Biography
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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Filmography (106)
The Beloved
2026
Dune: Part Three
2026
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
Cape Fear
2026
F1
2025
Spellbound
2024
Walking Fernando
2024
Dune: Part Two
2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
The Little Mermaid
2023
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Cruce de caminos
2022
Look at Me
2022
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
Dune
2021
Being the Ricardos
2021
The Good Boss
2021
La Noche D
2021
The Roads Not Taken
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Sanctuary
2019
Everybody Knows
2018
Thy Kingdom Come
2018
Querido Fotogramas
2018
mother! The Downward Spiral
2017
The Last Face
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
mother!
2017
Loving Pablo
2017
The Gunman
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Automata
2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
To the Wonder
2013
The Counselor
2013
Scorpion in Love
2013
Skyfall
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
2012
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
2012
Eat Pray Love
2010
Biutiful
2010
Conan
2010
MiloΕ‘ Forman: What Doesn't Kill Youβ¦
2009
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
No Country for Old Men
2007
CΓ³mo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Goya's Ghosts
2006
HΓ©cuba: un sueΓ±o de pasiΓ³n
2006
El hormiguero
2006
El oficio de actor
2005
The Sea Inside
2004
Collateral
2004
El mundo es tuyo
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Dancer Upstairs
2002
Mondays in the Sun
2002
Live from E!
2002
Don't Tempt Me
2001
Before Night Falls
2000
Between Your Legs
1999
Washington Wolves
1999
Second Skin
1999
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
1998
Live Flesh
1997
Dance with the Devil
1997
Airbag
1997
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997
Extasis
1996
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
MAMBRΓ
1996
Mouth to Mouth
1995
La madre
1995
Lo + plus
1995
The Tit and the Moon
1994
The Detective and Death
1994
Running Out of Time
1994
Golden Balls
1993
The Bilingual Lover
1993
Huidos
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Jamon Jamon
1992
Amo tu cama rica
1992
CrΓ³nicas del mal
1992
High Heels
1991
The Ages of Lulu
1990
Segunda EnseΓ±anza
1986
Jeopardy!
1984
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon
1981
El pΓcaro
1974
The Oscars
1953
Today
1952
Sherman and Pacifico
Bunker
Hello & Paris
Porto Rico
English
EspaΓ±ol
Russian
