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Javier Bardem

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, 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 together they have two children. In January 2018, Bardem became the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica. Provided by Wikipedia