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Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
Date of Birth: 1 March 1969,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Birth Name: Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Height: 6'
Date of Birth: 1 March 1969,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Birth Name: Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Height: 6'
Javier Bardem is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the
early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in
his first feature, "El Pícaro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV
series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent
theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy Jamón, jamón (Ham Ham)
early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in
his first feature, "El Pícaro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV
series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent
theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy Jamón, jamón (Ham Ham)
1990 Las edades de Lulú - Jimmy
1991 Tacones Lejanos - Regidor T.V.
1992 Jamón, jamón - El chorizo
1993 Huevos de oro - Benito González
1993 El Amante Bilingüe - El limpiabotas
1994 Running Out of Time (Días contados) - Lisardo
1994 The Detective and Death (El detective y la muerte) - Detective Cornelio
1995 Mouth to Mouth (Boca a boca) - Victor Ventura
1996 Éxtasis - Rober
1997 Live Flesh - David
1997 Perdita Durango - Romeo Dolorosa
1999 Second Skin - Diego
1999 Washington Wolves (Los Lobos de Washington) - Alberto
2000 Before Night Falls - Reinaldo Arenas
2002 The Dancer Upstairs - Agustín Rejas
2002 Mondays in the Sun - Santa
2004 Collateral - Felix
2004 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) - Ramón Sampedro
2006 Goya's Ghosts - Brother Lorenzo
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera - Florentino Ariza
2007 No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Juan Antonio
1991 Tacones Lejanos - Regidor T.V.
1992 Jamón, jamón - El chorizo
1993 Huevos de oro - Benito González
1993 El Amante Bilingüe - El limpiabotas
1994 Running Out of Time (Días contados) - Lisardo
1994 The Detective and Death (El detective y la muerte) - Detective Cornelio
1995 Mouth to Mouth (Boca a boca) - Victor Ventura
1996 Éxtasis - Rober
1997 Live Flesh - David
1997 Perdita Durango - Romeo Dolorosa
1999 Second Skin - Diego
1999 Washington Wolves (Los Lobos de Washington) - Alberto
2000 Before Night Falls - Reinaldo Arenas
2002 The Dancer Upstairs - Agustín Rejas
2002 Mondays in the Sun - Santa
2004 Collateral - Felix
2004 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) - Ramón Sampedro
2006 Goya's Ghosts - Brother Lorenzo
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera - Florentino Ariza
2007 No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Juan Antonio
propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing morethan a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he
refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and
numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls that
will long be remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong
willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New
York, ending a battle with AIDS.
Bardem won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in 2004's Mar Adentro, released in the United States as The Sea Inside, in which he
portrayed the quadriplegic turned assisted-suicide activist Ramón Sampedro , who unsuccessfully brought his case to the Spanish courts, yet eventually
succeeded in persuading several friends to assist him and committed suicide. That year he also made a brief appearance as a vicious crime lord who
summons Tom Cruise's hitman to do the dirty work of dispatching witnesses, in Michael Mann's crime drama Collateral. In 2007 Bardem acted in two film
adaptations; the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, based upon the novel of the same name and the adaptation of the classic Colombian novel
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. In No Country for Old Men, he plays chilling sociopath killer Anton Chigurh. For that role, he
became the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award
for Best Supporting Actor, and also the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Award for Best Supporting Actor, and most importantly the Delta's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the Delta's Choice Award for
Best Dramatic Performance. Anton Chigurh was placed in EW's 50 Most Vile Villains in Movie History in a recent issue at #26.
Bardem does not know how to drive and consistently refers to himself as a "worker" and not an actor. Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in
Spain in 2005, Bardem incited controversy when he stated that if he were gay, he would "get married tomorrow, just to fuck with the church" (mañana
mismo, sólo para joder a la Iglesia). Bardem's life's work was recently honored at the 2007 Gotham Awards, produced by IFP (Independent Feature
Project). He is currently dating fellow Spanish Academy-award winner, actress Penelope Cruz. Due to their similar facial appearance he is often confused
with Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy).
refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and
numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls that
will long be remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong
willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New
York, ending a battle with AIDS.
