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, and a Cannes Film Festival Award in addition to two Volpi Cups and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. A 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' western film No Country for Old Men (2007) won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Bardem has also starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018), Denis Villeneuve's science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023). Bardem has been married since 2010 to actress Penélope Cruz, with whom he shares two children. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica.

Cast

Live Flesh

(David de Paz)

The Sea Inside

(Ramón Sampedro)

Don't Tempt Me

(Tony Graco)

Jamon Jamon

(Raúl)

Before Night Falls

(Reinaldo Arenas)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

(Juan Antonio Gonzalo)

The Dancer Upstairs

(Agustín Rejas)

Goya's Ghosts

(Lorenzo Casamares)

Love in the Time of Cholera

(Florentino Ariza)

No Country for Old Men

(Anton Chigurh)

High Heels

(Regidor T.V.)

Sanctuary

(Javier Bardem)

Dance with the Devil

(Romeo Dolorosa)

The Tit & the Moon

(Benito González)

mother! The Downward Spiral

(Self)

Being James Bond

(Self (archive footage))

To the Wonder

(Father Quintana)

Skyfall

(Silva)

Eat Pray Love

(Felipe)

Mouth to Mouth

(Víctor Ventura)

Biutiful

(Uxbal)

Golden Balls

(Benito González)

Diary of a Country Sheriff

(Self)

Cruce de caminos

(Self)

Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages

(Self (archive))

The Bilingual Lover

(Limpiabotas)

Between Your Legs

(Javier)

Mondays in the Sun

(Santa)

The Ages of Lulu

(Jimmy)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

((archive footage))

The Detective and Death

(Det. Cornelio)

Amo tu cama rica

(Antonio)

Washington Wolves

(Alberto)

Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze

(El chorizo (archive footage))

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

(Self (archive footage))

The Counselor

(Reiner)

Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

(Self - Narrator)

F1

(Ruben)

Running Out of Time

(Lisardo)

Extasis

(Rober)

Scorpion in Love

(Solis)

Second Skin

(Diego)

Spellbound

(King Solon (voice))

Sherman and Pacifico

(Pacifico)

The Gunman

(Felix Marti)

La madre

(Hijo)

Airbag

(José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto')

Look at Me

(Leo)

Automata

(Blue Robot (voice))

The Last Face

(Dr. Miguel Leon)

Walking Fernando

(Fernando)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

(Armando Salazar)

The Eternal Memory

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

(Stretcher Bearer)

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

(Self)

Everybody Knows

(Paco)

mother!

(Him)

El poderoso influjo de la luna

(Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited))

Not Love, Just Frenzy

Collateral

(Felix Reyes-Torrena)

Loving Pablo

(Pablo Escobar)

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

(Self)

Thy Kingdom Come

(Father Quintana)

Huidos

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

(Self)

Querido Fotogramas

(Self)

The Roads Not Taken

(Leo)

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

(Self)

Dune

(Stilgar)

14 Actors Acting

(Self)

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

(Sultán (uncredited))

The Little Mermaid

(King Triton)

Being the Ricardos

(Desi Arnaz)

Dune: Part Two

(Stilgar)

L'Agent

(Construction Worker)

The Good Boss

(Julio Blanco)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

(Hector P. Valenti)

The Loved One

El oficio de actor

(Itself)

A Journey to Sundance

(Self)

Today

(Self)

The Oscars

(Self)

E! Live from the Red Carpet

(Self)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

(Inigo Montoya)

El pícaro

(Alonso de niño)

Crónicas del mal

Monsters

(José Menendez)

Segunda Enseñanza

Cortés

Buenas noches y Buenafuente

(Self - Guest)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

Lo + plus

(Self - Guest)

Conan

(Self)