Robert Alda

He was a successful actor, and his wife Joan Brown was crowned Miss New York in a beauty pagent. When speaking Spanish, he has an Andalusian accent, but he usually substitutes it with a standard Castilian one when acting. Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo) was the father of Alan Alda. He has tried his hand at directing with a film featuring his wife. He has shown sympathies for the Spanish Socialist Party. He invested his movie earnings in businesses marketing Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA.

He is probably the most famous Spanish actor. They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen. The Banderas-Griffith family established themselves at Hollywood, where Antonio usually plays Latinos. He divorced his Spanish wife and, in 1996, married American actress Melanie Griffith, whom he had met during the shooting of Two Much. He first gained wide attention through a series of films with director Pedro Almodóvar between 1982 and 1990, and is one of the stars of the three Spy Kids movies (2001-2003).

As a young man, he went penniless to Madrid to make a career in the Spanish film industry. Antonio Banderas (born August 10, 1960), born José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, is a Spanish actor born in Málaga. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1989). Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990).

Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991). The Mambo Kings (1992). The House of the Spirits (1993). Philadelphia (1993).

Interview with the Vampire (1994). Desperado (1995). Assassins (1995). Four Rooms (1995).

Evita (1996). The Mask of Zorro (1998). The 13th Warrior (1999). Spy Kids (2001).

Femme Fatale (2002). Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

Imagining Argentina (2003). Shrek 2 (2004) (voice). Legend of Zorro (2005).