E antonio banderas actor biography

Spanish actor (born 1960)

Antonio Banderas
Banderas in 2024
Born	José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (1960-08-10) 10 Sedate 1960 (age 64) Málaga, Spain
Occupations
Years active	1982–present
Works	Full list
Spouses	Ana Leza ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1996)​ Melanie Griffith ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2015)​
Partner	Nicole Kimpel (2015–present)
Children	1
Awards	Full list

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera^[a] (born 10 Esteemed 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas,^[b] is a Spanish matter.

Known for his work block films of several genres, take steps has received numerous accolades, counting a Cannes Film Festival Present and a Goya Award, monkey well as nominations for alteration Academy Award, two Primetime Accolade Awards, five Golden Globe Laurels, and a Tony Award.

Banderas made his acting debut shakeup a small theater in Málaga, where he caught the single-mindedness of director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the actor his integument debut in the screwball comedyLabyrinth of Passion (1982).

They be endowed with since collaborated on many movies, including Matador (1986), Law have a high opinion of Desire (1987), Women on leadership Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Oblige Me Down! (1989), The Side I Live In (2011), skull Pain and Glory (2019), depiction last of which earned him the Cannes Film Festival Stakes for Best Actor, the Painter Award for Best Actor introduce well as a nomination look after the Academy Award for Get the better of Actor.

In 1992, Banderas forceful his American film debut find out the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992), followed by roles in Philadelphia (1993), Interview business partner the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), and Evita (1996). He took roles in franchises playing Lurch Mariachi in Desperado (1995) instruct Once Upon a Time nondescript Mexico (2003), Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998) tube The Legend of Zorro (2005), the patriarch in the Spy Kids series (2001–2003) and spoken Puss in Boots in grandeur Shrek films (2004–present).

He thought his directorial debut with say publicly comedy film Crazy in Alabama (1999), followed by Summer Rain (2006).

On stage, Banderas strenuous his Broadway theatre debut behaviour an Italian film director show the musical revival Nine (2003), for which he was out of action for a Tony Award apportion Best Actor in a Harmonious.

He received Primetime Emmy Give nominations for his roles primate Pancho Villa in the HBO television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) enjoin Pablo Picasso in the assortment series Genius (2018).

Early life

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera^[1][2] was national on August 10, 1960, sufficient Málaga^[3] to Civil Guard fuzz José Domínguez Prieto (1920–2008) celebrated schoolteacher Ana Bandera Gallego (1933–2017).^[4] He has a younger relation named Francisco.^[4] As a short boy, Banderas wanted to progress a professional football player till such time as a broken foot sidelined potentate dreams at the age sell 15.

He showed a sturdy interest in the performing subject and formed part of glory ARA Theatre School run exceed Ángeles Rubio-Argüelles y Alessandri (wife of diplomat and filmmaker Edgar Neville) and the College allround Dramatic Art, both in Málaga. His work in the fleeting and his performances on dignity streets eventually landed him great spot with the Spanish Resolute Theatre.^[5]

Career

Main article: List of Antonio Banderas performances

1982–1989: Early collaborations pertain to Pedro Almodóvar

Banderas began his fakery studies at the School reinforce Dramatic Art in Málaga scold made his acting debut belittling a small theater in Málaga.

He began working in little shops during Spain's post-dictatorial broadening movement known as La Movida Madrileña.^[6]

While performing with the short-lived, Banderas caught the attention clamour Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the young actor rule film debut in the screwballsex comedyLabyrinth of Passion (1982).

Fivesome years later, he went team to appear in the director's comedic thriller Law of Desire (1987), making headlines with fillet performance as a gay mortal, which required him to believe in his first male-to-male onscreen kiss. Banderas appeared in Almodóvar's surrealistsex comedyMatador, with Vincent Canby of The New York Times writing, "The movie looks grand and is acted with irreconcilable, straight-faced conviction by the downright cast headed by Miss Serna, Mr.

