Javier Bardem
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-03-01 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Javier Bardem
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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Known For
Acting
Sherman and Pacifico
as Pacifico
(2025)
F1
as Ruben Cervantes
(2024)
Dune: Part Two
as Stilgar
(2024)
Spellbound
as King Solon (voice)
(2024)
Walking Fernando
as Fernando
(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)
Dune
as Stilgar
(2021)
Being the Ricardos
as Desi Arnaz
(2021)
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
(2021)
The Good Boss
as Julio Blanco
(2020)
The Roads Not Taken
as Leo
(2019)
Sanctuary
as Javier Bardem
(2018)
Everybody Knows
as Paco
(2018)
Querido Fotogramas
as Self
(2018)
Thy Kingdom Come
as Father Quintana
(2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Armando Salazar
(2017)
mother!
as Him
(2017)
Loving Pablo
as Pablo Escobar
(2017)
The Last Face
as Dr. Miguel Leon
(2017)
mother! The Downward Spiral
as Self
(2015)
The Gunman
as Felix Marti
(2014)
Automata
as Blue Robot (voice)
(2014)
(2013)
The Counselor
as Reiner
(2013)
To the Wonder
as Father Quintana
(2013)
L'Agent
as Construction Worker
(2013)
Scorpion in Love
as Solis
(2012)
Skyfall
as Silva
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
as Self - Narrator
(2010)
Eat Pray Love
as Felipe
(2010)
Biutiful
as Uxbal
(2009)
(2008)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
No Country for Old Men
as Anton Chigurh
(2007)
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Florentino Ariza
(2007)
(2006)
Goya's Ghosts
as Lorenzo Casamares
(2006)
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
as Self
(2005)
El oficio de actor
as Self
(2004)
Collateral
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
(2004)
The Sea Inside
as Ramón Sampedro
(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)
Second Skin
as Diego
(1999)
Washington Wolves
as Alberto
(1999)
Between Your Legs
as Javier
(1998)
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
as Sultán (uncredited)
(1997)
Dance with the Devil
as Romeo
(1997)
Airbag
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
(1997)
Live Flesh
as David de Paz
(1997)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Stretcher Bearer
(1996)
Extasis
as Rober
(1996)
(1995)
La madre
as Hijo
(1995)
Mouth to Mouth
as Víctor Ventura
(1994)
The Tit and the Moon
as Benito González
(1994)
Running Out of Time
as Lisardo
(1994)
The Detective and Death
as Det. Cornelio
(1993)
Golden Balls
as Benito González
(1993)
The Bilingual Lover
as Limpiabotas
(1993)
(1992)
Jamon Jamon
as Raúl
(1992)
Amo tu cama rica
as Antonio
(1991)
High Heels
as Regidor T.V.
(1990)
The Ages of Lulu
as Jimmy
(1981)
El poderoso influjo de la luna
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
Crew
(2019)
Sanctuary
Producer
(2018)
Thy Kingdom Come
Producer
(2017)
Loving Pablo
Producer
(2017)
Bigas x Bigas
Executive Producer
(2012)