Javier Bardem
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
Actor
as Pacifico
as Self
as Max Cady
as Ruben
as King Solon (voice)
as Fernando
as Stilgar
as José Menendez
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as King Triton
as Self (archive)
as Hector P. Valenti
as Leo
as Self
as Desi Arnaz
as Julio Blanco
as Stilgar
as Self (archive footage)
as Leo
as Inigo Montoya
as Javier Bardem
as Self
as Paco
as Father Quintana
as Self
as Pablo Escobar
as Him
as Armando Salazar
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Miguel Leon
as Felix Marti
as Blue Robot (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Reiner
as Solis
as Father Quintana
as Construction Worker
as Silva
as Self - Narrator
as (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Uxbal
as Felipe
as Self
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
as El chorizo (archive footage)
as Self
as Florentino Ariza
as Anton Chigurh
as Self
as Lorenzo Casamares
as Self
as Itself
as Ramón Sampedro
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
as Santa
as Agustín Rejas
as Self
as Tony Graco
as Reinaldo Arenas
as Diego
as Alberto
as Javier
as Sultán (uncredited)
as Romeo Dolorosa
as David de Paz
as Stretcher Bearer
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
as Rober
as Víctor Ventura
as Hijo
as Self - Guest
as Lisardo
as Det. Cornelio
as Benito González
as Benito González
as Limpiabotas
as Raúl
as Antonio
as Regidor T.V.
as Jimmy
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
as Alonso de niño
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer