Acting
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career that has lasted over thirty years, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, seven Goya Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
A 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' western 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 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), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024).
Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010, and they have two children together. In January 2018, Bardem became Greenpeace's ambassador for Antarctica's protection.
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Also known as | Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | MALE |
Birthday | March 1, 1969 (56 years old) |
Year | Movie & Role |
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2019 | Sanctuary as Javier Bardem |
2017 | mother! The Downward Spiral as Self |
2013 | To the Wonder as Father Quintana |
2012 | Skyfall as Silva |
2010 | Eat Pray Love as Felipe |
2010 | Biutiful as Uxbal |
2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio Gonzalo |
2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera as Florentino Ariza |
2007 | No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh |
2006 | Goya's Ghosts as Lorenzo Casamares |
2004 | The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro |
2002 | The Dancer Upstairs as Agustín Rejas |
2001 | Don't Tempt Me as Tony Graco |
2000 | Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas |
1997 | Live Flesh as David de Paz |
1997 | Dance with the Devil as Romeo |
1995 | Mouth to Mouth as Víctor Ventura |
1994 | The Tit and the Moon as Benito González |
1992 | Jamon Jamon as Raúl |
1991 | High Heels as Regidor T.V. |