Javier Bardem
Born: 1969-03-01 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- F1 as Ruben Cervantes
- All That's Left of You ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Dune: Part Two as Stilgar
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story as José Menendez
- Spellbound as King Solon (voice)
- Conan O'Brien Must Go as Self
- Walking Fernando as Fernando
2023
- The Little Mermaid as King Triton
2022
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile as Hector P. Valenti
- Look at Me as Leo
- Cruce de caminos as Self
2021
- Dune as Stilgar
- The Good Boss as Julio Blanco
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
- Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
- The Roads Not Taken as Leo
2019
- Sanctuary as Javier Bardem
2018
- Querido Fotogramas as Self
- Thy Kingdom Come as Father Quintana
- Everybody Knows as Paco
2017
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Armando Salazar
- Loving Pablo as Pablo Escobar
- mother! as Him
- The Last Face as Dr. Miguel Leon
- mother! The Downward Spiral as Self
- Bigas x Bigas ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Gunman as Felix Marti
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Automata as Blue Robot (voice)
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
2013
- The Counselor as Reiner
- L'Agent as Construction Worker
- Scorpion in Love as Solis
- To the Wonder as Father Quintana
2012
- Skyfall as Silva
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony as Self - Narrator
- Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Guest
2010
- Conan as Self
- Eat Pray Love as Felipe
- Biutiful as Uxbal
2009
2008
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
- The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self
- No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh
- Love in the Time of Cholera as Florentino Ariza
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- Goya's Ghosts as Lorenzo Casamares
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión as Self
2005
- El oficio de actor as Self
2004
- Collateral as Felix Reyes-Torrena
- The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro
2002
- Live from E! as Self
- The Dancer Upstairs as Agustín Rejas
- Mondays in the Sun as Santa
2001
- Don't Tempt Me as Tony Graco
2000
- Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas
1999
- Second Skin as Diego
- Washington Wolves as Alberto
- Between Your Legs as Javier
1998
- Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law as Sultán (uncredited)
1997
- Airbag as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
- Live Flesh as David de Paz
- Dance with the Devil as Romeo
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Stretcher Bearer
1996
- Extasis as Rober
- Not Love, Just Frenzy
1995
- La madre as Hijo
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- Mouth to Mouth as Víctor Ventura
1994
- The Tit and the Moon as Benito González
- The Detective and Death as Det. Cornelio
- Running Out of Time as Lisardo
1993
- The Bilingual Lover as Limpiabotas
- Huidos
- Golden Balls as Benito González
1992
- Jamon Jamon as el chorizo
- Amo tu cama rica as Antonio
- Crónicas del mal
1991
- High Heels as Regidor T.V.
1990
- The Ages of Lulu as Jimmy
1986
1984
- Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter
1981
- El poderoso influjo de la luna as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
1974
- El pícaro as Alonso de niño
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self