Javier Bardem
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, 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.
Known For
David de Paz
Carne trémula
Ramón Sampedro
Mar adentro
Tony Graco
Sin noticias de Dios
Raúl
Jamón, jamón
Reinaldo Arenas
Before Night Falls
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Agustín Rejas
The Dancer Upstairs
Lorenzo Casamares
Goya's Ghosts
Florentino Ariza
Love in the Time of Cholera
Anton Chigurh
No Country for Old Men
Regidor T.V.
Tacones lejanos
Javier Bardem
Sanctuary
Romeo Dolorosa
Perdita Durango
Benito González
La teta y la luna
Self
mother! The Downward Spiral
Self (archive footage)
Being James Bond
Father Quintana
To the Wonder
Silva
Skyfall
Felipe
Eat Pray Love
Víctor Ventura
Boca a Boca
Uxbal
Biutiful
Benito González
Huevos de oro
Self
Diary of a Country Sheriff
Self
Cruce de caminos
Self (archive)
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages
Limpiabotas
El amante bilingüe
Javier
Entre las piernas
Santa
Los lunes al sol
Jimmy
Las edades de Lulú
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Det. Cornelio
El detective y la muerte
Antonio
Amo tu cama rica
Alberto
Los lobos de Washington
El chorizo (archive footage)
Bigas Luna: La Mirada Entomòloga
Self (archive footage)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Reiner
The Counselor
Self - Narrator
Hijos de las nubes: la última colonia
Ruben
F1
Lisardo
Días contados
Rober
Éxtasis
Solis
Alacrán enamorado
Diego
Segunda piel
King Solon (voice)
Spellbound
Pacifico
Sherman and Pacifico
Felix Marti
The Gunman
Hijo
La madre
José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Airbag
Leo
Look at Me
Blue Robot (voice)
Autómata
Dr. Miguel Leon
The Last Face
Fernando
Walking Fernando
Armando Salazar
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
La memoria infinita
Stretcher Bearer
El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
Self
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Paco
Todos lo saben
Him
mother!
Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
El poderoso influjo de la luna
Más que amor, frenesí
Felix Reyes-Torrena
Collateral
Pablo Escobar
Loving Pablo
Self
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Father Quintana
Thy Kingdom Come
Huidos
Self
Miloš Forman: Co tě nezabije…
Self
Querido Fotogramas
Leo
The Roads Not Taken
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Stilgar
Dune
Self
14 Actors Acting
Sultán (uncredited)
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley
King Triton
The Little Mermaid
Desi Arnaz
Being the Ricardos
Stilgar
Dune: Part Two
Construction Worker
L'Agent
Julio Blanco
El buen patrón
Hector P. Valenti
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
El ser querido
Itself
El oficio de actor
Self
A Journey to Sundance
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-03-01
Place of Birth
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Also Known As
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem