Javier Bardem

Biography

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career that has lasted over thirty years, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, seven Goya Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. A 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' western 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 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), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024). Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010, and they have two children together. In January 2018, Bardem became Greenpeace's ambassador for Antarctica's protection. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Graham Norton Show

Conan

Jeopardy!

Cape Fear

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (81)

• Dune: Part Three2026 · as Stilgar
• The Beloved2026 · as Esteban Martínez
• Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition2026 · as Self
• F12025 · as Ruben Cervantes
• Spellbound2024 · as King Solon (voice)
• Walking Fernando2024 · as Fernando
• Dune: Part Two2024 · as Stilgar
• The Little Mermaid2023 · as King Triton
• A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile2022 · as Hector P. Valenti
• Look at Me2022 · as Leo
• Cruce de caminos2022 · as Self
• Being the Ricardos2021 · as Desi Arnaz
• The Good Boss2021 · as Julio Blanco
• Dune2021 · as Stilgar
• The Roads Not Taken2020 · as Leo
• Sanctuary2019 · as Javier Bardem
• Querido Fotogramas2018 · as Self
• Everybody Knows2018 · as Paco
• Thy Kingdom Come2018 · as Father Quintana
• mother! The Downward Spiral2017 · as Self
• Loving Pablo2017 · as Pablo Escobar
• mother!2017 · as Him
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017 · as Armando Salazar
• The Last Face2017 · as Dr. Miguel Leon
• The Gunman2015 · as Felix Marti
• Automata2014 · as Blue Robot (voice)
• Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'2014 · as Self
• The Counselor2013 · as Reiner
• Scorpion in Love2013 · as Solis
• To the Wonder2013 · as Father Quintana
• Skyfall2012 · as Silva
• Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony2012 · as Self - Narrator
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Biutiful2010 · as Uxbal
• Eat Pray Love2010 · as Felipe
• Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…2009 · as Self
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona2008 · as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
• No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes2008 · as Self
• The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'2008 · as Self - Anton Chigurh
• No Country for Old Men2007 · as Anton Chigurh
• Love in the Time of Cholera2007 · as Florentino Ariza
• Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood2007 · as Self
• Goya's Ghosts2006 · as Lorenzo Casamares
• Hécuba: un sueño de pasión2006 · as Self
• El oficio de actor2005 · as Self
• El mundo es tuyo2004
• The Sea Inside2004 · as Ramón Sampedro
• Collateral2004 · as Felix Reyes-Torrena
• Mondays in the Sun2002 · as Santa
• The Dancer Upstairs2002 · as Agustín Rejas
• Don't Tempt Me2001 · as Tony Graco
• Before Night Falls2000 · as Reinaldo Arenas
• Second Skin1999 · as Diego
• Washington Wolves1999 · as Alberto
• Between Your Legs1999 · as Javier
• Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law1998 · as Sultán
• Dance with the Devil1997 · as Romeo
• Live Flesh1997 · as David de Paz
• Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health1997 · as Stretcher Bearer
• Airbag1997 · as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
• Not Love, Just Frenzy1996
• MAMBRÚ1996 · as Cámara
• Extasis1996 · as Rober
• Mouth to Mouth1995 · as Víctor Ventura
• La madre1995 · as Hijo
• Running Out of Time1994 · as Lisardo
• The Detective and Death1994 · as Det. Cornelio
• The Tit and the Moon1994 · as Benito González
• Golden Balls1993 · as Benito González
• Huidos1993
• The Bilingual Lover1993 · as Limpiabotas
• Jamon Jamon1992 · as El chorizo
• Amo tu cama rica1992 · as Antonio
• High Heels1991 · as Regidor T.V.
• The Ages of Lulu1990 · as Jimmy
• The Powerful Influence Of The Moon1981 · as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
• Sherman and Pacifico— · as Pacifico
• Bunker—
• Hello & Paris— · as Jackson Cooper
• Porto Rico—

All TV Shows (26)

• Cape Fear2026 · as Maximiliano 'Max' Cady
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story2024 · as José Menendez
• Conan O'Brien Must Go2024 · as Self
• La Noche D2021 · as Self - Guest
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Inigo Montoya
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Buenas noches y Buenafuente2012 · as Self - Guest
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Live from E!2002 · as Self
• Lo + plus1995 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Crónicas del mal1992
• Segunda Enseñanza1986
• Jeopardy!1984 · as Self - Clue Presenter
• El pícaro1974 · as Alonso de niño
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
• Today1952 · as Self