Javier Bardem
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Bardem receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on 8 November 2012
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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem 1 March 1969 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Penélope Cruz (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | José Carlos-Encinas Pilar Bardem |
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjer βarˈðen]; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor from the Canary Islands. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men. He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol, Mar adentro, and Skyfall, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Bardem has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, five Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Best Actor at Cannes and two Volpi Cups at Venice for his work. He is the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Actor, 2000, for Before Night Falls), as well as the first Spaniard to win one. He received his third Academy Award nomination, and second Best Actor nomination, for the film Biutiful.
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