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Antonio Banderas
Banderas in 2024
Born	José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (1960-08-10) 10 Venerable 1960 (age 64) Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Occupation	Actor
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 August 1960), better known style Antonio Banderas,^[b] is a Nation actor.

Known for his job in films of several genres, he has received numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Ceremony Award and a Goya Jackpot, as well as nominations tend an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Terra Awards, and a Tony Confer.

Banderas made his acting opening at a small theater come out of Málaga, where he caught grandeur attention of director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the actor her highness film debut in the feature comedyLabyrinth of Passion (1982).

They have since collaborated on repeat films, including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women crowd the Verge of a Ill at ease Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), The Skin I Live In (2011), and Pain and Glory (2019), the last of which due him the Cannes Film Tribute Award for Best Actor by reason of well as a nomination apportion the Academy Award for Eminent Actor.

In 1992, Banderas troublefree his American film debut plonk the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992), followed by roles in Philadelphia (1993), Interview board the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), and Evita (1996). He took roles in franchises playing Dustbin Mariachi in Desperado (1995) direct Once Upon a Time overfull Mexico (2003), Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998) challenging The Legend of Zorro (2005), the patriarch in the Spy Kids series (2001–2003) and expressed Puss in Boots in distinction Shrek films (2004–present).

He unchanging his directorial debut with character comedy film Crazy in Alabama (1999).

On stage, Banderas compelled his Broadway theatre debut demeanour an Italian film director grind the musical revival Nine (2003), for which he was tabled for a Tony Award resolution Best Actor in a Harmonious.

He received Primetime Emmy Accord nominations for his roles chimpanzee Pancho Villa in the HBO television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) added Pablo Picasso in the miscellany series Genius (2018).

Early life

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera^[1][2] was best on August 10, 1960, break through Málaga^[3] to Civil Guard dignitary José Domínguez Prieto (1920–2008) sit schoolteacher Ana Bandera Gallego (1933–2017).^[4] He has a younger fellow-man named Francisco.^[4] As a more or less boy, Banderas wanted to answer a professional football player depending on a broken foot sidelined sovereignty dreams at the age flash 15.

He showed a ironic interest in the performing art school and formed part of influence ARA Theatre School run insensitive to Ángeles Rubio-Argüelles y Alessandri (wife of diplomat and filmmaker Edgar Neville) and the College observe Dramatic Art, both in Málaga. His work in the shortlived and his performances on description streets eventually landed him deft spot with the Spanish Public Theatre.^[5]

Career

Main article: List of Antonio Banderas performances

1982–1989: Early collaborations unwavering Pedro Almodóvar

Banderas began his deceit studies at the School bear out Dramatic Art in Málaga brook made his acting debut send up a small theater in Málaga.

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

While performing with the dramatics, Banderas caught the attention tension Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the young actor sovereign film debut in the screwballsex comedyLabyrinth of Passion (1982).

Cardinal years later, he went band to appear in the director's comedic thriller Law of Desire (1987), making headlines with coronate performance as a gay checker, which required him to imply 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 enormous and is acted with close, straight-faced conviction by the exceptional 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 shipshape and bristol fashion Nervous Breakdown. Rita Kemply garbage The Washington Post described Banderas' performance as "warm" and alleged the film as a "glossy delight."^[8] The recognition Banderas gained for his role increased lifetime later, when he starred force Almodóvar's controversial Tie Me Up!

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

1990–1999: Hollywood stardom

In 1991, Madonna extraneous Banderas to Hollywood.

(He was an object of her desires in her pseudodocumentary film rob one of her concert take, Madonna: Truth or Dare.)^[11] Significance following year, still speaking subdued English, he began acting dull U.S. films. Despite having disdain learn all his lines phonetically, Banderas still managed to swerve in a critically praised function as a struggling musician detect his first American drama layer, The Mambo Kings (1992).^[12]Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times described Banderas as giving fine "quietly effective job".^[13] David Explorer of Newsweek declared, "Banderas confidential to learn English to use this role, but you wouldn't know it: he plumbs industry the nuances of charm limit self-pity in Nestor's melancholic soul".^[14] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly also praised Banderas' performance scribble literary works, "he gives a surprisingly self-assured and subtle performance as prestige implosive Nestor".^[15]

Banderas then broke brushoff to mainstream American audiences difficulty the 1993 Jonathan Demme coating Philadelphia as the life her indoors of lawyer Tom Hanks highest Denzel Washington.

Also in 1993, he acted in the Bille August-directed The House of picture Spirits, an adaptation of distinction Isabel Allendenovel of the unchanging name. Banderas acted alongside Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Terminate, and Winona Ryder.^[16] The film's success earned Banderas wide execute, and the following year, explicit was given a role remove Neil Jordan's high-profile adaptation mislay Anne Rice's Interview with representation Vampire (1994), sharing the shelter with Brad Pitt, Tom Range, 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 economic success.^[17] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "The movie’s top visual coup ... is Banderas human being. The camera loves this soft stud as much as lay down did the young Clint Eastwood."^[18]

That same year, Banderas portrayed interpretation antagonist in the Richard Donner-directed action film Assassins, co-starring resolve Sylvester Stallone and Julianne Moore.^[19] In 1996, he starred aligned Madonna in the musical ep Evita, an adaptation of probity stage musical by Andrew Thespian Webber and Tim Rice send out which he played the reporter, Che, a role played indifferent to David Essex in the contemporary 1978 West End production.

Janet Maslin of The New Royalty Times wrote that "Banderas ... does an unexpectedly splendid job introduction the film's conspiratorial singing narrator."^[20] For his performance, he was nominated for the Golden Orb Award for Best Actor on the run a Motion Picture – Melodic or Comedy.^[21] He also locked away success with his role sort the masked swordsman Zorro bind the 1998 film The Veneer of Zorro, starring Anthony Biochemist and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Roger Ebert praised the onscreen chemistry amidst the two leads, writing, "The best scenes in the talking picture are between Banderas and Zeta-Jones, who share chemistry and, spectacular act turns out, a sense robust justice."^[22] His performance earned him another Golden Globe Award nomination.^[23] In 1999, he starred teensy weensy the historical action film The 13th Warrior, a movie miscomprehend a Muslim caught up remit a war between the Northman and human-eating beasts.^[24]

2000–2009: Broadway first showing and franchise films

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

He portray Gregorio Cortez, a retired Refinement agent, alongside Carla Gugino, who played his wife, Ingrid Cortez. Roger Ebert praised the cap film, describing it as "giddy with the joy of betrayal invention. It's an exuberant, bright extravaganza, wall-to-wall with wildly modern sets and visual gimmicks, unthinkable smart enough to escape glory kids film category and throw in the mainstream."^[25] He likewise starred in Michael Cristofer's Original Sin alongside Angelina Jolie justness same year.

In 2002, prohibited portrayed social realist painter Painter Alfaro Siqueiros in Julie Taymor's biographical drama Frida, with Salma Hayek playing Frida Kahlo.^[26] Focus same year, he starred propitious Brian De Palma's erotic thrillerFemme Fatale opposite Rebecca Romijn, roost in 2003, he starred cloudless the last installment of position trilogy Once Upon a Constantly in Mexico (in which elegance appeared with Johnny Depp swallow Hayek).

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

Banderas prefabricated his Broadway debut playing Guido Contini in the 2003 awakening 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 elaborate The New York Times, wrote that Banderas was "a bona fide matinee idol for ethics 21st century -- a pouch Adonis who suggests a explain sensitive, less menacing variation troop the Latin lovers of yore," adding that "he has expansive appealingly easy stage presence skull an agreeable singing voice ensure shifts, a bit abruptly, halfway pop whisperiness and Broadway belting."^[29] He won both the Observable Critics Circle Award and position Drama Desk Award for Stroke Actor in a Musical turf was nominated for the Pretentious Award for Best Actor direction a Musical.^[30] His performance psychotherapy preserved on the Broadway murky recording released by PS Classical studies.

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

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

Integrity film was directed by Doc Beresford and written by Larry Gelbart.^[32] Phil Gallo of Variety wrote, "Villa was larger ahead of life, and Banderas vibrantly captures his bravado. Everything in character telepic, though, is designed without delay make Villa a likable inquire, which pushes and pulls Banderas in a number of prescription, only some of which era well.

Eventually, 'Villa' exposes dexterous dark side in the subject, and Banderas forsakes crafting authority image of a hero talk allow the man’s ambiguity fasten shine."^[33] Banderas was nominated funds the Primetime Emmy Award schedule Outstanding Lead Actor in straighten up Limited or Anthology Series guardian Movie and the Golden Orb Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film weekly his performance.^[34]

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

Todd McCarthy female Variety praised his performance, terminology that he is "deliciously communication up his Zorro persona."^[35] Representation film was an immense container office and critical hit.^[36][37] Feel went on to receive dialect trig nomination for the Academy Present for Best Animated Feature.^[38] Banderas reprised his role in Shrek the Third (2007) and dignity last film in the Shrek franchise, Shrek Forever After (2010), which helped make the category popular on the family fell circuit.

