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Javier Bardem

Actor

Javier Bardem

Born March 1, 1969 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain66 films

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.

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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). 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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Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. TBASherman and PacificoPacifico
  2. TBAHello & ParisJackson Cooper
  3. TBAWet
  4. TBAThe Turning Door(voice)
  5. 2026Dune: Part ThreeStilgar
  6. 2026BunkerMiguel
  7. 2026The BelovedEsteban Martínez
  8. 2025F1Ruben Cervantes
  9. 2024SpellboundKing Solon (voice)
  10. 2024Walking FernandoFernando
  11. 2024Dune: Part TwoStilgar
  12. 2023The Little MermaidKing Triton
  13. 2022Lyle, Lyle, CrocodileHector P. Valenti
  14. 2022Look at MeLeo
  15. 2021Being the RicardosDesi Arnaz
  16. 2021The Good BossJulio Blanco
  17. 2021DuneStilgar
  18. 2020The Roads Not TakenLeo
  19. 2018Everybody KnowsPaco
  20. 2018Thy Kingdom ComeFather Quintana
  21. 2017Loving PabloPablo Escobar
  22. 2017mother!Him
  23. 2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesArmando Salazar
  24. 2017The Last FaceDr. Miguel Leon
  25. 2015The GunmanFelix Marti
  26. 2014AutomataBlue Robot (voice)
  27. 2013The CounselorReiner
  28. 2013Scorpion in LoveSolis
  29. 2013To the WonderFather Quintana
  30. 2012SkyfallSilva
  31. 2010BiutifulUxbal
  32. 2010Eat Pray LoveFelipe
  33. 2008Vicky Cristina BarcelonaJuan Antonio Gonzalo
  34. 2007No Country for Old MenAnton Chigurh
  35. 2007Love in the Time of CholeraFlorentino Ariza
  36. 2006Goya's GhostsLorenzo Casamares
  37. 2004The Sea InsideRamón Sampedro
  38. 2004CollateralFelix Reyes-Torrena
  39. 2002Mondays in the SunSanta
  40. 2002The Dancer UpstairsAgustín Rejas
  41. 2001Don't Tempt MeTony Graco
  42. 2000Before Night FallsReinaldo Arenas
  43. 1999Second SkinDiego
  44. 1999Washington WolvesAlberto
  45. 1999Between Your LegsJavier
  46. 1998Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the LawSultán
  47. 1997Dance with the DevilRomeo
  48. 1997Live FleshDavid de Paz
  49. 1997Love Can Seriously Damage Your HealthStretcher Bearer
  50. 1997AirbagJosé Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
  51. 1996Not Love, Just Frenzy
  52. 1996MAMBRÚCámara
  53. 1996ExtasisRober
  54. 1995Mouth to MouthVíctor Ventura
  55. 1995La madreHijo
  56. 1994Running Out of TimeLisardo
  57. 1994The Detective and DeathDet. Cornelio
  58. 1994The Tit and the MoonBenito González
  59. 1993Golden BallsBenito González
  60. 1993Huidos
  61. 1993The Bilingual LoverLimpiabotas
  62. 1992Jamon JamonEl chorizo
  63. 1992Amo tu cama ricaAntonio
  64. 1991High HeelsRegidor T.V.
  65. 1990The Ages of LuluJimmy
  66. 1981The Powerful Influence Of The MoonNiño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)