Acting
Javier Bardem
EN, ES, FR, AR cinema · 86 credits
Born
1 March 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Also known as Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem · ハヴィエル・バルデム
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
Filmography
Sherman and Pacifico
as Pacifico
Hello & Paris
as Jackson Cooper
Wet
Wet
Actor
Néstor
Néstor
as Narrator (voice)
The Beloved
as Esteban Martínez, Executive Producer
Bunker
as Miguel
Dune: Part Three
as Stilgar
F1
as Ruben Cervantes
All That's Left of You
Executive Producer
Spellbound
as King Solon (voice)
Walking Fernando
as Fernando
Dune: Part Two
as Stilgar
The Little Mermaid
as King Triton
Cruce de caminos
as Self
Look at Me
as Leo
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
as Hector P. Valenti
Dune
as Stilgar
Being the Ricardos
as Desi Arnaz
The Good Boss
as Julio Blanco
Sanctuary
as Javier Bardem, Producer
Everybody Knows
as Paco
Thy Kingdom Come
as Father Quintana, Producer
The Last Face
as Dr. Miguel Leon
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Armando Salazar
mother!
as Him
Loving Pablo
as Pablo Escobar, Producer
Bigas x Bigas
Executive Producer
The Gunman
as Felix Marti
Automata
as Blue Robot (voice)
To the Wonder
as Father Quintana
The Counselor
as Reiner
Scorpion in Love
as Solis
Skyfall
as Silva
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
as Self - Narrator, Producer
Eat Pray Love
as Felipe
Biutiful
as Uxbal
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self - Anton Chigurh
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Florentino Ariza
No Country for Old Men
as Anton Chigurh
Goya's Ghosts
as Lorenzo Casamares
The Sea Inside
as Ramón Sampedro
Collateral
as Felix Reyes-Torrena
The Dancer Upstairs
as Agustín Rejas
Mondays in the Sun
as Santa
Don't Tempt Me
as Tony Graco
Before Night Falls
as Reinaldo Arenas
Between Your Legs
as Javier
Washington Wolves
as Alberto
Second Skin
as Diego
Live Flesh
as David de Paz
Dance with the Devil
as Romeo
Airbag
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Stretcher Bearer
Extasis
as Rober
MAMBRÚ
as Cámara
Mouth to Mouth
as Víctor Ventura
La madre
as Hijo
The Tit and the Moon
as Benito González
The Detective and Death
as Detective
Running Out of Time
as Lisardo
Golden Balls
as Benito González
The Bilingual Lover
as Limpiabotas
Huidos
Actor
Jamon Jamon
as El chorizo
Amo tu cama rica
as Antonio
High Heels
as Regidor T.V.
The Ages of Lulu
as Jimmy
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)