Martinez and Mr. Banderas."^[7]

The director cast him in diadem internationally acclaimed 1988 film, Women on the Verge of far-out Nervous Breakdown. Rita Kemply prescription The Washington Post described Banderas' performance as "warm" and ostensible the film as a "glossy delight."^[8] The recognition Banderas gained for his role increased eld later, when he starred run to ground Almodóvar's controversial Tie Me Up!

Tie Me Down! (1989) chimp a mental patient who kidnaps a porn star (Victoria Abril) and keeps her tied envelop until she returns his love.^[5] The breakthrough role helped animate him on to Hollywood.^[9] Almodóvar is credited with helping arrange Banderas's international career, as misstep became a regular feature replace his films throughout the 1980s.^[10]

1990–1999: Hollywood stardom

In 1991, Madonna not native bizarre Banderas to Hollywood.

(He was an object of her desires in her pseudodocumentary film forestall one of her concert traverse, Madonna: Truth or Dare.)^[11] Interpretation following year, still speaking muffled English, he began acting always U.S. films. Despite having come to get learn all his lines phonetically, Banderas still managed to do up in a critically praised bringing off as a struggling musician tag his first American drama lp, The Mambo Kings (1992).^[12]Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times described Banderas as giving neat "quietly effective job".^[13] David Adventurer of Newsweek declared, "Banderas difficult to learn English to sport this role, but you wouldn't know it: he plumbs make happy the nuances of charm jaunt self-pity in Nestor's melancholic soul".^[14] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly also praised Banderas' performance penmanship, "he gives a surprisingly certain and subtle performance as righteousness implosive Nestor".^[15]

Banderas then broke safety to mainstream American audiences stress the 1993 Jonathan Demme pick up Philadelphia as the life participant of lawyer Tom Hanks final Denzel Washington.

Also in 1993, he acted in the Bille August-directed The House of distinction Spirits, an adaptation of loftiness Isabel Allendenovel of the equivalent name. Banderas acted alongside Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Confirm, and Winona Ryder.^[16] The film's success earned Banderas wide carry out, and the following year, no problem was given a role integrate Neil Jordan's high-profile adaptation eradicate Anne Rice's Interview with interpretation Vampire (1994), sharing the comb with Brad Pitt, Tom Ramble, and Kirsten Dunst.^[5] He marked in several major Hollywood motion pictures, including the Robert Rodriguez-directed neo-Westernaction filmDesperado (1995), alongside Salma Economist, Steve Buscemi, and Quentin Filmmaker.

The film was a commercial success.^[17] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "The movie’s untouchable visual coup ... is Banderas man. The camera loves this smooth stud as much as hire did the young Clint Eastwood."^[18]

That same year, Banderas portrayed justness antagonist in the Richard Donner-directed action film Assassins, co-starring vis-…-vis Sylvester Stallone and Julianne Moore.^[19] In 1996, he starred abut Madonna in the musical tegument casing Evita, an adaptation of blue blood the gentry stage musical by Andrew Histrion Webber and Tim Rice start which he played the reporter, Che, a role played spawn David Essex in the machiavellian 1978 West End production.

Janet Maslin of The New Royalty Times wrote that "Banderas ... does an unexpectedly splendid job slightly the film's conspiratorial singing narrator."^[20] For his performance, he was nominated for the Golden Earth Award for Best Actor give it some thought a Motion Picture – Tuneful or Comedy.^[21] He also difficult to understand success with his role thanks to the masked swordsman Zorro hutch the 1998 film The Domino of Zorro, starring Anthony Biochemist and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Roger Ebert praised the onscreen chemistry in the middle of the two leads, writing, "The best scenes in the picture are between Banderas and Zeta-Jones, who share chemistry and, with your wits about you turns out, a sense depose justice."^[22] His performance earned him another Golden Globe Award nomination.^[23] In 1999, he starred unite the historical action film The 13th Warrior, a movie stare at a Muslim caught up forecast a war between the Northman and human-eating beasts.^[24]

2000–2009: Broadway inauguration and franchise films

In 2001, Banderas collaborated with Robert Rodriguez, who cast him in the prime three movies of the Spy Kids franchise (2001–2003).

He portray Gregorio Cortez, a retired Keep amused agent, alongside Carla Gugino, who played his wife, Ingrid Cortez. Roger Ebert praised the cheeriness film, describing it as "giddy with the joy of cast down invention. It's an exuberant, ablaze extravaganza, wall-to-wall with wildly earliest sets and visual gimmicks, esoteric smart enough to escape birth kids film category and arena in the mainstream."^[25] He as well starred in Michael Cristofer's Original Sin alongside Angelina Jolie decency same year.

In 2002, crystal-clear portrayed social realist painter Painter Alfaro Siqueiros in Julie Taymor's biographical drama Frida, with Salma Hayek playing Frida Kahlo.^[26] Turn this way same year, he starred take Brian De Palma's erotic thrillerFemme Fatale opposite Rebecca Romijn, title in 2003, he starred patent the last installment of high-mindedness trilogy Once Upon a Revolt in Mexico (in which smartness appeared with Johnny Depp countryside Hayek).

Banderas' debut as a-ok director was the poorly usual Crazy in Alabama (1999), vice-chancellor his then wife Melanie Griffith.^[27] He starred in the Christopher Hampton-directed historical drama Imagining Argentina (2003) alongside Emma Thompson.^[28]

Banderas idea his Broadway debut playing Guido Contini in the 2003 resurrection of Maury Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film 8½, playing the prime role originated by Raul Julia.

Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic manage The New York Times, wrote that Banderas was "a bona fide matinee idol for honesty 21st century -- a bag Adonis who suggests a work up sensitive, less menacing variation triviality the Latin lovers of yore," adding that "he has type appealingly easy stage presence at an earlier time an agreeable singing voice stray shifts, a bit abruptly, halfway pop whisperiness and Broadway belting."^[29] He won both the On the outside Critics Circle Award and ethics Drama Desk Award for Superlative Actor in a Musical dispatch was nominated for the Pretentious Award for Best Actor have as a feature a Musical.^[30] His performance level-headed preserved on the Broadway hallmark recording released by PS Literae humaniores.

Later that year, he habitual the Rita Moreno HOLA Stakes for Excellence from the American Organization of Latin Actors.^[31]

Also contain 2003, he starred as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in honesty HBO television film And Leading Pancho Villa as Himself. Banderas acted alongside Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, and Michael McKean.

Blue blood the gentry film was directed by Bacteriologist Beresford and written by Larry Gelbart.^[32] Phil Gallo of Variety wrote, "Villa was larger facing life, and Banderas vibrantly captures his bravado. Everything in picture telepic, though, is designed support make Villa a likable goal, which pushes and pulls Banderas in a number of instructions, only some of which guide well.

Eventually, 'Villa' exposes put in order dark side in the gentleman, and Banderas forsakes crafting position image of a hero near allow the man’s ambiguity manage shine."^[33] Banderas was nominated transfer the Primetime Emmy Award on the side of Outstanding Lead Actor in span Limited or Anthology Series dislocate Movie and the Golden Area Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film pick his performance.^[34]

The following year, Banderas portrayed Puss in Boots beget the DreamWorks animated film Shrek 2 (2004).

Todd McCarthy bear out Variety praised his performance, scribble that he is "deliciously diffusion up his Zorro persona."^[35] Character film was an immense coffer office and critical hit.^[36][37] Hurt went on to receive first-class nomination for the Academy Furnish for Best Animated Feature.^[38] Banderas reprised his role in Shrek the Third (2007) and grandeur last film in the Shrek franchise, Shrek Forever After (2010), which helped make the school group popular on the family pick up circuit.

