Guillermo del Toro filmography

The following is the complete filmography of Mexican filmmaker and author Guillermo del Toro.

Film

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Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1985 Doña Lupe Yes Yes Executive
1987 Geometría Yes Yes Yes
2012 The Captured Bird No No Executive

Feature film

Year Title
Director Writer Producer Notes
1993 Cronos Yes Yes No
1997 Mimic Yes Yes No
2001 The Devil's Backbone Yes Yes Executive Original title: El espinazo del diablo
2002 Blade II Yes No No
2004 Hellboy Yes Yes No
2006 Pan's Labyrinth Yes Yes Yes Original title: El laberinto del fauno
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Yes Yes No
2013 Pacific Rim Yes Yes Yes
2015 Crimson Peak Yes Yes Yes
2017 The Shape of Water Yes Yes Yes
2021 Nightmare Alley Yes Yes Yes
2022 Pinocchio Yes Yes Yes Co-directed with Mark Gustafson
TBA Frankenstein Yes Yes Yes Post-production

Writer and/or producer only

Year Title Writer Producer
1998 Un embrujo No Yes
2004 Crónicas No Yes
2008 Insignificant Things No Yes
Rudo y Cursi No Yes
2009 Rabia No Yes
2010 Julia's Eyes No Yes
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Yes Yes
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Yes No
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Yes No
2014 The Book of Life No Yes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Yes No
2018 Pacific Rim: Uprising No Yes
2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Story Yes
2020 The Witches Yes Yes
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Yes Yes
Antlers No Yes

Executive producer only

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
Creator Notes
1986–1989 La hora marcada Yes Yes No No Wrote and directed episodes "Hamburguesas",
"Caminos de ayer", "Con todo para llevar" and "Invasión";
Directed episode "Les gourmets"
2013 The Simpsons Yes No No No Opening sequence of episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
2014–2017 The Strain Yes Yes Yes Yes Wrote and directed episode "Night Zero";
Directed prologue of episode "BK, NY";
Directed Luchador film of episode "The Silver Angel"
2016–2018 Trollhunters Yes Yes Yes Yes Wrote and directed episodes "Becoming: Part 1 & 2";
Directed episodes "The Eternal Knight: Part 1 & 2"
2018–2019 3Below Yes Yes Yes Yes Wrote and directed episodes "Terra Incognita: Part 1 & 2"
2019 Carnival Row No Uncredited No No Original story[1]
2020 Wizards No Yes Yes Yes Wrote episodes "Spellbound" and "History in the Making"
2022 Guillermo del Toro's
Cabinet of Curiosities
No Yes Yes Yes Also showrunner
Wrote episode "Lot 36";
Wrote story of episode "The Murmuring"

Video games

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Year Title Director Producer Writer Other Notes
2008 Hellboy: The Science of Evil No No Yes Yes Voice over director
2014 P.T. Yes No No No
2019 Death Stranding No No No Yes Likeness for Deadman[2]
2020 Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia No Yes Yes No

Acting roles

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Year Title
Role Notes
1993 Cronos Man Walking Dog Uncredited cameo
2000 Bullfighter Bullboy #2
2001 Planet of the Apes General Thade Voice, Latin American dub
2004 Hellboy Guy Dressed as Dragon Uncredited cameo
2007 Diary of the Dead Newsreader (voice) Uncredited cameo
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Creatures (voices) Uncredited
Quantum of Solace Additional voices
2011 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Creatures (voices)[3]
Puss in Boots Moustache Man / Comandante (voices)[3]
2012 El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
2012, 2016 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Pappy McPoyle 2 episodes
2014 The Book of Life Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)[3]
2015 Extraordinary Tales The Pit and the Pendulum (voice) Narrator
2016–2018 Trollhunters Señor Muelas (voice) 5 episodes
2018 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Mr. Talbot (voice) Episode: "Goof Mansion"
2019 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: "101 Mitigations"
3Below Dr. Muelas (voice) 2 episodes
Death Stranding Deadman (3D Model) Video game
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Himself (host) 8 episodes
2023 Barry Toro[4] Episode: "you're charming"
Dario Argento Panico Himself Documentary film

Other works

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Year Title
Notes
1987 Obdulia First assistant director
1989 Love Lies (Mentiras piadosas) Special makeup effects artist
Goitia, un dios para sí mismo
1990 Morir en el golfo Special makeup effect artist and storyboard artist
1991 Cabeza de Vaca Special makeup effect artist
Bandidos
1992 Mi querido Tom Mix
1993 Dollar Mambo
1995 Algunas nubes
2006 Hellboy: Sword of Storms Creative producer
2007 Hellboy: Blood and Iron
Hellboy: Iron Shoes Short film
Creative producer
2010 Biutiful Associate producer
Megamind Creative consultant
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Creative consultant
Cowboys & Aliens Creative consultant (uncredited)[5]
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Special visual consultant
How to Train Your Dragon 2 "Thank you" credit[6]
2023 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Stand-by director[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kit, Borys; Ford, Rebecca (8 January 2015). "Guillermo del Toro Plots 'A Killing on Carnival Row' as Amazon Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ Hideo Kojima [@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN] (29 May 2019). "I asked my bestie, Nicolas, to be "HEARTMAN" in DS as special guest. We 3D scanned his head, body, and facial expressions to make his 3D model, but his acting and voice are done by a different performer, same as with Guillermo" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b c Guillermo del Toro Voices: All Credited Roles
  4. ^ Edwards, Belen (23 April 2023). "Yes, that was Guillermo del Toro in 'Barry'". mashable.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ Ditzian, Eric (29 July 2012). "'Cowboys & Aliens': Jon Favreau Talks Creating Creatures". MTV. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. ^ Labrecque, Jeff (16 June 2014). "'Dragon 2': How Guillermo del Toro earned his post-credits 'Thank you'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  7. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (3 September 2023). "Guillermo Del Toro Acted as Back-Up Director for William Friedkin's 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,' Producer Reveals at Venice Launch". Variety. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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