Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

1969-03-01

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.

Also appears in

Spellbound

Spellbound

6.9

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

8.2

Dune

Dune

7.8

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

6.3

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

6.7

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

7.9

Skyfall

Skyfall

7.2

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

7.0

Collateral

Collateral

7.2

Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

6.2

The Ages of Lulu

The Ages of Lulu

6.4

mother!

mother!

7.0

Automata

Automata

5.9

Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

6.3

Jamon Jamon

Jamon Jamon

6.2

Live Flesh

Live Flesh

7.0

The Counselor

The Counselor

5.3

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

6.8

Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Cholera

6.6

High Heels

High Heels

7.1