Javier BardemJavier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. Born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, he is the latest in a long line of a family which has been making movies since the earliest days of Spanish movie making. His film debut was at the age of 6, and he appeared in several television series before turning to painting and, eventually, athletics. He was a member of the Spanish national rugby team. In 1992 he appeared in Jamón, jamón, an international hit movie. But his role in that film as a sexy stud made him afraid that he would be typecast, and he deliberately decided to avoid such roles later. He became well-known outside of Spain when he starred in Before Night Falls in 2000, as homosexual Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role, the first Spaniard to be so honored. In 2004, he won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in The Sea Inside, a film about the true-life suicide of Ramón Sampedro. Actor Credits
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In 2004, he won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in The Sea Inside, a film about the true-life suicide of Ramón Sampedro. He also played Ishmael (to Gregory Peck's Captain Ahab) in a film version of Moby Dick, and in several other films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role, the first Spaniard to be so honored. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama called Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, as the character of Admiral Nelson. He became well-known outside of Spain when he starred in Before Night Falls in 2000, as homosexual Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 - September 17, 1984) was an American actor. But his role in that film as a sexy stud made him afraid that he would be typecast, and he deliberately decided to avoid such roles later. In 1992 he appeared in Jamón, jamón, an international hit movie. He was a member of the Spanish national rugby team. His film debut was at the age of 6, and he appeared in several television series before turning to painting and, eventually, athletics. Born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, he is the latest in a long line of a family which has been making movies since the earliest days of Spanish movie making. Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. Jamon Jamon (1992). Golden Balls (1993). Mouth To Mouth (1996). Live Flesh (1997). Perdita Durango (1997). Second Skin (2000). Before Night Falls (2000). Between Your Legs (2003). The Dancer Upstairs (2003). Mondays In The Sun (2003). The Sea Inside (2004). |