A photograph of Javier Bardem dressed in a blue shirt attending the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Bardem at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor and producer who made his acting debut as a child in an episode of the Spanish television series El Pícaro (1974). Bardem made his feature film debut with a minor role in the 1990 Spanish erotic film Las edades de Lulú.[1] The film's director Bigas Luna was impressed by Bardem, giving him his first leading role in the romantic-comedy Jamón Jamón (1992), alongside future wife Penélope Cruz.[2][3] In 1993, Bardem starred in another Luna film, Huevos de Oro, and in the Vicente Aranda-directed El Amante Bilingüe. The following year he appeared in Días contados (1994) and El detective y la muerte (1994). For both films he was nominated for the San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor.[4]

His first role in an English-language film was as the jailed Cuban dissident Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[5][6] In 2002, he appeared in the John Malkovich-directed The Dancer Upstairs and the Fernando León de Aranoa-directed Mondays in the Sun.[7][8] In 2004, he starred alongside Tom Cruise in the Michael Mann-directed Collateral. He won a second Volpi Cup for Best Actor in 2004, for portraying euthanasia activist Ramón Sampedro in The Sea Inside.[9] His next role was as psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men (2007), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[10] He was the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar.[11] Bardem next appeared in the 2008 Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[12] He then starred in Biutiful (2010), garnering Bardem the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.[13]

In 2012, Bardem narrated the Spanish documentary Sons of the Clouds, The Last Colony, which received a Goya Award for Best Documentary.[14] That year he also portrayed the Bond villain Raoul Silva in Skyfall (2012), which earned him a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor.[15] The following year he starred in the Ridley Scott-directed The Counselor (2013).[16] Bardem then collaborated with Sean Penn on The Gunman (2015) and The Last Face (2016). In 2017, he played the antagonist in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and starred in Mother! He was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for both performances.[17] That year he also portrayed Pablo Escobar in Loving Pablo opposite his wife Penélope Cruz. Bardem portrayed Stilgar in Dune (2021), his first science fiction film since Autómata (2014).[18][19] That same year, Bardem portrayed Desi Arnez in Being the Ricardos and his performance earned him another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[20]

Film

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Bardem with Sam Mendes receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1990 Las edades de Lulú Jimmy [1]
1991 High Heels Regidor de TV [6]
1992 Amo tu cama rica Antonio [21]
Jamón, jamón Raúl [22][23]
1993 Huevos de oro Benito González Also credited as singer on the film's soundtrack [24]
El Amante Bilingüe Shoeshiner [25]
1994 Días contados Lisardo [26]
El detective y la muerte Detective Cornelio [27]
1995 Boca a boca Víctor Ventura Also credited as singer on the film's soundtrack [28]
1996 Not Love, Just Frenzy — Not credited [29]
1997 Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health Camillero [30]
Airbag José Alberto [31]
Carne trémula David [22]
Perdita Durango Romeo Dolorosa [32]
1998 Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley Sultán [33]
1999 Between Your Legs Javier [24]
Second Skin Diego [34]
Los Lobos de Washington Alberto Also executive producer [35][36]
2000 Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas [6]
2001 Don't Tempt Me Tony Graco [22]
2002 The Dancer Upstairs Agustín Rejas [7]
Mondays in the Sun Santa [8]
2004 Collateral Felix [37]
The Sea Inside Ramón Sampedro [38]
2006 Goya's Ghosts Brother Lorenzo [39]
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera Florentino Ariza [40]
No Country for Old Men Anton Chigurh [41]
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Juan Antonio [42]
2010 Biutiful Uxbal [43]
Eat Pray Love Felipe [44]
2012 Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony Narrator Voice [45]
Skyfall Raoul Silva [46]
To the Wonder Father Quintana [47]
2013 The Counselor Reiner [16]
Scorpion in Love Solís [48]
2014 Autómata Blue Robot (voice) [19]
2015 The Gunman Felix [49]
2016 The Last Face Miguel León [50]
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Armando Salazar [51]
Mother! Him [52]
Loving Pablo Pablo Escobar Also producer [53][54]
2018 Thy Kingdom Come Father Quintana [55]
Everybody Knows Paco [56]
2020 The Roads Not Taken Leo [57]
2021 Dune Stilgar [18]
The Good Boss Blanco [58]
Being the Ricardos Desi Arnaz [59]
2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Hector P. Valenti [60]
2023 The Little Mermaid King Triton [61][62]
2024 Dune: Part Two † Stilgar Post-production [63]
Spellbound † King Solon Voice role, in production [64]
TBA Untitled Joseph Kosinski film † Filming [65]
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1974 El Pícaro — Child actor [66]
1986 Segunda enseñanza Pablo First recurring role [66]
1991 El C.I.D. Vince Episode: "Thursday's Child"
2018 Asesinato en el Hormiguero Express Himself Television special [67]
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Inigo Montoya Episode: "Chapter Ten: To the Pain!" [68]

See also

References

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