Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
Date of Birth: 1 March 1969,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Birth Name:    Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem

Height:  6'
Javier Bardem is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the
early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in
his first feature, "El Pícaro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV
series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent
theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy Jamón, jamón (Ham Ham)
1990 Las edades de Lulú - Jimmy  
1991 Tacones Lejanos - Regidor T.V.  
1992 Jamón, jamón - El chorizo  
1993 Huevos de oro - Benito González  
1993 El Amante Bilingüe - El limpiabotas  
1994 Running Out of Time (Días contados) - Lisardo  
1994 The Detective and Death (El detective y la muerte) - Detective Cornelio  
1995 Mouth to Mouth (Boca a boca) - Victor Ventura  
1996
Éxtasis - Rober  
1997 Live Flesh - David  
1997 Perdita Durango - Romeo Dolorosa  
1999 Second Skin - Diego  
1999 Washington Wolves (Los Lobos de Washington) - Alberto
2000 Before Night Falls - Reinaldo Arenas
2002 The Dancer Upstairs - Agustín Rejas  
2002 Mondays in the Sun - Santa  
2004 Collateral - Felix  
2004 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) - Ramón Sampedro  
2006 Goya's Ghosts - Brother Lorenzo  
2007 Love in the Time of Cholera - Florentino Ariza  
2007 No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Juan Antonio  
propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing morethan a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he
refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and
numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls that
will long be remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong
willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New
York, ending a battle with AIDS.

Bardem won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in 2004's Mar Adentro, released in the United States as The Sea Inside, in which he
portrayed the quadriplegic turned assisted-suicide activist Ramón Sampedro , who unsuccessfully brought his case to the Spanish courts, yet eventually
succeeded in persuading several friends to assist him and committed suicide. That year he also made a brief appearance as a vicious crime lord who
summons Tom Cruise's hitman to do the dirty work of dispatching witnesses, in Michael Mann's crime drama Collateral. In 2007 Bardem acted in two film
adaptations; the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, based upon the novel of the same name and the adaptation of the classic Colombian novel
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. In No Country for Old Men, he plays chilling sociopath killer Anton Chigurh. For that role, he
became the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award
for Best Supporting Actor, and also the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Award for Best Supporting Actor, and most importantly the
Delta's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the Delta's Choice Award for
Best Dramatic Performance. Anton Chigurh was placed in EW's 50 Most Vile Villains in Movie History in a recent issue at #26.

Bardem does not know how to drive and consistently refers to himself as a "worker" and not an actor. Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in
Spain in 2005, Bardem incited controversy when he stated that if he were gay, he would "get married tomorrow, just to fuck with the church" (mañana
mismo, sólo para joder a la Iglesia).  Bardem's life's work was recently honored at the 2007 Gotham Awards, produced by IFP (Independent Feature
Project). He is currently dating fellow Spanish Academy-award winner, actress Penelope Cruz. Due to their similar facial appearance he is often confused
with Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy).
Filmography
Awards
ADIRCAE Awards
2003  - ADIRCAE Award Best Actor  for: Lunes al sol, Los
Academy Awards, USA
2008  - Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role  
                                         for: No Country for Old Men
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2008  - Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                         for: No Country for Old Men
BAFTA Awards
2008  - BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor
                                         for: No Country for Old Men
Bangkok International Film Festival
2005  - Golden Kinnaree Award Best Actor  for: Mar adentro
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2007  - BSFC Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                          for: No Country for Old Men
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2008  - Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actor
                                          for: No Country for Old Men
Central Ohio Film Critics Association  
2008  - COFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
                                          for: No Country for Old Men
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2007  - CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
                                          for: No Country for Old Men
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
2005  - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Mar adentro
2003  - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Lunes al sol, Los
1996  - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Boca a boca
1993  - CEC Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Jamón, jamón
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2007  - DFWFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
                                          for: No Country for Old Men
Delta's Choice Awards
2007  - Delta - Best Supporting Actor   for: No Country For Old Men
2007  - Delta - Best Dramatic Performance  
                                           for: No Country For Old Men
European Film Awards  
2004  - European Film Award Best Actor for: Mar adentro
1997  - Audience Award Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards  
2007  - FFCC Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                             for: No Country for Old Men
Fotogramas de Plata
2005  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor   for: Mar adentro
2003  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor  for: Lunes al sol, Los
2001  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor   for: Segunda piel
1998  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor
                                  for: Carne trémula Also for Perdita Durango  
1996  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor   for: Boca a boca
1994  - Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor   for: Huevos de oro
Golden Globes, USA  
2008  - Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting
Role in a Motion Picture   for: No Country for Old Men
Gotham Awards
2008  - Best Ensemble Cast  for: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Goya Awards
2005 - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Mar adentro
2003 - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Lunes al sol, Los
1996  - Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Boca a boca
1995  - Goya Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto)
                                                                                  for: Días contados
Gramado Film Festival
2003  - Golden Kikito Latin Film Competititon - Best Actor
                                                for: Lunes al sol, Los
Independent Spirit Awards
2001  Won Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead  
                                                for: Before Night Falls
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2008  - KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                                for: No Country for Old Men
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2007  - Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                                for: No Country for Old Men
National Board of Review, USA
2000  - NBR Award Best Actor    for: Before Night Falls
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2001  - NSFC Award Best Actor  for: Before Night Falls
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2007  - NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                                for: No Country for Old Men
Ondas Awards
1999  - Film Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor)  
                                               for: Lobos de Washington, Los  
1995  - Film Award Best Actor (Mejor Actor)   for: Boca a boca  
1993  - Film Award Best Acting (Mejor Interpretación)
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008  - OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                               for: No Country for Old Men
Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival
1996  - Best Actor    for: Boca a boca
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2007  - PFCS Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting
Role                                        for: No Country for Old Men
Premios ACE
2004  - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor    for: Lunes al sol, Los
2001  - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor    for: Before Night Falls
1998  - Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor - Drama   for: Boca a boca
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1994  - Silver Seashell Best Actor  
                         for: Días contados Also for Detective y la muerte, El
Sant Jordi Awards
2005  - Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actor     for: Mar adentro
1993  - Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actor     for: Jamón, jamón
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2008 - Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture  
                                             for: No Country for Old Men
2008  - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting
Role                                       for: No Country for Old Men
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2007  - SEFCA Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                             for: No Country for Old Men
2001  - SEFCA Award Best Actor  for: Before Night Falls
Spanish Actors Union
2008  - Special Award of the Spanish Actors Union   
2005  - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Lead Performance,
Male                     for: Mar adentro  
2003  - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Lead Performance,
Male                      for: Lunes al sol, Los  
1995  - Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Supporting
Performance        for: Días contados
1993  - Newcomer Award   for: Jamón, jamón
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2007  - TFCA Award Best Supporting Performance, Male  
                                         for: No Country for Old Men
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2008  - VFCC Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                         for: No Country for Old Men
Venice Film Festival
2004  - Volpi Cup Best Actor  for: Mar adentro
2000  - Volpi Cup Best Actor  for: Before Night Falls
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2007  - WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor  
                                          for: No Country for Old Men