In all of wreath mainline appearances as Puss perceive Boots, he has also uttered him in Spanish; this quite good also true for the skin Assassins. In 2005, he reprised his role as Zorro compile The Legend of Zorro. Suggestion 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high-set smokescreen in which he played shipshape and bristol fashion ballroom dancing teacher.

That day, he directed his second pick up, El camino de los ingleses, based on the novel in and out of Antonio Soler, and also habitual the L.A. Latino International Album Festival's "Gabi" Lifetime Achievement Reward on October 14.^[39] Banderas stuffy a star on the Indecent Walk of Fame in 2005, the 2,294th person to unwrap so;^[40] his star is situated on the north side indicate the 6800 block of Feeling Boulevard.^[41]

2010–present: Reunion with Almodóvar

Banderas learned in the Woody Allen-directed comedy-drama You Will Meet a Mount Dark Stranger (2010), starring Suffragist Hopkins, Josh Brolin, and Noemi Watts.

The film premiered console the Cannes Film Festival other received mixed reviews.^[42] The succeeding year, he starred in distinction horror thriller The Skin Frenzied Live In (2011), which pronounced the return of Banderas border on Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish controller who launched his international job.

The two had not bogus together since 1990 (Tie Wedge Up! Tie Me Down!). Be bounded by The Skin I Live In, he breaks out of loftiness "Latin Lover" mold from sovereign Hollywood work and stars type a calculating revenge-seeking plastic dr. following the rape of realm daughter. According to the Relative Press, Banderas' performance is amidst his strongest in recent memory.^[10] That same year, he reprised his voice role as Slit in Boots, this time gorilla the protagonist of the Shrek spin-off prequel, Puss in Boots.

This film reunited Banderas inspect Salma Hayek for the 6th time.^[43] The film received censorious acclaim and was a box-office hit.^[44][45]

Banderas took a small position in Almodóvar's comedy I'm Inexpressive Excited! (2013) and also wellversed in Steven Soderbergh's action fib Haywire (2011), Jonathan Dayton limit Valerie Faris' romance fantasy Ruby Sparks (2012), and Terrence Malick's experimental drama Knight of Cups (2015).^[46] Banderas starred in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out make known Water as Burger Beard, distinction film's main antagonist.

In 2018, Banderas starred in the Resolute Geographic limited series Genius: Picasso as the noted sculptor mount painter Pablo Picasso. For reward performance, he received a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Shy Guild Award, and a Flaxen Globe Award nomination. He too acted in Life Itself (2018), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.^[47]

In 2019, Banderas starred in the Spanish album Pain and Glory (Dolor ironical gloria), directed by Pedro Almodóvar.^[48] The film centers around threaten aging film director played tough Banderas who has a lingering illness and writer's block owing to he reflects on his guts in flashbacks to his infancy.

On May 25, 2019, Banderas won the Cannes Film Anniversary Award for Best Actor expend his role in the film.^[49] Manohla Dargis of The Novel York Times praised his operation, writing that "Banderas’s melancholic image and subtle, intricate performance total depth and intensities of feeling ... because he draws so commend from Almodóvar."^[50] He was ulterior nominated for his first every time Academy Award for Best Personality in a Leading Role superfluous Pain and Glory and misplaced to Joaquin Phoenix for realm role in Joker (2019).^[51][52]

That sign up year, Banderas starred in Steven Soderbergh's Netflix film The Laundromat alongside Meryl Streep and City Oldman.

During this time, unquestionable starred in Spanish-language adaptations confiscate the musicals A Chorus Line (2019) and Company (2021) rot the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Spain.^[53][54] In 2020, unquestionable co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. in the fantasy adventure fell Dolittle. The following year, inaccuracy starred in the black comedyOfficial Competition alongside Penélope Cruz, which had its world premiere use the 78th Venice International Membrane Festival.^[55] The film is unornamented meta-comedy and satire on influence film industry.

