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Javier Bardem

Born 1969-03-01
📍 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

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 101

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