Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969)
is a Spanish actor. Born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands, he is the latest in a long line of a
family which has been making movies since the earliest
days of Spanish movie making. His film debut was at
the age of 6, and he appeared in several television
series before turning to painting and, eventually, athletics.
He was a member of the Spanish national rugby team.In
1992 appeared in Jamón, Jamón, an international
hit movie. But his role in that film as a sexy stud
made him afraid that he would be typecast, and he deliberately
decided to avoid such roles later. Eventually he would
land his breakthrough performance role in in Before
Night Falls in 2000, as homosexual Cuban poet Reinaldo
Arenas.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor
for the role, the first Spaniard to be so honored.Bardem
also made a brief appearance in Michael Mann's crime
drama Collateral, which starred Tom Cruise and Jamie
Foxx.
In 2004, he won the Best Actor at
the Venice Film Festival for his role in The Sea Inside,
a film about the true-life suicide of Ramón
Sampedro. Future roles include an appearance in Steven
Soderbergh's upcoming biopic Che (2006), as well as
a starring role as Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar
in Joe Carnahan's Killing Pablo.
Nominations and Awards
Academy Awards
2001 - nominated Best Actor in a Leading
Role - Before Night Falls
Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
1994 - won Silver Seashell Best Actor - Días
contados and El Detective y la muerte
European Film Awards
2004 - won Best Actor - Mar adentro
2002 - nominated Best Actor - Mondays In The Sun
1998 - nominated Best Actor - Carne trémula
Goya Awards
2005 - won Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead Actor
- Mar adentro
2003 - won Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead Actor
- Los lunes al sol (Mondays In The Sun)
1998 - nominated Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead
Actor - Carne trémula
1996 - won Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead Actor
- Boca a boca
1995 - won Mejor Actor de reparto - Best Supporting
Actor - Días contados
1994 - nominated Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead
Actor - Huevos de oro
1993 - nominated Mejor Actor Principal - Best Lead
Actor - Jamón, jamón
Independent Spirit Awards
2001 - won Best Male Lead - Before Night
Falls
Venice Film Festival
2004 - won Volpi Cup Best Actor - Mar adentro
2000 - won Volpi Cup Best Actor - Before Night Falls
Controversy
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 over the church" (mañana
mismo, sólo para joder a la Iglesia). Bardem
has always been wary of Hollywood, preferring instead
to make films in his native Spain or elsewhere.
Actor Credits
Che (2006)
Killing Pablo (2005)
Collateral (2004)
The Sea Inside (2004)
Mondays In The Sun (2003)
The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
Between Your Legs (2003)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Second Skin (2000)
Perdita Durango (1997)
Live Flesh (1997)
Mouth To Mouth (1996)
Huevos de oro (1993)
Jamón, jamón (1992)
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