Acting · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain · Born March 1, 1969
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieDune: Part Three
2026
as Stilgar
TVCape Fear
2026
as Maximiliano 'Max' Cady
MovieThe Beloved
2026
as Esteban Martínez
MovieIron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
as Self
MovieF1
2025
as Ruben Cervantes
MovieSpellbound
2024
as King Solon (voice)
TVMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024
as José Menendez
TVConan O'Brien Must Go
2024
as Self
MovieWalking Fernando
2024
as Fernando
MovieDune: Part Two
2024
as Stilgar
MovieThe Little Mermaid
2023
as King Triton
MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
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MovieLyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
as Hector P. Valenti
MovieLook at Me
2022
as Leo
MovieCruce de caminos
2022
as Self
MovieBeing the Ricardos
2021
as Desi Arnaz
MovieThe Good Boss
2021
as Julio Blanco
MovieDune
2021
as Stilgar
TVLa Noche D
2021
as Self - Guest
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Inigo Montoya
MovieThe Roads Not Taken
2020
as Leo
MovieSanctuary
2019
as Javier Bardem
MovieQuerido Fotogramas
2018
as Self
MovieEverybody Knows
2018
as Paco
MovieThy Kingdom Come
2018
as Father Quintana
Moviemother! The Downward Spiral
2017
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MovieLoving Pablo
2017
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Moviemother!
2017
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MoviePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
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MovieThe Last Face
2017
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TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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MovieThe Gunman
2015
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TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
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MovieAutomata
2014
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TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
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TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
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MovieThe Counselor
2013
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MovieScorpion in Love
2013
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MovieTo the Wonder
2013
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2012
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2012
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TVBuenas noches y Buenafuente
2012
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MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
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TVConan
2010
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MovieBiutiful
2010
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MovieEat Pray Love
2010
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MovieMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
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MovieVicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
MovieNo Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
as Self - Anton Chigurh
MovieNo Country for Old Men
2007
as Anton Chigurh
MovieLove in the Time of Cholera
2007
as Florentino Ariza
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieCómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007
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MovieGoya's Ghosts
2006
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Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
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TVEl hormiguero
2006
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MovieEl oficio de actor
2005
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MovieEl mundo es tuyo
2004
MovieThe Sea Inside
2004
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MovieCollateral
2004
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TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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MovieMondays in the Sun
2002
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MovieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
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TVLive from E!
2002
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MovieDon't Tempt Me
2001
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MovieBefore Night Falls
2000
as Reinaldo Arenas
MovieSecond Skin
1999
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MovieWashington Wolves
1999
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MovieBetween Your Legs
1999
as Javier
MovieTorrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
1998
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MovieDance with the Devil
1997
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MovieLive Flesh
1997
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MovieLove Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997
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1997
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MovieNot Love, Just Frenzy
1996
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1996
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MovieExtasis
1996
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1995
as Víctor Ventura
MovieLa madre
1995
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TVLo + plus
1995
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MovieRunning Out of Time
1994
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MovieThe Detective and Death
1994
as Det. Cornelio
MovieThe Tit and the Moon
1994
as Benito González
MovieGolden Balls
1993
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TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
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MovieHuidos
1993
MovieThe Bilingual Lover
1993
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MovieJamon Jamon
1992
as El chorizo
TVCrónicas del mal
1992
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1992
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MovieHigh Heels
1991
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1990
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TVSegunda Enseñanza
1986
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self - Clue Presenter
MovieThe Powerful Influence Of The Moon
1981
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
TVEl pícaro
1974
as Alonso de niño
TVThe Oscars
1953
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TVToday
1952
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