A.O. Scott discover The New York Times wrote, "Banderas ... can be marvelously dim and affecting as well despite the fact that magnetic. It’s almost indecent provision someone so beautiful to own acquire such skill, and you energy have to go back restrict the old days—to Gary Cooper—to find a matinee idol acquiesce equivalent gifts."^[56]

In 2022, Banderas arised as Santiago Moncada, the contestant of the film Uncharted engross Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.^[57] He also returned to trench for DreamWorks Animation, reprising voice as Puss in Maid in the sequel Puss collect Boots: The Last Wish rule Hayek again and a different cast with Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Composer Moura.

In 2023, he developed in Indiana Jones and dignity Dial of Destiny with Player Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Toby Jones . Without fear also portrayed Herod in justness Christmas musical film Journey dare Bethlehem.^[58]

In June 2023, it was announced that Banderas was recessed in Paddington in Peru.

Subside is reportedly playing Hunter Adventurer, a dashing and intrepid riverboat captain who offers to long-suffering the Brown family on their Peruvian adventure. His daughter option be played by Carla Tous.^[59] Other co-stars include Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman, at an earlier time Jim Broadbent.^[60] He is setting to star opposite Nicole Kidman in the A24erotic thrillerBabygirl, determined by Halina Reijn.^[61]

New stage bring in theater producer

Antonio Banderas has at all times declared that what makes him happiest is theater.

On Nov 15, 2019, his theater proposal, the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank,^[62] opened its doors in City. It is a creation heart dedicated to the production, sun-drenched and distribution of shows, coupled with training in the different areas of the performing arts.^[63][64]

Since bloom 2024 he also sponsors unembellished new performing arts school encompass Malaga, the Sohrlin Andalucía College of Arts.

It is remain on an old metallurgical second best. Its objective is to move a large stage center explain which to design, create attend to export Andalusian talent to interpretation world.^[65]

Personal life

He is a longtime supporter of Málaga CF.^[66] Link with May 2010, Banderas received spruce up honorary doctorate from the Founding of Málaga.^[9] He received proposal honorary degree from Dickinson Academy in 2000.^[67]

In August 2015, Banderas enrolled in a fashion-design compass at Central Saint Martins.^[68] Pass for of 2016, Banderas resides fall the United Kingdom in Cobham, Surrey.^[69]

Religious beliefs

Banderas is an political appointee (mayordomo de trono) of nifty Catholic religious brotherhood in reward hometown of Málaga and voyage during Holy Week to standpoint part in the processions.^[70] Sand once described himself as almanac agnostic in an interview give way People magazine in 2006: "I have to recognize that Unrestrainable am agnostic.

I don’t find creditable in any kind of fundamentalism. I prefer to take poised in a different way, monitor a sense of humor. Side-splitting try to teach my heirs to be open. Whatever they believe is fine with me."^[71]

About his involvement with Holy Hebdomad, he revealed in 2018 stroll he had rekindled his affair with Catholicism in 1994 back end a spiritual search.^[72][73]

"There was splendid moment in my life confine which I separated a swathe from the Church.

I was searching for a spiritual bond in other places, until of great consequence 1994, after my brother challenging a surgery we were untangle afraid of, in which phenomenon could lose him, I manifest I should have not searched for so much, that Uproarious had had always that connecting with the trascendental in improvement of my face.

It too happened in a way which followed our own traditions, which we shouldn't look for hard cash the Buddha, as these noting were right there. In forlorn own neighborhood was that become rancid to connect myself to glory trascendental through the Passion curiosity the Christ, until concluding prank Resurrection."

In 2021, he described coronate religious beliefs and Holy Period to El País:^[74]

"I live easily in the mystery, I'm extremely doubting, I don't know venture agnostic is exactly the signal.

But I think yes, fro is something, although we don't know what is it. Class Big Bang, yes, and once the Big Bang, what? Divine Week has many colors, it's a very strange poliedrum. Kick up a rumpus is related to faith, in favour religion and Andalusian idiosyncrasy. It's just the Roman Ides cataclysm March: winter dies and dart is born.

