Javier Bardem
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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
Credits
Dune (2021)
as Stilgar
Dune: Part Two (2024)
as Stilgar
F1 (2025)
as Ruben Cervantes
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Anton Chigurh
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as King Triton
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
as Armando Salazar
Skyfall (2012)
as Silva
Dune: Part Three (2026)
as Stilgar
The Beloved (2026)
as Esteban Martínez
Collateral (2004)
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
The Counselor (2013)
as Reiner
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
as Hector P. Valenti
Spellbound (2024)
as King Solon (voice)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Automata (2014)
as Blue Robot (voice)
mother! (2017)
as Him
Eat Pray Love (2010)
as Felipe
The Ages of Lulu (1990)
as Jimmy
Jamon Jamon (1992)
as El chorizo
The Gunman (2015)
as Felix Marti
Loving Pablo (2017)
as Pablo Escobar
Querido Fotogramas (2018)
as Self
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026)
as Self
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
as Florentino Ariza
Biutiful (2010)
as Uxbal
Everybody Knows (2018)
as Paco
Being the Ricardos (2021)
as Desi Arnaz
The Tit and the Moon (1994)
as Benito González
The Sea Inside (2004)
as Ramón Sampedro
High Heels (1991)
as Regidor T.V.
Live Flesh (1997)
as David de Paz
The Good Boss (2021)
as Julio Blanco
To the Wonder (2013)
as Father Quintana
Hello & Paris (—)
as Jackson Cooper
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Scorpion in Love (2013)
as Solis
The Last Face (2017)
as Dr. Miguel Leon
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
as Lorenzo Casamares
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Reinaldo Arenas
Dance with the Devil (1997)
as Romeo
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
as Leo
Bunker (2026)
as Miguel
Golden Balls (1993)
as Benito González
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998)
as Sultán
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
as Tony Graco
Between Your Legs (1999)
as Javier
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
as Agustín Rejas
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)
as Self
Walking Fernando (2024)
as Fernando
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Extasis (1996)
as Rober
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)
as Stretcher Bearer
Airbag (1997)
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
A Journey to Sundance (2023)
as Self
Running Out of Time (1994)
as Lisardo
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
as Santa
Amo tu cama rica (1992)
as Antonio
Cruce de caminos (2022)
as Self
MAMBRÚ (1996)
as Cámara
Huidos (1993)
Actor
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
as Limpiabotas
Second Skin (1999)
as Diego
Washington Wolves (1999)
as Alberto
El mundo es tuyo (2004)
Actor
Look at Me (2022)
as Leo
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (2008)
as Self - Anton Chigurh
Wet (—)
Actor
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony (2012)
as Self - Narrator
The Detective and Death (1994)
as Det. Cornelio
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007)
as Self
Sanctuary (2019)
as Javier Bardem
Mouth to Mouth (1995)
as Víctor Ventura
El oficio de actor (2005)
as Self
Thy Kingdom Come (2018)
as Father Quintana
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes (2008)
as Self
mother! The Downward Spiral (2017)
as Self
Porto Rico (—)
Actor
La madre (1995)
as Hijo
Sherman and Pacifico (—)
as Pacifico
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión (2006)
as Self
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon (1981)
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)
Actor