Javier Bardem
Biography
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, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Goya Awards, in addition to a Cannes Film Festival Award and two Volpi Cups. Bardem is the 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' crime 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 Eat Pray Love (2010), 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), Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023), and the sports action film F1 (2025). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024), for which he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series (as an executive producer). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Conan
2010
Jeopardy!
1984
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
El hormiguero
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Dune: Part Two
2024
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
Conan
as Self - Guest · 2010
Jeopardy!
as Self - Clue Presenter · 1984
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest · 2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest · 2003
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Dune: Part Two
as Stilgar · 2024
Dune
as Stilgar · 2021
F1
as Ruben Cervantes · 2025
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
as José Menendez · 2024
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter · 1953
Today
as Self · 1952
Dune: Part Three
as Stilgar · 2026
Cape Fear
as Maximiliano 'Max' Cady · 2026
No Country for Old Men
as Anton Chigurh · 2007
The Little Mermaid
as King Triton · 2023
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Armando Salazar · 2017
Live from E!
as Self · 2002
Lo + plus
as Self - Guest · 1995
Skyfall
as Silva · 2012
The Counselor
as Reiner · 2013
Eat Pray Love
as Felipe · 2010
Collateral
as Felix Reyes-Torrena · 2004
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Inigo Montoya · 2020
mother!
as Him · 2017
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
as Hector P. Valenti · 2022
Loving Pablo
as Pablo Escobar · 2017
The Beloved
as Esteban Martínez · 2026
Automata
as Blue Robot (voice) · 2014
The Gunman
as Felix Marti · 2015
La Noche D
as Self - Guest · 2021
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as Juan Antonio Gonzalo · 2008
Conan O'Brien Must Go
as Self · 2024
Spellbound
as King Solon (voice) · 2024
The Ages of Lulu
as Jimmy · 1990
To the Wonder
as Father Quintana · 2013
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
as Self · 2026
Everybody Knows
as Paco · 2018
Biutiful
as Uxbal · 2010
Being the Ricardos
as Desi Arnaz · 2021
Jamon Jamon
as El chorizo · 1992
Live Flesh
as David de Paz · 1997
High Heels
as Regidor T.V. · 1991
The Tit and the Moon
as Benito González · 1994
The Sea Inside
as Ramón Sampedro · 2004
The Last Face
as Dr. Miguel Leon · 2017
The Good Boss
as Julio Blanco · 2021
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Florentino Ariza · 2007
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
as Sultán · 1998
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
as Self - Guest · 2012
Hermanos Menendez: Mal juzgados?
as José Menendez · 2022
Dance with the Devil
as Romeo · 1997
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
Goya's Ghosts
as Lorenzo Casamares · 2006
Segunda Enseñanza
· 1986
Before Night Falls
as Reinaldo Arenas · 2000
Golden Balls
as Benito González · 1993
Wet
Bunker
as Miguel · 2026
Don't Tempt Me
as Tony Graco · 2001
The Roads Not Taken
as Leo · 2020
Scorpion in Love
as Solis · 2013
El pícaro
as Alonso de niño · 1974
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Stretcher Bearer · 1997
Between Your Legs
as Javier · 1999
Querido Fotogramas
as Self · 2018
The Dancer Upstairs
as Agustín Rejas · 2002
A Journey to Sundance
as Self · 2023
Amo tu cama rica
as Antonio · 1992
Hello & Paris
as Jackson Cooper
Second Skin
as Diego · 1999
Mondays in the Sun
as Santa · 2002
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
as Self · 2009
Walking Fernando
as Fernando · 2024
Sanctuary
as Javier Bardem · 2019
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
as Self · 2006
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
as Self - Narrator · 2012
Washington Wolves
as Alberto · 1999
The Detective and Death
as Detective · 1994
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self · 2014
Running Out of Time
as Lisardo · 1994
MAMBRÚ
as Cámara · 1996
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
as Self · 2007
Crónicas del mal
· 1992
Extasis
as Rober · 1996
The Bilingual Lover
as Limpiabotas · 1993
The Powerful Influence Of The Moon
as Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited) · 1981
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
as Self · 2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self - Anton Chigurh · 2008
The Spread
Cruce de caminos
as Self · 2022
Airbag
as José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto' · 1997
El oficio de actor
as Self · 2005
Mouth to Mouth
as Víctor Ventura · 1995
mother! The Downward Spiral
as Self · 2017
Huidos
· 1993
The Turning Door
as (voice)
Sherman and Pacifico
as Pacifico
El mundo es tuyo
· 2004
Thy Kingdom Come
as Father Quintana · 2018
Vallespir 75 (Or how I learned to say goodbye with resignation)
as Follet Tortuga
Look at Me
as Leo · 2022
La madre
as Hijo · 1995
Not Love, Just Frenzy
· 1996