Javier Bardem

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem born 1 March 1969 is a Spanish actor In a career spanning over three decades he has received various accolades including an Academy Award a BAFTA Award a Golden Globe Award a Critics Choice Movie Award two Screen Actors Guild Awards and seven Goya Awards in addition to a Cannes Film Festival Award and two Volpi Cups Bardem is the 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 crime 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 Allens romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 Terrence Malicks drama To the Wonder 2013 Darren Aronofskys horror film mother 2017 and Asghar Farhadis mystery drama Everybody Knows 2018 He also acted in blockbuster films such as Eat Pray Love 2010 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 Disneys liveaction remake The Little Mermaid 2023 and the sports action film F1 2025 On television he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story 2024 for which he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series as an executive producer Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010 and together they have two children In January 2018 Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia