Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) is a Spanish actor . He has won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the role of the psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh in Ethan and Joel Coen's No Country for Old Men , a Golden Globe , a Goya and the European Film Awards .
life and career
Bardem comes from a family of actors: his grandparents Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro , his mother Pilar Bardem and his siblings Mónica and Carlos are or were actors. He is also a nephew of the cinema director Juan Antonio Bardem . Before his time as a film actor, he played rugby for the Madrid club CR Liceo Francés , and as a junior he was also a member of the Spanish national rugby team . He studied painting at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios .
In 2012, Bardem played in the 23rd James Bond film Skyfall (directed by Sam Mendes ) the antagonist of James Bond , a former MI6 agent named Raoul Silva . In 2017, he played the vengeful opponent Sparrow, Captain Armando Salazar , in the fifth film of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga .
He is married to the actress Penélope Cruz and has two children with her. The wedding took place in early July 2010 in the Bahamas. His German dubbing voice is spoken by the actor Juan Carlos López .
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Lulu - The Story of a Woman (Las edades de Lulú)
- 1991: Amo tu cama rica
- 1991: High Heels (Tacones lejanos)
- 1992: Jamon Jamon (Jamón, jamón)
- 1993: Macho (Huevos de oro)
- 1993: Huidos
- 1993: El amante bilingüe
- 1994: Your time is running out, killer (Días contados)
- 1994: El detective y la muerte
- 1995: La Madre
- 1995: Boca A Boca
- 1996: Éxtasis
- 1996: He who loves lives dangerously (El amor perjudica seriamente la salud)
- 1996: Más que amor, frenesí
- 1997: airbag
- 1997: Live Flesh - With skin and hair (Carne trémula)
- 1997: Perdita Durango
- 1999: The burden of lust (Entre las piernas)
- 1999: Los lobos de Washington
- 1999: Segunda piel
- 2000: Before Night Falls
- 2002: The Colonel and the Dancer (Pasos de baile)
- 2002: Mondays in the sun (Los lunes al sol)
- 2004: Collateral
- 2004: The sea in me (Mar adentro)
- 2006: Goya's Ghosts (Goya's Ghosts / Los Fantasmas de Goya)
- 2007: No Country for Old Men
- 2007: Love in the Time of Cholera (Love in the Time of Cholera)
- 2008: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- 2010: Biutiful
- 2010: Eat Pray Love
- 2012: To the Wonder
- 2012: James Bond 007 - Skyfall (Skyfall)
- 2013: The Counselor
- 2014: Autómata
- 2015: The Gunman
- 2016: The Last Face
- 2017: Loving Pablo
- 2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge ( Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales )
- 2017: Mother!
- 2018: Open Secret (Todos lo saben)
- 2019: Sanctuary (documentary)
- 2020: Paths of Life - The Roads Not Taken (The Roads Not Taken)
Awards
Bardem has won numerous prizes for his work as an actor, including the 1994 Prize of the Festival de San Sebastián for his roles in your time runs off, Killer and El detective y la muerte . In 1995 he later received the Goya for best supporting actor and in 1996 the Goya for best leading actor.
In December 1997 he received the Audience Award of the European Film Academy .
Bardem was honored at the Venice Film Festival in 2000 for his portrayal of the gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls . This film also earned him a 2001 Oscar nomination for Best Actor - an honor that he received as the first Spanish actor.
For his work in Mondays in the Sun , he again received the Goya for Best Actor in 2003. He used the award ceremony to hold a protest speech against the Iraq war with colleagues .
In 2005 Bardem appeared in Alejandro Amenábar's drama The Sea in Me . For the role of a paraplegic man who campaigns for the legalization of active euthanasia , he has won numerous film awards, including again the Venice Film Festival Prize , the European Film Prize and a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a drama . In addition, The Sea in Me was awarded the Oscar for best foreign film in the same year.
In 2008, Bardem received a Golden Globe and an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for No Country for Old Men . The following year he received a nomination for best comedy actor for his part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona .
In 2010 he received for his performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu's drama Biutiful , together with the Italian Elio Germano (La nostra vita) the Best Actor Award of the Film Festival of Cannes . Another Oscar nomination for Best Actor followed in 2011 .
engagement
Bardem is publicly committed to climate protection . On the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference 2019, he appeared in front of the press together with Greta Thunberg and sharply attacked politics. However, he also expressed his hope in the face of the climate movement: "We are at one of the most critical moments in history and it seems like we are speaking with one voice for the first time."
Web links
- Javier Bardem in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Javier Bardem in the German dubbing file
- Christian Aust: Javier Bardem's worst hairstyle . Welt Online , March 1, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- Ulrich Lössl: "I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , September 23, 2010; accessed on March 4, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 10 Questions for Javier Bardem . In: Time ; Retrieved March 1, 2011
- ^ Un jugador de rugby llamado Bardem . In: El Mundo (Spanish). Retrieved March 1, 2011
- ↑ AP: Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem marry in Bahamas . usatoday.com´; Retrieved July 15, 2010
- ↑ lavanguardia.com
- ↑ news.trust.org
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bardem, Javier |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bardem, Javier Ángel Encinas (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain |