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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • F1

    F1

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • Dune

    Dune

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

    Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Skyfall

    Skyfall

  • The Ages of Lulu

    The Ages of Lulu

  • Collateral

    Collateral

  • Loving Pablo

    Loving Pablo

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • Automata

    Automata

  • The Counselor

    The Counselor

  • The Tit and the Moon

    The Tit and the Moon

  • Live from E!

    Live from E!

  • mother!

    mother!

  • Eat Pray Love

    Eat Pray Love

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

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

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • High Heels

    High Heels

  • Airbag

    Airbag

  • A Journey to Sundance

    A Journey to Sundance

  • Querido Fotogramas

    Querido Fotogramas

  • The Sea Inside

    The Sea Inside

  • Second Skin

    Second Skin

  • Live Flesh

    Live Flesh

  • La madre

    La madre

  • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • Extasis

    Extasis

  • The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

    The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

  • The Good Boss

    The Good Boss

  • Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

    Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

  • Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

    Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

  • Today

    Today

  • Love in the Time of Cholera

    Love in the Time of Cholera

  • Conan O'Brien Must Go

    Conan O'Brien Must Go

  • Mondays in the Sun

    Mondays in the Sun

  • L'Agent

    L'Agent

  • The Gunman

    The Gunman

  • Biutiful

    Biutiful

  • Scorpion in Love

    Scorpion in Love

  • Jamon Jamon

    Jamon Jamon

  • Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

    Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

  • Goya's Ghosts

    Goya's Ghosts

  • Running Out of Time

    Running Out of Time

  • Being the Ricardos

    Being the Ricardos

  • Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

    Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

  • La Noche D

    La Noche D

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • El poderoso influjo de la luna

    El poderoso influjo de la luna

  • Golden Balls

    Golden Balls

  • The Bilingual Lover

    The Bilingual Lover

  • To the Wonder

    To the Wonder

  • Bunker

    Bunker

  • Between Your Legs

    Between Your Legs

  • Don't Tempt Me

    Don't Tempt Me

  • The Roads Not Taken

    The Roads Not Taken

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • The Last Face

    The Last Face

  • Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

  • Dance with the Devil

    Dance with the Devil

  • Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

    Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

  • The Dancer Upstairs

    The Dancer Upstairs

  • Washington Wolves

    Washington Wolves

  • Huidos

    Huidos

  • The Detective and Death

    The Detective and Death

  • Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

    Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • Amo tu cama rica

    Amo tu cama rica

  • Everybody Knows

    Everybody Knows

  • Walking Fernando

    Walking Fernando

  • Thy Kingdom Come

    Thy Kingdom Come

  • El pícaro

    El pícaro

  • Buenas noches y Buenafuente

    Buenas noches y Buenafuente

  • Segunda Enseñanza

    Segunda Enseñanza

  • Look at Me

    Look at Me

  • Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

  • Sherman and Pacifico

    Sherman and Pacifico

  • Not Love, Just Frenzy

    Not Love, Just Frenzy

  • Crónicas del mal

    Crónicas del mal

  • Cruce de caminos

    Cruce de caminos

  • mother! The Downward Spiral

    mother! The Downward Spiral

  • The Beloved

    The Beloved

  • Mouth to Mouth

    Mouth to Mouth

  • El oficio de actor

    El oficio de actor