Javier Bardem
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1969
- Birthplace
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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.
Filmography
- Néstor
Néstor TBA
as Narrator (voice)
Vallespir 75 (Or how I learned to say goodbye with resignation) TBA
as Follet Tortuga
- The Turning Door
The Turning Door TBA
as (voice)
- Wet
Wet TBA
Actor
Hello & Paris TBA
as Jackson Cooper
Sherman and Pacifico TBA
as Pacifico
Dune: Part Three 2026
as Stilgar
Bunker 2026
as Miguel
The Beloved 2026
as Esteban Martínez, Executive Producer
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition 2026
as Self
All That's Left of You 2025
Executive Producer
F1 2025
as Ruben Cervantes
Spellbound 2024
as King Solon (voice)
Walking Fernando 2024
as Fernando
Dune: Part Two 2024
as Stilgar
The Little Mermaid 2023
as King Triton
A Journey to Sundance 2023
as Self
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
The Roads Not Taken 2020
as Leo
Sanctuary 2019
as Javier Bardem, Producer
Querido Fotogramas 2018
as Self
Everybody Knows 2018
as Paco
Thy Kingdom Come 2018
as Father Quintana, Producer
mother! The Downward Spiral 2017
as Self
Loving Pablo 2017
as Pablo Escobar, Producer
mother! 2017
as Him
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017
as Armando Salazar
Bigas x Bigas 2017
Executive Producer
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'
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
Skyfall 2012
as Silva
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony 2012
as Self - Narrator, Producer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
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
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary 2008
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' 2008
as Self - Anton Chigurh
No Country for Old Men 2007
as Anton Chigurh
Love in the Time of Cholera 2007
as Florentino Ariza
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood 2007
as Self
Goya's Ghosts 2006
as Lorenzo Casamares
- Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión 2006
as Self
El oficio de actor 2005
as Self
El mundo es tuyo 2004
Actor
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
Dance with the Devil 1997
as Romeo
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
Actor
MAMBRÚ 1996
as Cámara
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 Detective
The Tit and the Moon 1994
as Benito González
Golden Balls 1993
as Benito González
Huidos 1993
Actor
The Bilingual Lover 1993
as Limpiabotas
Jamon Jamon 1992
as El chorizo
Amo tu cama rica 1992
as Antonio
High Heels 1991
as Regidor T.V.
The Ages of Lulu 1990
as Jimmy
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon 1981
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.