Javier Bardem
72 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 1, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
- Also known as
- Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Biography
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.
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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 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), Disney's live-action 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.
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Known for
Javier Bardem: movies and TV shows
Acting (78)
- Upcoming Dune: Part Three
as Stilgar
- Upcoming Bunker
as Miguel
- Upcoming Sherman and Pacifico
as Pacifico
- Upcoming Hello & Paris
as Jackson Cooper
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Turning Door
as (voice)
- Upcoming Vallespir 75 (Or how I learned to say goodbye with resignation)
as Follet Tortuga
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 The Beloved
as Esteban Martínez
- 2025 F1
as Ruben Cervantes
- 2024 Spellbound
as King Solon (voice)
- 2024
- 2024 Walking Fernando
as Fernando
- 2024 Dune: Part Two
as Stilgar
- 2023 The Little Mermaid
as King Triton
- 2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
as Hector P. Valenti
- 2022 Look at Me
as Leo
- 2022
- 2021 Being the Ricardos
as Desi Arnaz
- 2021 The Good Boss
as Julio Blanco
- 2021 Dune
as Stilgar
- 2020
- 2020 The Roads Not Taken
as Leo
- 2019 Sanctuary
as Javier Bardem
- 2018 Everybody Knows
as Paco
- 2018 Thy Kingdom Come
as Father Quintana
- 2017 Loving Pablo
as Pablo Escobar
- 2017 mother!
as Him
- 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Armando Salazar
- 2017 The Last Face
as Dr. Miguel Leon
- 2015 The Gunman
as Felix Marti
- 2014 Automata
as Blue Robot (voice)
- 2013 The Counselor
as Reiner
- 2013 Scorpion in Love
as Solis
- 2013 To the Wonder
as Father Quintana
- 2012 Skyfall
as Silva
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
- 2010 Biutiful
as Uxbal
- 2010 Eat Pray Love
as Felipe
- 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
- 2007 No Country for Old Men
as Anton Chigurh
- 2007 Love in the Time of Cholera
as Florentino Ariza
- 2006 Goya's Ghosts
as Lorenzo Casamares
- 2004
- 2004 The Sea Inside
as Ramón Sampedro
- 2004 Collateral
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
- 2002 Mondays in the Sun
as Santa
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
as Agustín Rejas
- 2001 Don't Tempt Me
as Tony Graco
- 2000 Before Night Falls
as Reinaldo Arenas
- 1999 Second Skin
as Diego
- 1999 Washington Wolves
as Alberto
- 1999 Between Your Legs
as Javier
- 1998 Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
as Sultán
- 1997 Dance with the Devil
as Romeo
- 1997 Live Flesh
as David de Paz
- 1997 Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Stretcher Bearer
- 1997 Airbag
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
- 1996
- 1996 MAMBRÚ
as Cámara
- 1996 Extasis
as Rober
- 1995 Mouth to Mouth
as Víctor Ventura
- 1995 La madre
as Hijo
- 1994 Running Out of Time
as Lisardo
- 1994 The Detective and Death
as Detective
- 1994 The Tit and the Moon
as Benito González
- 1993 Golden Balls
as Benito González
- 1993
- 1993 The Bilingual Lover
as Limpiabotas
- 1992 Jamon Jamon
as El chorizo
- 1992
- 1992 Amo tu cama rica
as Antonio
- 1991 High Heels
as Regidor T.V.
- 1990 The Ages of Lulu
as Jimmy
- 1986
- 1981 The Powerful Influence Of The Moon
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
- 1974
Behind the camera (10)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 The Beloved
Executive Producer
- 2025 All That's Left of You
Executive Producer
- 2024
- 2019 Sanctuary
Producer
- 2018 Thy Kingdom Come
Producer
- 2017 Loving Pablo
Producer
- 2017 Bigas x Bigas
Executive Producer
- 2012 Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (31)
- 2026
- 2024 Conan O'Brien Must Go
1 episode
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021 La Noche D
1 episode
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2012 Buenas noches y Buenafuente
1 episode
- 2010 Conan
4 episodes
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 El hormiguero
1 episode
- 2005
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002 Live from E!
1 episode
- 1995 Lo + plus
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1984 Jeopardy!
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
4 episodes
- 1952 Today
1 episode