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.
Filmography
all 101
Movies 83
self 26
TV Shows 18
Producer 3
Voice 1
Narrator 1
F1 (2025)
Spellbound (2024)
Monsters (2024)
Walking Fernando (2024)
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages (2023)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
Being the Ricardos (2021)
The Good Boss (2021)
Dune (2021)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Sanctuary (2019)
Thy Kingdom Come (2018)
Loving Pablo (2017)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
Bigas x Bigas (2017)
The Last Face (2017)
Automata (2014)
To the Wonder (2013)
L'Agent (2013)
Buenas noches y Buenafuente (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Invisibles (2007)
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
The Sea Inside (2004)
Collateral (2004)
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (1998)
Dance with the Devil (1997)
Live Flesh (1997)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)
Airbag (1997)
Extasis (1996)
Mouth to Mouth (1995)
Lo + plus (1995)
The Detective and Death (1994)
The Tit & the Moon (1994)
Golden Balls (1993)
Huidos (1993)
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
Jamon Jamon (1992)
Amo tu cama rica (1992)
High Heels (1991)
El poderoso influjo de la luna (1981)
El pícaro (1974)
Today (1952)
Sherman and Pacifico
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1969-03-01 (55 years old)
Birth NameJavier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Birth PlaceLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Religionagnosticism
Height1.81-metre
SpousePenélope Cruz
ChildrenLuna Bardem, Leo Bardem
FatherJosé Carlos Encinas Doussinague
MotherPilar Bardem
SiblingsMónica Bardem, Carlos Bardem
RelativesMatilde Muñoz Sampedro, Rafael Bardem
CitizenshipsSpain
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsJavier Ángel Encinas Bardem, خافيير باردم, 하비에르 바르뎀, 哈維爾·巴登, ハビエル・バルデム, คาเบียร์ บาร์เดน, خاویر باردم, ხავიერ ბარდემი, Хавʼєр Бардем
AwardsPremio Feroz for Best Main Actor, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Forqué Awards for Best Lead Actor, Sant Jordi Prize for Best Actor, Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for the best actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, European Film Award for Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Goya Award for Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Premios Ondas, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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