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Javier Bardem
Actor

Javier Bardem

1 Mar 1969Born
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, SpainBirthplace

Biography

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career spanning over three decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Goya Awards, in addition to a Cannes Film Festival Award and two Volpi Cups.

Bardem is the son of actress Pilar Bardem. He first became known for such Spanish films as Jamón jamón (1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula (1997), Los lunes al sol (2002), and Mar adentro (2004).

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He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), a criminal with cancer in Biutiful (2010), and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos (2021). His portrayal of assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' crime film No Country for Old Men (2007) won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Bardem has also starred in auteur driven films such as Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), and Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018). He also acted in blockbuster films such as Eat Pray Love (2010), the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), the swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), the science fiction epic films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023), and the sports action film F1 (2025). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024), for which he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series (as an executive producer).

Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010 and together they have two children. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBASherman and PacificoFilm: Pacifico
  2. TBAHello & ParisFilm: Jackson Cooper
  3. TBAWetFilm
  4. TBAThe Turning DoorFilm: (voice)
  5. TBAVallespir 75 (Or how I learned to say goodbye with resignation)Film: Follet Tortuga
  6. TBAThe SpreadSeries (1 episode)
  7. 2026Dune: Part ThreeFilm: Stilgar
  8. 2026BunkerFilm: Miguel
  9. 2026Cape FearSeries: Maximiliano 'Max' Cady (10 episodes)
  10. 2026The BelovedFilm: Esteban Martínez
  11. 2025F1Film: Ruben Cervantes
  12. 2024SpellboundFilm: King Solon (voice)
  13. 2024Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StorySeries: José Menendez (9 episodes)
  14. 2024Walking FernandoFilm: Fernando
  15. 2024Dune: Part TwoFilm: Stilgar
  16. 2023The Little MermaidFilm: King Triton
  17. 2022Lyle, Lyle, CrocodileFilm: Hector P. Valenti
  18. 2022Look at MeFilm: Leo
  19. 2022Hermanos Menendez: Mal juzgados?Series: José Menendez (1 episode)
  20. 2021Being the RicardosFilm: Desi Arnaz
  21. 2021The Good BossFilm: Julio Blanco
  22. 2021DuneFilm: Stilgar
  23. 2020Home Movie: The Princess BrideSeries: Inigo Montoya (1 episode)
  24. 2020The Roads Not TakenFilm: Leo
  25. 2019SanctuaryFilm: Javier Bardem
  26. 2018Everybody KnowsFilm: Paco
  27. 2018Thy Kingdom ComeFilm: Father Quintana
  28. 2017Loving PabloFilm: Pablo Escobar
  29. 2017mother!Film: Him
  30. 2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesFilm: Armando Salazar
  31. 2017The Last FaceFilm: Dr. Miguel Leon
  32. 2015The GunmanFilm: Felix Marti
  33. 2014AutomataFilm: Blue Robot (voice)
  34. 2013The CounselorFilm: Reiner
  35. 2013Scorpion in LoveFilm: Solis
  36. 2013To the WonderFilm: Father Quintana
  37. 2012SkyfallFilm: Silva
  38. 2012Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm: (archive footage)
  39. 2010BiutifulFilm: Uxbal
  40. 2010Eat Pray LoveFilm: Felipe
  41. 2008Vicky Cristina BarcelonaFilm: Juan Antonio Gonzalo
  42. 2007No Country for Old MenFilm: Anton Chigurh
  43. 2007Love in the Time of CholeraFilm: Florentino Ariza
  44. 2006Goya's GhostsFilm: Lorenzo Casamares
  45. 2004El mundo es tuyoFilm
  46. 2004The Sea InsideFilm: Ramón Sampedro
  47. 2004CollateralFilm: Felix Reyes-Torrena
  48. 2002Mondays in the SunFilm: Santa
  49. 2002The Dancer UpstairsFilm: Agustín Rejas
  50. 2001Don't Tempt MeFilm: Tony Graco
  51. 2000Before Night FallsFilm: Reinaldo Arenas
  52. 1999Second SkinFilm: Diego
  53. 1999Washington WolvesFilm: Alberto
  54. 1999Between Your LegsFilm: Javier
  55. 1998Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the LawFilm: Sultán
  56. 1997Dance with the DevilFilm: Romeo
  57. 1997Live FleshFilm: David de Paz
  58. 1997Love Can Seriously Damage Your HealthFilm: Stretcher Bearer
  59. 1997AirbagFilm: José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
  60. 1996Not Love, Just FrenzyFilm
  61. 1996MAMBRÚFilm: Cámara
  62. 1996ExtasisFilm: Rober
  63. 1995Mouth to MouthFilm: Víctor Ventura
  64. 1995La madreFilm: Hijo
  65. 1994Running Out of TimeFilm: Lisardo
  66. 1994The Detective and DeathFilm: Detective
  67. 1994The Tit and the MoonFilm: Benito González
  68. 1993Golden BallsFilm: Benito González
  69. 1993HuidosFilm
  70. 1993The Bilingual LoverFilm: Limpiabotas
  71. 1992Jamon JamonFilm: El chorizo
  72. 1992Crónicas del malSeries (13 episodes)
  73. 1992Amo tu cama ricaFilm: Antonio
  74. 1991High HeelsFilm: Regidor T.V.
  75. 1990The Ages of LuluFilm: Jimmy
  76. 1986Segunda EnseñanzaSeries (13 episodes)
  77. 1981The Powerful Influence Of The MoonFilm: Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
  78. 1974El pícaroSeries: Alonso de niño (13 episodes)

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