Bardem won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in 2004's Mar Adentro, released in the United States as The Sea Inside, in which he
portrayed the quadriplegic turned assisted-suicide activist Ramón Sampedro , who unsuccessfully brought his case to the Spanish courts, yet eventually
succeeded in persuading several friends to assist him and committed suicide. That year he also made a brief appearance as a vicious crime lord who
summons Tom Cruise's hitman to do the dirty work of dispatching witnesses, in Michael Mann's crime drama Collateral. In 2007 Bardem acted in two film
adaptations; the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, based upon the novel of the same name and the adaptation of the classic Colombian novel
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. In No Country for Old Men, he plays chilling sociopath killer Anton Chigurh. For that role, he
became the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award
for Best Supporting Actor, and also the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Award for Best Supporting Actor, and most importantly the Delta's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the Delta's Choice Award for
Best Dramatic Performance. Anton Chigurh was placed in EW's 50 Most Vile Villains in Movie History in a recent issue at #26.
Bardem does not know how to drive and consistently refers to himself as a "worker" and not an actor. Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in
Spain in 2005, Bardem incited controversy when he stated that if he were gay, he would "get married tomorrow, just to fuck with the church" (mañana
mismo, sólo para joder a la Iglesia). Bardem's life's work was recently honored at the 2007 Gotham Awards, produced by IFP (Independent Feature
Project). He is currently dating fellow Spanish Academy-award winner, actress Penelope Cruz. Due to their similar facial appearance he is often confused
with Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy).
Filmography
Awards
| ADIRCAE Awards 2003 - ADIRCAE Award Best Actor for: Lunes al sol, Los Academy Awards, USA 2008 - Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: No Country for Old Men Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2008 - Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men BAFTA Awards 2008 - BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Bangkok International Film Festival 2005 - Golden Kinnaree Award Best Actor for: Mar adentro Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2007 - BSFC Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2008 - Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2008 - COFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2007 - CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 2005 - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Mar adentro 2003 - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Lunes al sol, Los 1996 - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Boca a boca 1993 - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Jamón, jamón Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2007 - DFWFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Delta's Choice Awards 2007 - Delta - Best Supporting Actor for: No Country For Old Men 2007 - Delta - Best Dramatic Performance for: No Country For Old Men European Film Awards 2004 - European Film Award Best Actor for: Mar adentro 1997 - Audience Award Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 - FFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Fotogramas de Plata 2005 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Mar adentro 2003 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Lunes al sol, Los 2001 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Segunda piel 1998 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Carne trémula Also for Perdita Durango 1996 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Boca a boca 1994 - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor for: Huevos de oro Golden Globes, USA 2008 - Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: No Country for Old Men Gotham Awards 2008 - Best Ensemble Cast for: Vicky Cristina Barcelona Goya Awards 2005 - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Mar adentro 2003 - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Lunes al sol, Los 1996 - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Boca a boca 1995 - Goya Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto) for: Días contados Gramado Film Festival 2003 - Golden Kikito Latin Film Competititon - Best Actor for: Lunes al sol, Los Independent Spirit Awards 2001 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead for: Before Night Falls Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 - KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2007 - Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men National Board of Review, USA 2000 - NBR Award Best Actor for: Before Night Falls National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2001 - NSFC Award Best Actor for: Before Night Falls New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 - NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Ondas Awards 1999 - Film Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Lobos de Washington, Los 1995 - Film Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Boca a boca 1993 - Film Award Best Acting (Mejor Interpretación) Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008 - OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival 1996 - Best Actor for: Boca a boca Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2007 - PFCS Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: No Country for Old Men Premios ACE 2004 - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor for: Lunes al sol, Los 2001 - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor for: Before Night Falls 1998 - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor - Drama for: Boca a boca San Sebastián International Film Festival 1994 - Silver Seashell Best Actor for: Días contados Also for Detective y la muerte, El Sant Jordi Awards 2005 - Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actor for: Mar adentro 1993 - Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actor for: Jamón, jamón Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 - Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: No Country for Old Men 2008 - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for: No Country for Old Men Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2007 - SEFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men 2001 - SEFCA Award Best Actor for: Before Night Falls Spanish Actors Union 2008 - Special Award of the Spanish Actors Union 2005 - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Lead Performance, Male for: Mar adentro 2003 - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Lead Performance, Male for: Lunes al sol, Los 1995 - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Supporting Performance for: Días contados 1993 - Newcomer Award for: Jamón, jamón Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2007 - TFCA Award Best Supporting Performance, Male for: No Country for Old Men Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2008 - VFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men Venice Film Festival 2004 - Volpi Cup Best Actor for: Mar adentro 2000 - Volpi Cup Best Actor for: Before Night Falls Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2007 - WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men |
