Javier Bardem

  • Name: Javier Bardem
  • Date of Birth: March 01, 1969
  • Place of Birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Mini-bio: 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 ...( read more)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 (1992)_ (Ham Ham) 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 (2000) that will longbe 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.
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Javier's Beginnings

Javier was born on March 1, 1969 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, the son of Carlos Encinas and the actress Pilar Bardem. Bardem comes from a long line of filmmakers and actors who have been working since the earliest days of Spanish cinema; he is the grandson of actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, and the nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem. Both his older brother and his older sister, Carlos and Mónica Bardem, are actors. His film debut was at the age of six and a half in the film El Pícaro (The Scoundrel) and he appeared in several television series before turning to painting and, eventually, sports. Before acting professionally, Bardem was a member of the underage Spanish national rugby team.

Javier's Personal Life

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). He is a well known supporter of the Cuban regime.

Javier and his girlfriend Penelope Cruz are rumoured to be expecting a baby in 2010 and some gossip sites have recently reported that they are engaged.


VITAL STATS

Eye color:
Brown
Height:
6' (1.83 m)
Birth name:
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Notable feature(s):
Eyes
Education:
He studied at "Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Madrid"
Family:
Mother: Pilar Bardem
Father: Carlos Encinas divorced when Javier was 3-years old.
Brother: Carlos Bardem
Sister: Monica Bardem
Resides in:
Madrid, Spain
Personal interests/hobbies:
 Painting
Charities/Causes:

Other:
  • Javier's original interest was in painting, but eventually deciding he'd never be a talented painter, he drifted into a number of odd jobs, working as a bouncer, a writer, a construction worker and even a stripper.
  • He's a hypochondriac.




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  • OCButterfly99
    OCButterfly99
    OMgosh, this man is amazing. I just watched him in NO Country for Old Men. I was just so freaked out by his character. I loved it. I am a huge fan! Check is work out! Brilliant.
    posted 190 days ago
  • tangerina
    tangerina
    Any word could reflect the talent of this man.
    Unspeakable.
    posted 235 days ago
  • vikoi
    vikoi
    So cool, calm and collected is this guy, better than James Bond!
    posted 255 days ago
  • 76Majikat
    76Majikat
    Superb Actor, he knocked my two long standing favourite Actors off of the top spot.
    posted 273 days ago
  • triphopgirl11
    triphopgirl11
    He was Great in Before Night Falls

    OMG!Hes an Incredible Actor!!!
    posted 563 days ago
  • GBgirl
    GBgirl
    Ever since I saw him in The Sea Inside I thought he was good looking & a great actor. It's nice to know that he's finally being notices here in the states. I just saw LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA, real good love story. Yes I agree, he should be the next Terminator of if he could work on a british accent he could also be the next Bond. Well at least after Gerry Butler is Bond 1st ...lol...
    posted 579 days ago
  • roberawards
    roberawards
    JAVIER BARDEM has been nominated for the ROBER AWARDS FILM POLL as best supporting actor.
    To vote:
    http://roberawards.com/?p=551
    posted 640 days ago
  • jim222001us
    jim222001us
    After seeng No Country For Old Men I could picture him as a Terminator in Terminator 4. He'd be awesome! Much better than Vin Diesel who's rumored for the part.
    posted 641 days ago
  • gaerniak
    gaerniak
    In a role of such epic Oscar-caliber, he delivered perhaps the best performance of his career as Anton Chigurh, and I truly do hope this comes to pass and he wins it.
    Bravo, for giving me such chills and thrills with your flawless rendition of Chigurh.
    posted 695 days ago
  • stevenml12
    stevenml12
    best villain ever in no country for old men.
    posted 719 days ago
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