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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-03-01 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Javier Bardem

Biography:

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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Known For

Acting

2025

F1 as Ruben Cervantes

2024

Spellbound as King Solon (voice)
Walking Fernando as Fernando
Dune: Part Two as Stilgar
Monsters as José Menendez

2023

The Eternal Memory as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Little Mermaid as King Triton

2022

Look at Me as Leo
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile as Hector P. Valenti

2021

Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
Dune as Stilgar
Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
The Good Boss as Julio Blanco

2020

2019

Sanctuary as Javier Bardem

2018

Thy Kingdom Come as Father Quintana

2017

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self (archive footage)
The Last Face as Dr. Miguel Leon
mother! as Him
Loving Pablo as Pablo Escobar

2015

2014

2013

To the Wonder as Father Quintana
The Counselor as Reiner
L'Agent as Construction Worker

2012

2010

Eat Pray Love as Felipe
Biutiful as Uxbal
Conan as Self

2009

2008

2007

2006

Goya's Ghosts as Lorenzo Casamares
El hormiguero as Self - Guest

2005

2004

The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro
Collateral as Felix Reyes-Torrena

2002

2001

Don't Tempt Me as Tony Graco

2000

Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas

1999

Second Skin as Diego

1998

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law as Sultán (uncredited)

1997

Live Flesh as David de Paz
Dance with the Devil as Romeo Dolorosa
Airbag as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'

1996

1995

Mouth to Mouth as Víctor Ventura
La madre as Hijo
Lo + plus as Self - Guest

1994

The Tit & the Moon as Benito González
The Detective and Death as Det. Cornelio

1993

Golden Balls as Benito González
The Bilingual Lover as Limpiabotas

1992

1991

High Heels as Regidor T.V.

1990

1986

1981

El poderoso influjo de la luna as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)

1974

El pícaro as Alonso de niño

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

Today as Self

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Production

2024

Monsters as Executive Producer

2019

Sanctuary as Producer

2018

Thy Kingdom Come as Producer

2017

Loving Pablo as Producer
Bigas x Bigas as Executive Producer

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Cape Fear as Executive Producer