Javier Γngel Encinas BardemΒ (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In aΒ careerΒ that has lasted over thirty years, he has receivedΒ various accolades, including anΒ Academy Award, sevenΒ Goya Awards, aΒ BAFTA Award, and aΒ Golden Globe Award.
A son of actressΒ Pilar Bardem, he first became known for such Spanish films asΒ JamΓ³n jamΓ³n(1992),Β Boca a bocaΒ (1995),Β Carne trΓ©mula(1997),Β Los lunes al solΒ (2002), andΒ Mar adentro (2004). He received nominations for theΒ Academy Award for Best ActorΒ for playingΒ Reinaldo Arenas inΒ Before Night FallsΒ (2000), a criminal with cancer inΒ BiutifulΒ (2010), andΒ Desi ArnazΒ inΒ Being the RicardosΒ (2021). His portrayal of assassinΒ Anton ChigurhΒ in theΒ Coen brothers' western filmΒ No Country for Old MenΒ (2007) won him theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.Β
Bardem has also starred inΒ auteur-driven films such asΒ Woody Allen's romantic dramaΒ Vicky Cristina BarcelonaΒ (2008),Β Terrence Malick's dramaΒ To the WonderΒ (2013),Β Darren Aronofsky's horror filmΒ mother!Β (2017), andΒ Asghar Farhadi's mystery dramaΒ Everybody KnowsΒ (2018). He also acted inΒ blockbusterΒ films such as theΒ James BondΒ filmΒ SkyfallΒ (2012), theΒ swashbucklerΒ filmΒ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(2017), theΒ science fictionΒ epic filmsΒ DuneΒ (2021) andΒ Dune: Part TwoΒ (2024), andΒ Disney's live-action remakeΒ The Little MermaidΒ (2023). On television, he portrayed JosΓ© Menendez in theΒ NetflixΒ crimeΒ anthology seriesΒ Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryΒ (2024).
Bardem married actressΒ PenΓ©lope CruzΒ in 2010, and they have two children together. In January 2018, Bardem became Greenpeace's ambassador for Antarctica's protection.
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