Javier Bardem

Biography

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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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Javier Bardem

A Colossal Mirage of Power and Poetry Gorgeous but Emotionally Distant

on Dune | Jun 15, 2025

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is a film of staggering ambition, a visual symphony that thrums with the weight of myth and the silence of vast, unspoken yearnings. It is, without question, one of the most me... Read more

"Long live the fighters!" This rallying cry encapsulates the themes of rebellion and destiny in "Dune: Part Two."

on Dune: Part Two | May 31, 2025

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two isn’t merely a sequel; it’s an epic and visually stunning continuation of Paul Atreides’ journey on the desert planet Arrakis. Picking up directly after the events of... Read more