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: Part Two (2024)
as Stilgar
F1 (2025)
as Ruben Cervantes
Dune: Part Three (2026)
as Stilgar
Dune (2021)
as Stilgar
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Anton Chigurh
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
as Armando Salazar
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
as Hector P. Valenti
Skyfall (2012)
as Silva
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as King Triton
The Counselor (2013)
as Reiner
Collateral (2004)
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
Automata (2014)
as Blue Robot (voice)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
as Felipe
The Beloved (2026)
as Esteban Martínez
mother! (2017)
as Him
Spellbound (2024)
as King Solon (voice)
Biutiful (2010)
as Uxbal
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
The Gunman (2015)
as Felix Marti
The Ages of Lulu (1990)
as Jimmy
Bunker (2026)
as Miguel
Loving Pablo (2017)
as Pablo Escobar
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026)
as Self
The Sea Inside (2004)
as Ramón Sampedro
To the Wonder (2013)
as Father Quintana
Hello & Paris (—)
as Jackson Cooper
Live Flesh (1997)
as David de Paz
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
as Florentino Ariza
Everybody Knows (2018)
as Paco
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
as Lorenzo Casamares
Being the Ricardos (2021)
as Desi Arnaz
Jamon Jamon (1992)
as El chorizo
The Tit and the Moon (1994)
as Benito González
High Heels (1991)
as Regidor T.V.
Dance with the Devil (1997)
as Romeo
Scorpion in Love (2013)
as Solis
Querido Fotogramas (2018)
as Self
The Good Boss (2021)
as Julio Blanco
The Last Face (2017)
as Dr. Miguel Leon
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998)
as Sultán
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Reinaldo Arenas
The Roads Not Taken (2020)
as Leo
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary (2008)
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Wet (—)
Actor
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
as Agustín Rejas
Golden Balls (1993)
as Benito González
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
as Tony Graco
Extasis (1996)
as Rober
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
as Santa
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)
as Stretcher Bearer
Airbag (1997)
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Sanctuary (2019)
as Javier Bardem
Huidos (1993)
Actor
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
as Limpiabotas
Between Your Legs (1999)
as Javier
Amo tu cama rica (1992)
as Antonio
The Turning Door (—)
as (voice)
Running Out of Time (1994)
as Lisardo
Walking Fernando (2024)
as Fernando
Second Skin (1999)
as Diego
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Cruce de caminos (2022)
as Self
A Journey to Sundance (2023)
as Self
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony (2012)
as Self - Narrator
mother! The Downward Spiral (2017)
as Self
Washington Wolves (1999)
as Alberto
MAMBRÚ (1996)
as Cámara
Mouth to Mouth (1995)
as Víctor Ventura
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (2008)
as Self - Anton Chigurh
Vallespir 75 (Or how I learned to say goodbye with resignation) (—)
as Follet Tortuga
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon (1981)
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
El oficio de actor (2005)
as Self
The Detective and Death (1994)
as Detective
El mundo es tuyo (2004)
Actor
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007)
as Self
Look at Me (2022)
as Leo
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión (2006)
as Self
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)
as Self
Sherman and Pacifico (—)
as Pacifico
La madre (1995)
as Hijo
Néstor (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Thy Kingdom Come (2018)
as Father Quintana
Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)
Actor