Javier Bardem
Biography
Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor whose screen career has run for more than three decades and whose accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, along with seven Goya Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He grew up in a family of actors and first drew attention in Spanish films such as Jamón jamón (1992), Live Flesh (1997) and The Sea Inside (2004). International recognition came with Before Night Falls (2000), in which he played Reinaldo Arenas. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007). Further Oscar nominations followed for Biutiful (2010) and Being the Ricardos (2021). Among his other films are Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Skyfall (2012), mother! (2017), The Good Boss (2021), Dune (2021), The Little Mermaid (2023) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and on television he played José Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024).
57years old
Turns 58 on March 1in 120 days
- Born Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 33
- Career span
- 35 years1991 to 2026
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A first
Bardem became the first Spaniard to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men.
A first
Bardem was the first Spaniard nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for portraying Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls.
A role that slipped away
Bardem declined to play Danny Witwer in Minority Report, a part that went to Colin Farrell. In 2002, he instead appeared in The Dancer Upstairs, the directorial debut of Malkovich.
A role that slipped away
Ron Howard planned a film adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels, and Bardem was offered the part of "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain. Signing on would have meant starring in the TV series too.
Javier Bardem movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Denis Villeneuve directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Denis Villeneuve
Also two films together21 more actors
- Brad PittF1 The Movie (2025) and The Counselor (2013)
- Sean PennThe Gunman (2015) and Before Night Falls (2000)
- Tom CruiseFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) and Collateral (2004)
- Daniel CraigFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) and Skyfall (2012)
- Dave BautistaDune: Part Two (2024) and Dune (2021)
- Rosie PerezThe Counselor (2013) and Dance with the Devil (1997)
- Demian BichirDon't Tempt Me (2001) and Dance with the Devil (1997)
- Timothée ChalametDune: Part Two (2024) and Dune (2021)
- Bruno GanzThe Counselor (2013) and Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
- Rebecca FergusonDune: Part Two (2024) and Dune (2021)
- Victoria AbrilDon't Tempt Me (2001) and High Heels (1991)
- ZendayaDune: Part Two (2024) and Dune (2021)
- Carlos BardemScorpion in Love (2013) and Dance with the Devil (1997)
- Unax UgaldeLove in the Time of Cholera (2007) and Goya's Ghosts (2006)
- Danny KirranePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Automata (2014)
- Mabel RiveraGoya's Ghosts (2006) and The Sea Inside (2004)
- Babs OlusanmokunDune: Part Two (2024) and Dune (2021)
- Celso BugalloThe Good Boss (2021) and The Sea Inside (2004)
- Juan Carlos VellidoPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Scorpion in Love (2013)
- Cristina MarcosDon't Tempt Me (2001) and High Heels (1991)
- Montse G. RomeuDon't Tempt Me (2001) and High Heels (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Javier Bardem's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.3 billion
28 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 33 films: 28 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 28Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.1B21.0% of the total
- 2$796M15.1% of the total
- 3$715M13.5% of the total
- 4$634M12.0% of the total
- 5$570M10.8% of the total
- 6$411M7.8% of the total
- 7$220M4.2% of the total
- 8$205M3.9% of the total
$623 millionfrom the other 20 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 2007 to 2022, seven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2008 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 2010 | Best Actor | Biutiful | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Forqué Awards for Best Lead Actor | The Good Boss | Won |
| 2022 | Goya Award for Best Actor | The Good Boss | Won |
| 2022 | Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor | The Good Boss | Won |
| 2022 | Sant Jordi Prize for Best Actor | The Good Boss | Won |
| 2021 | Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts | Won | |
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