Javier Bardem
Acting
Born: March 1, 1969 (age 57) · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Highest Rated
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. 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.
Known for
Skyfall
2012
Dune
2021
No Country for Old Men
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
Dune: Part Two
2024
mother!
2017
Collateral
2004
F1
2025
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
The Little Mermaid
2023
Eat Pray Love
2010
The Counselor
2013
Photos (16)
Movies (63)
Dune: Part Two
Stilgar
Dune
Stilgar
F1
Ruben Cervantes
No Country for Old Men
Anton Chigurh
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Armando Salazar
The Little Mermaid
King Triton
The Beloved
Esteban Martínez
Skyfall
Silva
Collateral
Felix Reyes-Torrena
The Counselor
Reiner
Automata
Blue Robot (voice)
Eat Pray Love
Felipe
Spellbound
King Solon (voice)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Hector P. Valenti
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
mother!
Him
The Ages of Lulu
Jimmy
Love in the Time of Cholera
Florentino Ariza
The Gunman
Felix Marti
Loving Pablo
Pablo Escobar
Jamon Jamon
El chorizo
Live Flesh
David de Paz
Everybody Knows
Paco
The Sea Inside
Ramón Sampedro
Biutiful
Uxbal
Being the Ricardos
Desi Arnaz
The Tit and the Moon
Benito González
High Heels
Regidor T.V.
To the Wonder
Father Quintana
Scorpion in Love
Solis
The Good Boss
Julio Blanco
Between Your Legs
Javier
The Last Face
Dr. Miguel Leon
Goya's Ghosts
Lorenzo Casamares
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Dance with the Devil
Romeo
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
Sultán
The Roads Not Taken
Leo
Golden Balls
Benito González
MAMBRÚ
Cámara
Don't Tempt Me
Tony Graco
Extasis
Rober
The Dancer Upstairs
Agustín Rejas
Mondays in the Sun
Santa
Walking Fernando
Fernando
Airbag
José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Running Out of Time
Lisardo
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Stretcher Bearer
Washington Wolves
Alberto
The Bilingual Lover
Limpiabotas
Second Skin
Diego
Amo tu cama rica
Antonio
Huidos
1993
Look at Me
Leo
Mouth to Mouth
Víctor Ventura
Sanctuary
Javier Bardem
The Detective and Death
Det. Cornelio
El mundo es tuyo
2004
Thy Kingdom Come
Father Quintana
La madre
Hijo
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon
Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
TV Shows (7)
Cape Fear
Maximiliano 'Max' Cady · 10 eps
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
José Menendez · 9 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Inigo Montoya · 1 eps
Crónicas del mal
13 eps
Segunda Enseñanza
13 eps
El pícaro
Alonso de niño · 13 eps
Hermanos Menendez: Mal juzgados?
José Menendez · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter · 1 eps
Conan
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self · 1 eps
Live from E!
Self · 1 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Querido Fotogramas
Self
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Self
La Noche D
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Cruce de caminos
Self
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
Self - Narrator
El oficio de actor
Self
mother! The Downward Spiral
Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self - Anton Chigurh
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Self
Upcoming (3)
Producing (9)
Cape Fear
Executive Producer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Executive Producer
The Beloved
Executive Producer
Loving Pablo
Producer
All That's Left of You
Executive Producer
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
Producer
Bigas x Bigas
Executive Producer
Sanctuary
Producer
Thy Kingdom Come
Producer