Antonio Banderas
Born: 1960-08-10 in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Known For: Acting
Biography
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They've since collaborated together on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and as well as nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He's also known for several Hollywood films, such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, Banderas made his US theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise.
Filmography
2027
- Shrek 5 as Puss in Boots (voice)
2025
- Pedro x Javis as Self
2024
- Babygirl as Jacob
- Paddington in Peru as Hunter Cabot
- Cult Killer as Mikeal Tallini
- The Clean Up Crew as Gabriel
- Hermanos, una historia de sangre as Narrator
2023
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Renaldo
- El viaje de Julieta as Self
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- Journey to Bethlehem as Herod the Great
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
- 100% únicos
2022
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Uncharted as Santiago Moncada
- Code Name Banshee as Caleb
- The Enforcer as Cuda
- Martínez y hermanos as Self - Guest
2021
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Aristotle Papdopolous
- Official Competition as Félix Rivero
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
- B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón as Self - Invitado
2020
- Dolittle as King Rassouli
- One Night Only: The Best of Broadway as Self - Performer
- The Making of Pain and Glory as Self
2019
- The Laundromat as Ramón Fonseca
- Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
2018
- Beyond the Edge as Gordon
- Life Itself as Vincent Saccione
2017
- Genius as Pablo Picasso
- Security as Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon
- Bullet Head as Blue
- Black Butterfly as Paul
- Acts of Vengeance as Frank Valera
- Gun Shy as Turk Henry
- The Music of Silence as Le maestro
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story as Burger Beard
2016
- Finding Altamira as Marcelino
- The Great Illusion as Self
- Mi casa es la tuya as Self - Guest
- Ramez Beyla'ab Bel Nar as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Burger Beard
- The 33 as Mario Sepúlveda
- Knight of Cups as Tonio
2014
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Expendables 3 as Galgo
- Automata as Jacq Vaucan
- The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Self
2013
- Shrek Stories as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Machete Kills as El Camaleon
- I'm So Excited! as León
- Justin and the Knights of Valour as Sir Clorex (voice)
- Mundos virtuales
2012
- Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Ruby Sparks as Mort
- Dreamworks Spooky Stories as Puss in Boots (voice)
- The Making of The Skin I Live In as Self
2011
- Puss in Boots as Puss in Boots (voice)
- The Skin I Live In as Dr. Robert Ledgard
- Haywire as Rodrigo
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Gregorio Cortez (uncredited)
- The Big Bang as Ned Cruz
- Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- Black Gold as Emir Nesib
- Shrek: Once Upon a Time as Self
2010
- Conan as Self
- Shrek Forever After as Puss in Boots (voice)
- The Talk as Self - Guest
- Scared Shrekless as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular as Puss in Boots (voice)
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Greg
- Shrek's Yule Log as Puss in Boots (voice)
2009
- Thick as Thieves as Gabriel Martin
- The Lady and the Reaper ... (Producer)
2008
- My Mom's New Boyfriend as Tommy Martinez
- Before the Fall ... (Producer)
- Chevolution
- The Missing Lynx ... (Producer)
- The Other Man as Ralph
- DreamWorks Shrek's Swamp Stories as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Y el cine marcha
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Shrek the Third as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Shrek the Halls as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Bordertown as Alfonso Diaz
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood as Self
- Sabias a lo que venías as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- Take the Lead as Pierre Dulaine
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión as Self
- Summer Rain ... (Director)
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- The Legend of Zorro as Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro
- Champion as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones as Miguel (archive footage)
- Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection as Puss in Boots (voice)
2004
- Shrek 2 as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Far Far Away Idol as Puss In Boots (voice)
- People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' as Self
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Gregorio Cortez
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico as El Mariachi
- Imagining Argentina as Carlos Rueda
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Pancho Villa
- DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection as Puss in Boots (voice)
- Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Femme Fatale as Nicolas Bardo
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Gregorio Cortez
- Frida as David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as Agent Jeremiah Ecks
- Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Original Sin as Luis Antonio Vargas
- Spy Kids as Gregorio Cortez
- The Body as Father Matt Gutierrez
- Unmasking Zorro as Self
2000
1999
- The 13th Warrior as Ahmed Ibh Fahdlan
- Crazy in Alabama ... (Director)
- Play It to the Bone as Cesar Dominguez
- The White River Kid as Morales Pittman
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Hollywood Squares
- The Mask of Zorro as Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration as Self - Performer
- Junket Whore as Self
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self
1996
- Evita as Ché
- Clive Anderson All Talk as Self
- A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
1995
- Desperado as El Mariachi
- Assassins as Miguel Bain
- Two Much as Art Dodge
- Miami Rhapsody as Antonio
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- Four Rooms as Man
- Never Talk to Strangers as Tony Ramirez
1994
- Interview with the Vampire as Armand
- Of Love and Shadows as Francisco
- Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini as Benito Mussolini
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Outrage as Marcos Vallez
- The House of the Spirits as Pedro Tercero Gareia
- Philadelphia as Miguel Alvarez
- La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez
- Cuentos de Borges as Rosendo Juárez
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- HBO First Look
- The Mambo Kings as Nestor Castillo
- Una mujer bajo la lluvia as Miguel
1991
- Terra Nova as Antonio
- Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
1990
- Against the Wind as Juan
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Ricky
- La mujer de tu vida as Antonio López
- La mujer feliz
1989
- El acto as Carlos
- The White Dove as Mario
- Going Down in Morocco as Alberto
- If They Tell You I Fell as Marcos
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Baton Rouge as Antonio
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Carlos
- El placer de matar as Luis
1987
- Law of Desire as Antonio Benítez
- The Way They Were as Damián
1986
- Matador as Ángel
- Puzzle as Andrés
- Love Ravings as Amante de Jaime (segment "Delirio 3")
- 27 Horas as Rafa
1985
- Caso cerrado as Gasofa
- The Court of the Pharaoh as Fray José / José en un momento posterior
- Réquiem por un campesino español as Paco
1984
- Los zancos as Alberto
- El caso Almería as Juan Luque
- El señor Galíndez as Eduardo
1983
- Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! as Pipi
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Labyrinth of Passion as Sadec
- Pestañas postizas as Juan
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee