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Javier Bardem
Actor, ProducerBorn March 1, 1969 (56 years)
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, and a Cannes Film Festival Award in addition to two Volpi Cups and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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 Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018), Denis Villeneuve's science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023).
Bardem has been married since 2010 to actress Penélope Cruz, with whom he shares two children. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica.
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 Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018), Denis Villeneuve's science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023).
Bardem has been married since 2010 to actress Penélope Cruz, with whom he shares two children. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica.
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| 2025 | F1 · as Ruben |
| 2024 | Spellbound · as King Solon (voice) |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two · as Stilgar |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid · as King Triton |
| 2022 | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile · as Hector P. Valenti |
| 2022 | Monster (2022) (TV Series) · as Jose Menendez |
| 2022 | Look at Me · as Leo |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos · as Desi Arnaz |
| 2021 | The Good Boss · as Julio Blanco |
| 2021 | Dune: Part One · as Stilgar |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Inigo Montoya |
| 2020 | The Roads Not Taken · as Leo |
| 2018 | Everybody Knows · as Paco |
| 2018 | Thy Kingdom Come · as Father Quintana |
| 2017 | Loving Pablo · as Pablo Escobar |
| 2017 | Mother! · as Him |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales · as Armando Salazar |
| 2016 | The Last Face · as Dr. Miguel Leon |
| 2015 | The Gunman · as Felix Marti |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | The Counselor · as Reiner |
| 2013 | Scorpion in Love · as Solis |
| 2012 | To the Wonder · as Father Quintana |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as Silva |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love · as Felipe |
| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona · as Juan Antonio Gonzalo |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men · as Anton Chigurh |
| 2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera · as Florentino Ariza |
| 2007 | Sexo en el plató · as Jimmy |
| 2007 | The 79th Annual Academy Awards · as Ramón Sampedro |
| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts · as Lorenzo Casamares |
| 2006 | The 78th Annual Academy Awards · as Ramón Sampedro |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Ramón Sampedro |
| 2004 | The Sea Inside · as Ramón Sampedro |
| 2004 | Collateral · as Felix Reyes-Torrena |
| 2002 | Mondays in the Sun · as Santa |
| 2002 | The Dancer Upstairs · as Agustín Rejas |
| 2001 | No News from God · as Tony Graco |
| 2000 | Before Night Falls · as Reinaldo Arenas |
| 1999 | Second Skin · as Diego |
| 1999 | Los lobos de Washington · as Alberto |
| 1999 | Between Your Legs · as Javier |
| 1998 | Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law · as Sultán (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Perdita Durango · as Romeo Dolorosa |
| 1997 | Live Flesh · as David De Paz |
| 1997 | Airbag · as José Alberto 'amor Obsoleto' |
| 1996 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health · as Stretcher Bearer |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Ecstasy · as Rober |
| 1996 | Mambrú · as Cámara |
| 1995 | Mouth to Mouth · as Víctor Ventura |
| 1994 | Numbered Days · as Lisardo |
| 1994 | El detective y la muerte · as Det. Cornelio |
| 1994 | The Tit and the Moon · as Benito González |
| 1993 | Golden Balls · as Benito González |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | El amante bilingüe · as Limpiabotas |
| 1992 | Crónicas del mal (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Jamón, Jamón · as Raúl |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Reiner |
| 1991 | Amo tu cama rica · as Antonio |
| 1991 | High Heels · as Regidor T.v. |
| 1990 | The Ages of Lulu · as Jimmy |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Vince |
| 1989 | Brigada Central (TV Series) · as Drogadicto |
| 1986 | Segunda Enseñanza (TV Series) |
| 1981 | El poderoso influjo de la luna · as Niño Entre Gente Curiosa (uncredited) |
| 1974 | El pícaro (TV Series) · as Alonso De Niño |