec 23, 2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-11-06: Sydney Sweeney, Patti Smith, Guillermo del Toro (Nov 6, 2025)
- Episode 2015-10-16: Jimmy Kimmel; Jessica Chastain; Tom Hiddleston; Mia Wasikowska; Guillermo Del Toro; Beach House (Oct 16, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
- Episode 2018-02-07: Meghan Trainor, Guillermo del Toro, Jamie Lee (Feb 7, 2018)
The Game Awards (2014)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
- Episode 2021-12-09: The Game Awards 2021 (Dec 9, 2021)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
- Episode 2022-12-06: Emma Thompson; Guillermo del Toro; Ashley McBryde; John Osborne (Dec 6, 2022)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
(2 episodes)
- Episode 18x41: Celebration of Animation: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - Nimona - Elemental (Jul 1, 2023)
- Episode 18x15: Avatar: The Way of Water; Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio; National Treasure: Edge of History (Dec 17, 2022)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Guest starring as Pappy McPoyle
(2 episodes)
- Episode 11x07: McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century (Feb 17, 2016)
- Episode 8x03: The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre (Oct 25, 2012)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2025-11-05: Carol Burnett, Guillermo del Toro, Lucius featuring Adam Granduciel (Nov 5, 2025)
- Episode 2023-03-13: Owen Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, Ke Huy Quan (Mar 13, 2023)
- Episode 2021-12-06: Jennifer Aniston, Ann Dowd, Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Hart, John Lithgow, Jon Stewart, Allison Tolman, Gabrielle Union, Damon Wayans Sr., Guillermo del Toro, Courtney Barnett (Dec 6, 2021)
- Episode 2018-03-05: Guillermo del Toro, Katy Perry (Mar 5, 2018)
- Episode 2017-12-12: Dwayne Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, G-Eazy (Dec 12, 2017)
Last Call with Carson Daly (2002)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
- Episode 2017-12-19: Guillermo del Toro, Liam Gallagher, Blair Socci (Dec 19, 2017)
Futurama (1999)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro's Head
- Episode 13x01: Destroy Tall Monsters (Sep 15, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
- Episode 30x15: 101 Mitigations (Mar 3, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Director
- Episode 2025-10-26: Kenny Chesney, Guillermo del Toro, Nick Thompson, Jim Farley (Oct 26, 2025)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Guillermo del Toro
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-02-24: The 91st Annual Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2019)
- Episode 2018-03-04: The 90th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 4, 2018)
Crew Credits
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Show crew as Creator
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 1x01: Lot 36 (Oct 25, 2022)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
Show crew as Creator
(39 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: In the Hall of the Gumm-Gumm King (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: Mistrial and Error (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Unbecoming (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: The Reckless Club (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: Creepslayerz (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: Just Add Water (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Hero with a Thousand Faces (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Hiss Hiss, Bang Bang (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Homecoming (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: KanjigAAARRRGGHH!!! (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Grand Theft Otto (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Skullcrusher (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Escape from the Darklands (Dec 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x26: Something Rotten This Way Comes (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x25: A Night to Remember (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x24: Angor Management (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x23: Wingmen (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x22: It's About Time (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x21: Party Monster (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x20: Where is My Mind? (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x19: Airheads (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x18: The Shattered King (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x17: Blinky's Day Out (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x16: Roaming Fees May Apply (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Mudslinging (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: Return of the Trollhunter (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: The Battle of Two Bridges (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: Claire and Present Danger (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Recipe for Disaster (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Young Atlas (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Bittersweet Sixteen (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Adventures in Trollsitting (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: To Catch a Changeling (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Win Lose or Draal (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Waka Chaka! (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Gnome Your Enemy (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Wherefore Art Thou, Trollhunter? (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Becoming: Part 2 (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Becoming: Part 1 (Dec 23, 2016)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Story
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Becoming: Part 2 (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Becoming: Part 1 (Dec 23, 2016)
Episode crew as Teleplay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Becoming: Part 2 (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Becoming: Part 1 (Dec 23, 2016)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Becoming: Part 2 (Dec 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Becoming: Part 1 (Dec 23, 2016)
The Strain (2014)
Show crew as Creator
(48 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: The Last Stand (Sep 17, 2017)
- Episode 4x09: The Traitor (Sep 10, 2017)
