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.
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Known For
F1
Ruben Cervantes
2025
Spellbound
King Solon (voice)
2024
Walking Fernando
Fernando
2024
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages
Self (archive)
2023
Look at Me
Leo
2022
Cruce de caminos
Self
2022
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021
Sanctuary
Javier Bardem
2019
mother! The Downward Spiral
Self
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Armando Salazar
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Last Face
Dr. Miguel Leon
2017
The Gunman
Felix Marti
2015
Automata
Blue Robot (voice)
2014
The Counselor
Reiner
2013
Scorpion in Love
Solis
2013
To the Wonder
Father Quintana
2013
Skyfall
Silva
2012
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
Self - Narrator
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Biutiful
Uxbal
2010
Eat Pray Love
Felipe
2010
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
2008
Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze
El chorizo (archive footage)
2008
Diary of a Country Sheriff
Self
2008
Love in the Time of Cholera
Florentino Ariza
2007
No Country for Old Men
Anton Chigurh
2007
Goya's Ghosts
Lorenzo Casamares
2006
The Sea Inside
Ramón Sampedro
2004
Mondays in the Sun
Santa
2002
The Dancer Upstairs
Agustín Rejas
2002
Don't Tempt Me
Tony Graco
2001
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
2000
Second Skin
Diego
1999
Washington Wolves
Alberto
1999
Between Your Legs
Javier
1999
Dance with the Devil
Romeo Dolorosa
1997
Live Flesh
David de Paz
1997
Airbag
José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
1997
Extasis
Rober
1996
Mouth to Mouth
Víctor Ventura
1995
La madre
Hijo
1995
Running Out of Time
Lisardo
1994
The Detective and Death
Det. Cornelio
1994
The Tit and the Moon
Benito González
1994
Golden Balls
Benito González
1993
The Bilingual Lover
Limpiabotas
1993
Jamon Jamon
Raúl
1992
Amo tu cama rica
Antonio
1992
High Heels
Regidor T.V.
1991
The Ages of Lulu
Jimmy
1990
Sherman and Pacifico
Pacifico
Monsters
José Menendez · (9 episodes)
2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self · (1 episode)
2024
Dune: Part Two
Stilgar
2024
The Eternal Memory
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Little Mermaid
King Triton
2023
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Hector P. Valenti
2022
Being the Ricardos
Desi Arnaz
2021
The Good Boss
Julio Blanco
2021
Dune
Stilgar
2021
La Noche D
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2021
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Inigo Montoya · (1 episode)
2020
The Roads Not Taken
Leo
2020
Querido Fotogramas
Self
2018
Everybody Knows
Paco
2018
Thy Kingdom Come
Father Quintana
2018
Loving Pablo
Pablo Escobar
2017
mother!
Him
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
L'Agent
Construction Worker
2013
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2012
14 Actors Acting
Self
2010
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
2009
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Self
2006
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
El oficio de actor
Itself
2005
Collateral
Felix Reyes-Torrena
2004
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Sultán (uncredited)
1998
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Stretcher Bearer
1997
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
Huidos
1993
El poderoso influjo de la luna
Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
1981
The Beloved
Bunker
The Making of 'Dune: Part Two'
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1995
Crónicas del mal
(13 episodes)
1992
Segunda Enseñanza
(13 episodes)
1986
El pícaro
Alonso de niño · (13 episodes)
1974
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
Cape Fear
Max Cady · (1 episode)