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Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, better known as Antonio Banderas, is a highly celebrated Spanish actor. Notably, he has worked in a vast array of film genres and has received several accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Goya Award. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Banderas made his acting debut at a small theater in his hometown of Málaga, catching the attention of director Pedro Almodóvar, who launched his film career with the 1982 screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion.
Banderas has frequently collaborated with Almodóvar on many films, such as Matador, Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, The Skin I Live In, and Pain and Glory. The latter film earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination. In 1992, Banderas made his American film debut with the musical drama The Mambo Kings. He then starred in several major Hollywood films, including Philadelphia, Interview with the Vampire, Desperado, Evita, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Banderas also played roles in franchises such as Zorro, Spy Kids, and Shrek, where he voiced Puss in Boots.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
Born: Málaga, Spain
Citizenship: Spain
Birthday: August 10, 1960
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1982-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Ana Leza, Melanie Griffith
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Awards and Nominations Received by Antonio Banderas
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Movies Featuring Antonio Banderas
Uncharted
Dolittle
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
The New Mutants
Pain and Glory
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The Laundromat
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The 33
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
I'm So Excited
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Take the Lead
Life Itself
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Ruby Sparks
The Mask of Zorro
Official Competition
The Legend of Zorro
Puss in Boots
Bordertown
Desperado
Original Sin
Knight of Cups
The Expendables 3
Bullet Head
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Black Butterfly
Evita
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Femme Fatale
Machete Kills
Play It to the Bone
The 13th Warrior
The Enforcer
Acts Of Vengeance
The Body
Imagining Argentina
Gun Shy
Autómata
Code Name Banshee
The Music of Silence
Journey to Bethlehem
Cult Killer
The Clean Up Crew
Babygirl
Scared Shrekless
Donkey’s Christmas Shrektacular
Black Gold
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
The Making of The Skin I Live In
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Security
Searching for Debra Winger
Barbra: The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic!
Unmasking Zorro
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
People Like Us: Making ‘Philadelphia’
Far Far Away Idol
Shrek the Halls
Champion
Against The Wind
Summer Rain
Labyrinth of Passion
Pestañas postizas
Réquiem por un campesino español
Love Ravings
Law of Desire
Going Down in Morocco
If They Tell You I Fell
The White Dove
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
The Making of Pain and Glory
Matador
El placer de matar
Baton Rouge
27 Horas
El caso Almería
The Court of the Pharaoh
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Mambo Kings
Of Love and Shadows
Miami Rhapsody
Outrage
Thick as Thieves
Four Rooms
The House of the Spirits
The White River Kid
Never Talk to Strangers
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Two Much
Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini
Junket Whore
Career Timeline
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2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Renaldo
Journey to Bethlehem
Herod
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Self
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Self
2022
Uncharted
Santiago Moncada
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots
Official Competition
Félix Rivero
The Enforcer
Cuda
Code Name Banshee
Caleb
2021
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Aristotles Papadopolous
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Aristotle Papdopolous
2017
Bullet Head
Blue
Black Butterfly
Acts Of Vengeance
Frank Valera
Gun Shy
Turk Henry
Security
Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon
Barbra: The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic!
Self (archive footage)
2012
Ruby Sparks
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
Puss in Boots (voice)
The Making of The Skin I Live In
Self
2011
Puss in Boots
Black Gold
Emir Nesib
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self
2004
Imagining Argentina
People Like Us: Making ‘Philadelphia’
Self
Far Far Away Idol
Puss In Boots (voice)
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
Self
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Pancho Villa
2002
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Femme Fatale
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
1995
Desperado
Miami Rhapsody
Antonio
Four Rooms
Man
Never Talk to Strangers
Tony Ramirez
Two Much
Art Dodge
1989
Going Down in Morocco
Alberto
If They Tell You I Fell
Marcos
The White Dove
Mario
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Ricky
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