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.
Acted in
F1
2025
as Ruben
Spellbound
2024
as King Solon (voice)
Monsters
2024
as José Menendez
Walking Fernando
2024
as Fernando
Dune: Part Two
2024
as Stilgar
The Eternal Memory
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Little Mermaid
2023
as King Triton
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages
2023
as Self (archive)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
as Hector P. Valenti
Look at Me
2022
as Leo
Cruce de caminos
2022
as Self
Being the Ricardos
2021
as Desi Arnaz
The Good Boss
2021
as Julio Blanco
Dune
2021
as Stilgar
Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Inigo Montoya
The Roads Not Taken
2020
as Leo
Sanctuary
2019
as Javier Bardem
Querido Fotogramas
2018
as Self
Everybody Knows
2018
as Paco
Thy Kingdom Come
2018
as Father Quintana
mother! The Downward Spiral
2017
as Self
Loving Pablo
2017
as Pablo Escobar
mother!
2017
as Him
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Armando Salazar
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Face
2017
as Dr. Miguel Leon
The Gunman
2015
as Felix Marti
Automata
2014
as Blue Robot (voice)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
as Self
The Counselor
2013
as Reiner
Scorpion in Love
2013
as Solis
To the Wonder
2013
as Father Quintana
L'Agent
2013
as Construction Worker
Skyfall
2012
as Silva
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
2012
as Self - Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
14 Actors Acting
2010
as Self
Biutiful
2010
as Uxbal
Eat Pray Love
2010
as Felipe
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze
2008
as El chorizo (archive footage)
Diary of a Country Sheriff
2008
as Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
as Florentino Ariza
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Anton Chigurh
Goya's Ghosts
2006
as Lorenzo Casamares
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
2006
as Self
El oficio de actor
2005
as Itself
The Sea Inside
2004
as Ramón Sampedro
Collateral
2004
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
Mondays in the Sun
2002
as Santa
The Dancer Upstairs
2002
as Agustín Rejas
Don't Tempt Me
2001
as Tony Graco
Before Night Falls
2000
as Reinaldo Arenas
Second Skin
1999
as Diego
Washington Wolves
1999
as Alberto
Between Your Legs
1999
as Javier
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
1998
as Sultán (uncredited)
Dance with the Devil
1997
as Romeo Dolorosa
Live Flesh
1997
as David de Paz
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997
as Stretcher Bearer
Airbag
1997
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
Extasis
1996
as Rober
Mouth to Mouth
1995
as Víctor Ventura
La madre
1995
as Hijo
Running Out of Time
1994
as Lisardo
The Detective and Death
1994
as Det. Cornelio
The Tit & the Moon
1994
as Benito González
Golden Balls
1993
as Benito González
Huidos
1993
The Bilingual Lover
1993
as Limpiabotas
Jamon Jamon
1992
as Raúl
Crónicas del mal
1992
Amo tu cama rica
1992
as Antonio
High Heels
1991
as Regidor T.V.
The Ages of Lulu
1990
as Jimmy
Segunda Enseñanza
1986
El poderoso influjo de la luna
1981
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
El pícaro
1974
as Alonso de niño
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Sherman and Pacifico
as Pacifico
The Loved One
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Cape Fear
as Max Cady