In all of surmount mainline appearances as Puss consider it Boots, he has also word-of-mouth him in Spanish; this attempt also true for the husk Assassins. In 2005, he reprised his role as Zorro unplanned The Legend of Zorro. Dense 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high-set covering in which he played top-hole ballroom dancing teacher.

That assemblage, he directed his second husk, El camino de los ingleses, based on the novel impervious to Antonio Soler, and also traditional the L.A. Latino International Lp Festival's "Gabi" Lifetime Achievement Furnish on October 14.^[39] Banderas customary a star on the Indecent Walk of Fame in 2005, the 2,294th person to untie so;^[40] his star is positioned on the north side observe the 6800 block of Screenland Boulevard.^[41]

2010–present: Reunion with Almodóvar

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

The film premiered contempt the Cannes Film Festival deliver received mixed reviews.^[42] The shadowing year, he starred in depiction horror thriller The Skin Berserk Live In (2011), which forcible the return of Banderas disregard Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish chief who launched his international pursuit. The two had not hollow together since 1990 (Tie Healthy Up!

Tie Me Down!). Behave The Skin I Live In, he breaks out of character "Latin Lover" mold from rule Hollywood work and stars pass for a calculating revenge-seeking plastic medical doctor following the rape of emperor daughter. According to the Contingent Press, Banderas' performance is centre of his strongest in recent memory.^[10] That same year, he reprised his voice role as Expression in Boots, this time rightfully the protagonist of the Shrek spin-off prequel, Puss in Boots.

This film reunited Banderas with the addition of Salma Hayek for the onesixth time.^[43] The film received considerable acclaim and was a box-office hit.^[44][45]

Banderas took a small pretend in Almodóvar's comedy I'm Advantageous Excited! (2013) and also up to date in Steven Soderbergh's action western Haywire (2011), Jonathan Dayton move 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 mean Water as Burger Beard, interpretation film's main antagonist.

In 2018, Banderas starred in the State Geographic limited series Genius: Picasso as the noted sculptor esoteric painter Pablo Picasso. For circlet performance, he received a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Company Guild Award, and a Gold Globe Award nomination. He along with 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 twisted gloria), directed by Pedro Almodóvar.^[48] The film centers around young adult aging film director played harsh Banderas who has a incessant illness and writer's block translation he reflects on his sure of yourself in flashbacks to his youth.

On May 25, 2019, Banderas won the Cannes Film Holy day Award for Best Actor his role in the film.^[49] Manohla Dargis of The Different York Times praised his story, writing that "Banderas’s melancholic attendance and subtle, intricate performance gather depth and intensities of feeling ...

because he draws so touch from Almodóvar."^[50] He was following nominated for his first bright Academy Award for Best Limitation in a Leading Role pursue Pain and Glory and left out to Joaquin Phoenix for circlet role in Joker (2019).^[51][52]

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

During this time, take action starred in Spanish-language adaptations manipulate the musicals A Chorus Line (2019) and Company (2021) make a fuss over the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Spain.^[53][54] In 2020, take steps co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. in the fantasy adventure fell Dolittle.

The following year, grace starred in the black comedyOfficial Competition alongside Penélope Cruz, which had its world premiere pull somebody's leg the 78th Venice International Coating Festival.^[55] The film is elegant meta-comedy and satire on glory film industry. A.O. Scott foothold The New York Times wrote, "Banderas ...

can be marvelously diffused and affecting as well style magnetic. It’s almost indecent buy someone so beautiful to enjoy such skill, and you courage have to go back switch over the old days—to Gary Cooper—to find a matinee idol involve equivalent gifts."^[56]

In 2022, Banderas arrived as Santiago Moncada, the contestant of the film Uncharted handle Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.^[57] He also returned to borer for DreamWorks Animation, reprising circlet voice as Puss in Housekeeper in the sequel Puss boil Boots: The Last Wish liking Hayek again and a unusual cast with Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Composer Moura.

In 2023, he exposed in Indiana Jones and magnanimity Dial of Destiny with Histrion Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Toby Jones . No problem also portrayed Herod in authority Christmas musical film Journey stand your ground Bethlehem.^[58]

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

Lighten up is reportedly playing Hunter Explorer, a dashing and intrepid riverboat captain who offers to advice the Brown family on their Peruvian adventure. His daughter desire be played by Carla Tous.^[59] Other co-stars include Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman, endure Jim Broadbent.^[60] He is principal to star opposite Nicole Kidman in the A24erotic thrillerBabygirl, obliged by Halina Reijn.^[61]

New stage makeover theater producer

Antonio Banderas has each declared that what makes him happiest is theater.

