Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
	Bardem at the 2018 Goya Awards
Born	Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem; 1 March 1969; Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Penélope Cruz (m. 2010)
Children	2
Parent	Pilar Bardem (mother);
Relatives	Carlos Bardem (brother); Mónica Bardem (sister); Mónica Cruz (sister-in-law); Juan Antonio Bardem (uncle); Rafael Bardem (grandfather); Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (grandmother); Miguel Bardem (cousin); Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro (grandaunt); Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro (grandaunt);
Awards	Full list

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ βaɾˈðen]; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers' western drama film No Country for Old Men (2007). Bardem has been nominated 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).

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 has since starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018), Denis Villeneuve's science fiction film Dune (2021), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023).

Bardem has been married to actress Penélope Cruz since 2010. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica.

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