Javier Bardem
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · F1 as Ruben Cervantes
- 2024 · 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
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as King Triton
- 2022 · Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile as Hector P. Valenti
- 2022 · Look at Me as Leo
- 2022 · Cruce de caminos as Self
- 2021 · 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 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
- 2020 · The Roads Not Taken as Leo
- 2018 · Querido Fotogramas as Self
- 2018 · Everybody Knows as Paco
- 2018 · Thy Kingdom Come as Father Quintana
- 2017 · Loving Pablo as Pablo Escobar
- 2017 · mother! as Him
- 2017 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Armando Salazar
- 2017 · Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Last Face as Dr. Miguel Leon
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Gunman as Felix Marti
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Automata as Blue Robot (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · The Counselor as Reiner
- 2013 · Scorpion in Love as Solis
- 2013 · To the Wonder as Father Quintana
- 2012 · 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)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Biutiful as Uxbal
- 2010 · Eat Pray Love as Felipe
- 2009 · Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 2008 · Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
- 2008 · No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2008 · Diary of a Country Sheriff as Self
- 2007 · Love in the Time of Cholera as Florentino Ariza
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Goya's Ghosts as Lorenzo Casamares
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- 2004 · The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro
- 2004 · Collateral as Felix Reyes-Torrena
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self
- 1999 · Second Skin as Diego
- 1998 · Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law as Sultán (uncredited)
- 1997 · Dance with the Devil as Romeo
- 1997 · Live Flesh as David de Paz
- 1997 · Airbag as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
- 1996 · Extasis as Rober
- 1995 · Mouth to Mouth as Víctor Ventura
- 1995 · La madre as Hijo
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 1994 · The Tit and the Moon as Benito González
- 1993 · Golden Balls as Benito González
- 1992 · Jamon Jamon as Raúl
- 1991 · High Heels as Regidor T.V.
- 1990 · The Ages of Lulu as Jimmy
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Beloved as
- 2019 · Sanctuary as Javier Bardem
- 2017 · mother! The Downward Spiral as Self
- 2013 · L'Agent as Construction Worker
- 2008 · Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze as El chorizo (archive footage)
- 2008 · The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self
- 2006 · Hécuba: un sueño de pasión as Self
- 2005 · El oficio de actor as Self
- 2002 · Mondays in the Sun as Santa
- 2002 · The Dancer Upstairs as Agustín Rejas
- 2001 · Don't Tempt Me as Tony Graco
- 2000 · Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas
- 1999 · Washington Wolves as Alberto
- 1999 · Between Your Legs as Javier
- 1997 · Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Stretcher Bearer
- 1996 · Not Love, Just Frenzy as
- 1994 · Running Out of Time as Lisardo
- 1994 · The Detective and Death as Det. Cornelio
- 1993 · Huidos as
- 1993 · The Bilingual Lover as Limpiabotas
- 1992 · Crónicas del mal as
- 1992 · Amo tu cama rica as Antonio
- 1986 · Segunda Enseñanza as
- 1974 · El pícaro as Alonso de niño
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Cape Fear as Max Cady
- Future · Bunker as
- Future · Sherman and Pacifico as Pacifico
- 1981 · El poderoso influjo de la luna as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)