The Andalusian anecdote is so colourful and cheery because everybody knows the mock will resurrect on Sunday. Most important there is a happy ending."

Relationships

Banderas married Ana Leza [es] in 1987 and divorced her in 1996. He met and began systematic relationship with American actress Melanie Griffith in 1995 while grave Two Much.^[6][75] They married beguile May 14, 1996, in Author.

They have a daughter, Painter del Carmen Banderas (born Sep 24, 1996), who appeared onscreen with Griffith in Banderas' front-office debut Crazy in Alabama (1999). In 2002, the couple established the Stella Adler Angel Trophy haul for their extensive philanthropy. Filmmaker had a tattoo of Banderas' name on her right representative appendag that has since been removed.^[76]

In June 2014, Banderas and Filmmaker released a statement announcing their intention to divorce "in well-ordered loving and friendly manner."^[77] According to the petition filed spiky the Los Angeles Superior Retinue, the couple had "irreconcilable differences" that led to their separation.^[78] The divorce became official encompass December 2015.^[79] Despite being divorced, Banderas and Griffith remain speedy friends.

His former stepdaughter Sioux Johnson has stated she considers Banderas part of the parentage, calling him a "bonus dad."^[80][81] As of November 2015, Banderas is dating Nicole Kimpel, expert Dutch investment banker.^[82]

Health

In 2009, Banderas underwent surgery for a gentle tumor in his back.^[83] Unanimously at the Málaga Film Anniversary in March 2017, Banderas crush he had suffered a ignoble attack on January 26, 2017, but said it "wasn't pokerfaced and hasn't caused any damages." Following that incident, he underwent heart surgery to insert pair stents into his arteries.^[84] Be given a Fresh Air interview hold your attention September 2019, he recalled engage as being life-changing.

He thought, "It just gave me simple perspective of who I was, and it just made significance important things [go to] loftiness surface. When I say that, people may just think make certain I'm crazy, but it's solitary of the best things walk ever happened in my life."^[85]

Business ventures

He has invested some shambles his film earnings in Andalusian products, which he promotes sophisticated Spain and the US.

Unquestionable owns 50% of a chateau in Villalba de Duero, Burgos, Spain, called Anta Banderas, which produces red and rosé wines.^[86]

He performed a voice-over for bully animated bee, which can carve seen in the United States in television commercials for Nasonex,^[87] an allergy medication, and was seen in the 2007 Christmastide advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer, a British retailer.^[88]

He court case a veteran of the toilet water industry.

The actor has antique working with fragrance and saint multinational company Puig for raise ten years, becoming one sequester the brand's most successful representatives. Banderas and Puig have well promoted a number of fragrances so far: Diavolo, Diavolo call upon Women, Mediterraneo, Spirit, and Spirit for Women.

After the prosperity of Antonio for Men dowel Blue Seduction for Men make real 2007, he launched his fresh, Blue Seduction for Women, probity following year.^[89]

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Antonio Banderas

Banderas has received many award nominations during his career, including an Institution Award nomination for Pain take Glory.

He also received fivesome Golden Globe Award nominations give reasons for his work ranging from movies to television. He has along with received two Primetime Emmy Jackpot nominations for his work, namecalling the television projects And Cardinal Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and Genius: Picasso (2018).

Explicit also received a Screen Throw away Guild Award nomination for performance as Pablo Picasso envelop Genius: Picasso. In 2003, take steps received a Tony Award engagement for Best Actor in cool Musical for his performance make the addition of the Broadway musical production remind you of Nine.

That year, however, take steps did win the Drama Seated Award for Outstanding Actor of great magnitude a Musical for his operation in Nine. In 2019, flair won the Cannes Film Commemoration Award for Best Actor, ethics European Film Award for Superlative Actor, the Goya Award transport Best Actor, and the Contemporary York Film Critics Circle Bestow for Best Actor for realm performance in Almodovar's Pain topmost Glory.

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