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Javier Bardem

Acting 57 years old Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain ★ 4.4
Born: March 1, 1969

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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Filmography

Acting Credits (105)

Dune: Part Three
Dune: Part Three Stilgar 2026
The Beloved
The Beloved 2026
Cape Fear
Cape Fear Max Cady 2026
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition Self 2026
F1
F1 Ruben Cervantes 2025
Spellbound
Spellbound King Solon (voice) 2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story José Menendez 2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Conan O'Brien Must Go Self 2024
Walking Fernando
Walking Fernando Fernando 2024
Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two Stilgar 2024
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid King Triton 2023
A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance Self 2023
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Hector P. Valenti 2022
Look at Me
Look at Me Leo 2022
Cruce de caminos
Cruce de caminos Self 2022
Being the Ricardos
Being the Ricardos Desi Arnaz 2021
The Good Boss
The Good Boss Julio Blanco 2021
Dune
Dune Stilgar 2021
La Noche D
La Noche D Self - Guest 2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Inigo Montoya 2020
The Roads Not Taken
The Roads Not Taken Leo 2020
Sanctuary
Sanctuary Javier Bardem 2019
Querido Fotogramas
Querido Fotogramas Self 2018
Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows Paco 2018
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come Father Quintana 2018
mother! The Downward Spiral
mother! The Downward Spiral Self 2017
Loving Pablo
Loving Pablo Pablo Escobar 2017
mother!
mother! Him 2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Armando Salazar 2017
The Last Face
The Last Face Dr. Miguel Leon 2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
The Gunman
The Gunman Felix Marti 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Automata
Automata Blue Robot (voice) 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' Self 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
The Counselor
The Counselor Reiner 2013
Scorpion in Love
Scorpion in Love Solis 2013
To the Wonder
To the Wonder Father Quintana 2013
Skyfall
Skyfall Silva 2012
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony Self - Narrator 2012
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
Buenas noches y Buenafuente Self - Guest 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Conan
Conan Self - Guest 2010
Biutiful
Biutiful Uxbal 2010
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love Felipe 2010
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Self 2009
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Juan Antonio Gonzalo 2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes Self 2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' Self 2008
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men Anton Chigurh 2007
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera Florentino Ariza 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood Self 2007
Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts Lorenzo Casamares 2006
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión Self 2006
El hormiguero
El hormiguero Self - Guest 2006
El oficio de actor
El oficio de actor Self 2005
The Sea Inside
The Sea Inside Ramón Sampedro 2004
Collateral
Collateral Felix Reyes-Torrena 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Mondays in the Sun
Mondays in the Sun Santa 2002
The Dancer Upstairs
The Dancer Upstairs Agustín Rejas 2002
Live from E!
Live from E! Self 2002
Don't Tempt Me
Don't Tempt Me Tony Graco 2001
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas 2000
Second Skin
Second Skin Diego 1999
Washington Wolves
Washington Wolves Alberto 1999
Between Your Legs
Between Your Legs Javier 1999
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law Sultán 1998
Dance with the Devil
Dance with the Devil Romeo 1997
Live Flesh
Live Flesh David de Paz 1997
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health Stretcher Bearer 1997
Airbag
Airbag José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto' 1997
Not Love, Just Frenzy
Not Love, Just Frenzy 1996
Extasis
Extasis Rober 1996
Mouth to Mouth
Mouth to Mouth Víctor Ventura 1995
La madre
La madre Hijo 1995
Lo + plus
Lo + plus Self - Guest 1995
Running Out of Time
Running Out of Time Lisardo 1994
The Detective and Death
The Detective and Death Det. Cornelio 1994
The Tit and the Moon
The Tit and the Moon Benito González 1994
Golden Balls
Golden Balls Benito González 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Huidos
Huidos 1993
The Bilingual Lover
The Bilingual Lover Limpiabotas 1993
Jamon Jamon
Jamon Jamon el chorizo 1992
Crónicas del mal
Crónicas del mal 1992
Amo tu cama rica
Amo tu cama rica Antonio 1992
High Heels
High Heels Regidor T.V. 1991
The Ages of Lulu
The Ages of Lulu Jimmy 1990
Segunda Enseñanza
Segunda Enseñanza 1986
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Self - Clue Presenter 1984
El poderoso influjo de la luna
El poderoso influjo de la luna Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited) 1981
El pícaro
El pícaro Alonso de niño 1974
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
The Oscars
The Oscars Self - Presenter 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
Sherman and Pacifico
Sherman and Pacifico Pacifico
Bunker
Bunker
Hello & Paris
Hello & Paris Jackson Cooper
Porto Rico
Porto Rico

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