- Episode 4x08: Extraction (Sep 3, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: Ouroboros (Aug 27, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Tainted Love (Aug 20, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: Belly of the Beast (Aug 13, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: New Horizons (Aug 6, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: One Shot (Jul 30, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: The Blood Tax (Jul 23, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: The Worm Turns (Jul 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: The Fall (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 3x09: Do or Die (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: White Light (Oct 16, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: Collaborators (Oct 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: The Battle of Central Park (Oct 2, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: Madness (Sep 25, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Gone But Not Forgotten (Sep 18, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: First Born (Sep 11, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: Bad White (Sep 4, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: New York Strong (Aug 28, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: Night Train (Oct 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x12: Fallen Light (Sep 27, 2015)
- Episode 2x11: Dead End (Sep 20, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: The Assassin (Sep 13, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: The Battle for Red Hook (Sep 6, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Intruders (Aug 30, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: The Born (Aug 23, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Identity (Aug 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Quick and Painless (Aug 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: The Silver Angel (Aug 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Fort Defiance (Jul 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: By Any Means (Jul 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: BK, NY (Jul 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x13: The Master (Oct 5, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Last Rites (Sep 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: The Third Rail (Sep 21, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: Loved Ones (Sep 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x09: The Disappeared (Sep 7, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: Creatures of the Night (Aug 31, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: For Services Rendered (Aug 24, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Occultation (Aug 17, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: Runaways (Aug 10, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: It's Not for Everyone (Aug 3, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Gone Smooth (Jul 27, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: The Box (Jul 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Night Zero (Jul 13, 2014)
- Episode S02 Special: Animated Prequel: The Story of the Occido Lumen (Jun 7, 2015)
- Episode S01 Special: Animated Prequel: Survivor (Jul 11, 2014)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(25 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: The Last Stand (Sep 17, 2017)
- Episode 4x09: The Traitor (Sep 10, 2017)
- Episode 4x08: Extraction (Sep 3, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: Ouroboros (Aug 27, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Tainted Love (Aug 20, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: Belly of the Beast (Aug 13, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: New Horizons (Aug 6, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: One Shot (Jul 30, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: The Blood Tax (Jul 23, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: The Worm Turns (Jul 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: The Fall (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 3x09: Do or Die (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: White Light (Oct 16, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: Collaborators (Oct 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: The Battle of Central Park (Oct 2, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: Madness (Sep 25, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Gone But Not Forgotten (Sep 18, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: First Born (Sep 11, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: Bad White (Sep 4, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: New York Strong (Aug 28, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: Night Train (Oct 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x12: Fallen Light (Sep 27, 2015)
- Episode 2x11: Dead End (Sep 20, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: The Assassin (Sep 13, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Intruders (Aug 30, 2015)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: BK, NY (Jul 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Night Zero (Jul 13, 2014)
Episode crew as Story
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: The Born (Aug 23, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Identity (Aug 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: The Silver Angel (Aug 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: By Any Means (Jul 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: BK, NY (Jul 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x13: The Master (Oct 5, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Last Rites (Sep 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: The Third Rail (Sep 21, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: Loved Ones (Sep 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x09: The Disappeared (Sep 7, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: Creatures of the Night (Aug 31, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: For Services Rendered (Aug 24, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Occultation (Aug 17, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: Runaways (Aug 10, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: It's Not for Everyone (Aug 3, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Gone Smooth (Jul 27, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: The Box (Jul 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Night Zero (Jul 13, 2014)
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 1x01: Night Zero (Jul 13, 2014)