Javier Bardem Bio | Wiki
Javier Bardem is a popular Spanish actor noted due to his roles in blockbusters and foreign films. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers’ modern western drama film No Country for Old Men (2007).
Javier also got critical acclaim for his roles in films like Jamón jamón (1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula (1997), Los lunes al sol (2002), and Mar adentro (2004). He also appeared 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 psychological horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi’s mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018) as well as Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction drama Dune (2021).
Javier has been nominated for three additional Academy Awards; Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls (2000), Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful (2010), as well as Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos (2021). He is the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actor for Before Night Falls in 2001) and the first, and to date, only Spanish actor to win one (Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men in 2008).
Also, Javier has won many other accolades, such as two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, five Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, two Volpi Cups for Best Actor at Venice Film Festival as well as a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Javier Bardem Age
Javier was born on March 1, 1969, in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. He is 54 years old. Javier celebrates his birthday on March 1, every year.
Javier Bardem Height
He is a man of above-average stature, Javier stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx 1.78m ).
Javier Bardem Family
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain. Javier’s mother, Pilar Bardem (1939–2021), was an actress, while his father, José Carlos Encinas Doussinague (1931–1995), was the son of a cattle rancher. According to Javier’s memoirs, José had a “capricious and violent will,” and shot up the front door. José changed jobs over 10 times, leading to evictions and the children going hungry. His parents separated shortly after Javier’s birth, and his mother raised him and his elder siblings, Carlos and Mónica, alone (another sibling died shortly following birth), both of whom have also pursued an acting career. Javier’s dad died of leukemia in 1995.
Javier comes from a long line of filmmakers and actors dating back to the earliest days of Spanish cinema; Javier is a grandson of actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (sister of actresses Mercedes and Guadalupe), as well as a nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem. On the latter’s side, Javier is a cousin of filmmaker Miguel Bardem. Javier also comes from a political background, as his uncle Juan Antonio became imprisoned by Franco for his anti-fascist films. He was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith by his grandmother.
Javier Bardem Wife
Javier is married to his wife Penélope Cruz an actress who appeared in 1997 in the Spanish comedy film Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health. The pair started dating in 2007 and married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend’s home in the Bahamas. The couple has a son named Leo Encinas Cruz who was born in January 2011 in Los Angeles and a daughter named Luna Encinas Cruz who was born in July 2013 in Madrid.
Javier Bardem Education
He moved on to study painting for four years at Madrid’s Escuela de Artes y oficios.
Javier Bardem Movies
– Las edades de Lulú (1990) as Jimmy
– High Heels (1991) as Regidor de TV
– Huevos de oro (1993) as Benito González
– Boca a boca (1995) as Víctor Ventura
– Before Night Falls (2000) as Reinaldo Arenas
– The Sea Inside (2004) as Ramón Sampedro
– No Country for Old Men (2007) as Anton Chigurh
– Skyfall (2012) as Raoul Silva
– Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) as Armando Salazar
– Mother! (2017) as Him
– Thy Kingdom Come (2018) as Father Quintana
– Dune (2021) as Stilgar
– The Good Boss (2021) as Blanco
– Being the Ricardos (2021) as Desi Arnaz
– Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) as Hector P. Valenti
Javier Bardem Dune
In 2021, Javier portrayed Stilgar in Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction drama Dune an epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth. Dune follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.
Javier Bardem No Country For Old Men
In 2007, Javier acted in two film adaptations: the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. He played the role of Anton Chigurh.
Javier Bardem And Penelope Cruz
Javier married his wife Penélope Cruz an actress who appeared in 1997 in the Spanish comedy film Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health. The pair started dating in 2007 and married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend’s home in the Bahamas. The couple also has a son named Leo Encinas Cruz who was born in January 2011 in Los Angeles and a daughter named Luna Encinas Cruz who was born in July 2013 in Madrid.
Javier Bardem Skyfall
Javier starred as Raoul Silva in the 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the James Bond series Skyfall produced by Eon Productions. Skyfall is the third to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
Javier Bardem Pirates Of The Caribbean
He portrayed the main antagonist, Armando Salazar, in 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth film in the series. The film s premiered in Shanghai on May 11, 2017, and became released in the United States on May 26.
Javier Bardem Net Worth
Javier gets his wealth from his work as an actor noted due to his roles in blockbusters and foreign films. Therefore, Javier has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Javier’s estimated net worth is $30 million.
How Tall Is Javier Bardem
Javier is a man of above-average stature who stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx 1.78m ).
How Old Is Javier Bardem
Javier is a 54-year-old who was born on March 1, 1969, in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.
Who Is Javier Bardem
Javier is an actor noted due to his roles in blockbusters and foreign films. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers’ modern western drama film No Country for Old Men (2007).
Javier Bardem Social Media Account
Instagram – bardemantarctic