Antonio Banderas
- Acting
- August 10, 1960 · Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Biography
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They've since collaborated together on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and as well as nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He's also known for several Hollywood films, such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, Banderas made his US theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise.
Known for
Filmography
- Up Against It · Álvaro
- Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
- Tony · Chef
- Above & Below · Burns
- Pedro x Javis · Self
- Gypsy en el Soho. El sueño de Antonio Banderas · Self
- Babygirl · Jacob
- Paddington in Peru · Hunter Cabot
- The Clean Up Crew · Gabriel
- Hermanos, una historia de sangre · Narrator
- Cult Killer · Mikeal Tallini
- 100% únicos
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford · Self
- Journey to Bethlehem · Herod the Great
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Self
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Renaldo
- Informe Plus+. Proyecto Euro Malaga · Self
- El viaje de Julieta · Self
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- The Enforcer · Cuda
- Code Name Banshee · Caleb
- Martínez y hermanos · Self
- Uncharted · Santiago Moncada
- Official Competition · Félix Rivero, Executive producer
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard · Aristotle Papdopolous
- B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón · Self
- La Noche D · Self
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- One Night Only: The Best of Broadway · Self
- The Making of Pain and Glory · Self
- Dolittle · King Rassouli
- The Laundromat · Ramón Fonseca
- Pain and Glory · Salvador Mallo
- Life Itself · Vincent Saccione
- Beyond the Edge · Gordon
- Bullet Head · Blue
- Acts of Vengeance · Frank Valera
- The Music of Silence · Le maestro
- Gun Shy · Turk Henry
- Black Butterfly · Paul
- Genius · Pablo Picasso
- Security · Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story · Burger Beard
- Ramez is Playing With Fire · Self
- The Great Illusion · Self, Thanks
- Mi casa es la tuya · Self
- Finding Altamira · Marcelino
- Knight of Cups · Tonio
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The 33 · Mario Sepúlveda
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water · Burger Beard
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Making of The Expendables 3 · Self
- Automata · Jacq Vaucan, Producer
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! · Self
- The Expendables 3 · Galgo
- True Detective · Rai García, Executive producer
- Mundos virtuales
- Shrek Stories · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Machete Kills · El Camaleón 4
- Justin and the Knights of Valour · Sir Clorex (Voice), Producer
- I'm So Excited! · León
- Dreamworks: Holiday Classics · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Dreamworks Spooky Stories · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Ruby Sparks · Mort
- The Making of The Skin I Live In · Self
- Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Shrek: Once Upon a Time · Self
- Black Gold · Emir Nesib
- Woody Allen: A Documentary · Self
- In Search Of the Dead Eaters · Self
- Haywire · Rodrigo
- Puss in Boots · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World · Gregorio Cortez (uncredited)
- The Skin I Live In · Dr. Robert Ledgard
- The Big Bang · Ned Cruz
- Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Shrek's Yule Log · Puss in Boots (Voice)
- Conan · Self
- Scared Shrekless · Puss in Boots (Voice)