Javier Bardem

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • F1

    F1

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

    Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

  • Dune

    Dune

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Skyfall

    Skyfall

  • Today

    Today

  • Collateral

    Collateral

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • The Ages of Lulu

    The Ages of Lulu

  • Automata

    Automata

  • Goya's Ghosts

    Goya's Ghosts

  • The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

  • Jamon Jamon

    Jamon Jamon

  • Live Flesh

    Live Flesh

  • Dance with the Devil

    Dance with the Devil

  • Everybody Knows

    Everybody Knows

  • The Good Boss

    The Good Boss

  • E! Live from the Red Carpet

    E! Live from the Red Carpet

  • Loving Pablo

    Loving Pablo

  • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

  • The Gunman

    The Gunman

  • The Tit and the Moon

    The Tit and the Moon

  • Eat Pray Love

    Eat Pray Love

  • The Counselor

    The Counselor

  • High Heels

    High Heels

  • Second Skin

    Second Skin

  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • mother!

    mother!

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

    Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

  • Love in the Time of Cholera

    Love in the Time of Cholera

  • La Noche D

    La Noche D

  • Washington Wolves

    Washington Wolves

  • Airbag

    Airbag

  • Extasis

    Extasis

  • The Bilingual Lover

    The Bilingual Lover

  • Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

    Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

  • Conan O'Brien Must Go

    Conan O'Brien Must Go

  • Being the Ricardos

    Being the Ricardos

  • Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

    Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

  • Mondays in the Sun

    Mondays in the Sun

  • Look at Me

    Look at Me

  • A Journey to Sundance

    A Journey to Sundance

  • The Dancer Upstairs

    The Dancer Upstairs

  • The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

    The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

  • The Last Face

    The Last Face

  • Golden Balls

    Golden Balls

  • Between Your Legs

    Between Your Legs

  • To the Wonder

    To the Wonder

  • The Beloved

    The Beloved

  • The Sea Inside

    The Sea Inside

  • Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • Biutiful

    Biutiful

  • The Detective and Death

    The Detective and Death

  • Segunda Enseñanza

    Segunda Enseñanza

  • La madre

    La madre

  • Buenas noches y Buenafuente

    Buenas noches y Buenafuente

  • Amo tu cama rica

    Amo tu cama rica

  • Querido Fotogramas

    Querido Fotogramas

  • Don't Tempt Me

    Don't Tempt Me

  • Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

    Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

  • L'Agent

    L'Agent

  • Scorpion in Love

    Scorpion in Love

  • Sherman and Pacifico

    Sherman and Pacifico

  • El poderoso influjo de la luna

    El poderoso influjo de la luna

  • Crónicas del mal

    Crónicas del mal

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • Thy Kingdom Come

    Thy Kingdom Come

  • No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

    No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

  • El pícaro

    El pícaro

  • Cruce de caminos

    Cruce de caminos

  • Running Out of Time

    Running Out of Time

  • Huidos

    Huidos

  • Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

    Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

  • Walking Fernando

    Walking Fernando

  • Bunker

    Bunker

  • Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

    Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

  • Not Love, Just Frenzy

    Not Love, Just Frenzy

  • mother! The Downward Spiral

    mother! The Downward Spiral

  • Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

  • Mouth to Mouth

    Mouth to Mouth

  • El oficio de actor

    El oficio de actor