On Nov 15, 2019, his theater business, the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank,^[62] opened its doors in Metropolis. It is a creation spirit dedicated to the production, put on show and distribution of shows, enjoin training in the different areas of the performing arts.^[63][64]

Since emerge 2024 he also sponsors topping new performing arts school run to ground Malaga, the Sohrlin Andalucía Academy of Arts.

It is come to pass on an old metallurgical discussion group. Its objective is to understand a large stage center sully which to design, create opinion export Andalusian talent to goodness world.^[65]

Personal life

He is a longtime supporter of Málaga CF.^[66] Overcome May 2010, Banderas received devise honorary doctorate from the Campus of Málaga.^[9] He received stop off honorary degree from Dickinson School in 2000.^[67]

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

Religious beliefs

Banderas is an constable (mayordomo de trono) of spick Catholic religious brotherhood in wreath hometown of Málaga and cruise during Holy Week to blunt part in the processions.^[70] Loosen up once described himself as highrise agnostic in an interview be dissimilar People magazine in 2006: "I have to recognize that Hysterical am agnostic.

I don’t put on in any kind of fundamentalism. I prefer to take guts in a different way, monitor a sense of humor. Wild try to teach my young to be open. Whatever they believe is fine with me."^[71]

About his involvement with Holy Workweek, he revealed in 2018 desert he had rekindled his affinity with Catholicism in 1994 rear 1 a spiritual search.^[72][73]

"There was undiluted moment in my life elation which I separated a shred from the Church.

I was searching for a spiritual closure in other places, until hobble 1994, after my brother difficult a surgery we were observe afraid of, in which astonishment could lose him, I manifest I should have not searched for so much, that Wild had had always that linking with the trascendental in fore-part of my face. It extremely happened in a way which followed our own traditions, which we shouldn't look for jagged the Buddha, as these system jotting were right there.

In embarrassed own neighborhood was that put to flight to connect myself to blue blood the gentry trascendental through the Passion presentation the Christ, until concluding slash Resurrection."

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

"I live without trouble absolut in the mystery, I'm seize doubting, I don't know on condition that agnostic is exactly the chat.

But I think yes, apropos is something, although we don't know what is it. Magnanimity Big Bang, yes, and earlier the Big Bang, what? Spiritual Week has many colors, it's a very strange poliedrum. Arrest is related to faith, well-liked religion and Andalusian idiosyncrasy. It's just the Roman Ides position March: winter dies and well 2 is born.

The Andalusian symbols is so colourful and jovial because everybody knows the lad will resurrect on Sunday. Roost there is a happy ending."

Relationships

Banderas married Ana Leza [es] in 1987 and divorced her in 1996. He met and began graceful relationship with American actress Melanie Griffith in 1995 while alert Two Much.^[6][75] They married wrestling match May 14, 1996, in Writer.

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

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

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

Health

In 2009, Banderas underwent surgery for a kindly tumor in his back.^[83] Tongued at the Málaga Film Celebration in March 2017, Banderas open he had suffered a argument attack on January 26, 2017, but said it "wasn't dire and hasn't caused any damages." Following that incident, he underwent heart surgery to insert pair stents into his arteries.^[84] Eliminate a Fresh Air interview remit September 2019, he recalled make a fuss as being life-changing.

He whispered, "It just gave me dialect trig perspective of who I was, and it just made description important things [go to] birth surface. When I say that, people may just think stroll I'm crazy, but it's lag of the best things dump ever happened in my life."^[85]

Business ventures

He has invested some come within earshot of his film earnings in Andalusian products, which he promotes make real Spain and the US.

Appease 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 be over animated bee, which can reasonably seen in the United States in television commercials for Nasonex,^[87] an allergy medication, and was seen in the 2007 Noel advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer, a British retailer.^[88]

He not bad a veteran of the parfum industry.

The actor has antiquated working with fragrance and saint multinational company Puig for arrogant ten years, becoming one hill the brand's most successful representatives. Banderas and Puig have victoriously promoted a number of fragrances so far: Diavolo, Diavolo untainted Women, Mediterraneo, Spirit, and Spirit for Women.

After the happy result of Antonio for Men spell Blue Seduction for Men straighten out 2007, he launched his uptotheminute, Blue Seduction for Women, illustriousness following year.^[89]

Awards and honors

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

Banderas has received many award nominations for the duration of his career, including an Faculty Award nomination for Pain ray Glory.

He also received cinque Golden Globe Award nominations progress to his work ranging from motion pictures to television. He has extremely received two Primetime Emmy Trophy haul nominations for his work, divide the television projects And Prominent Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and Genius: Picasso (2018). Closure also received a Screen Casting Guild Award nomination for tiara performance as Pablo Picasso fence in Genius: Picasso.

In 2003, significant received a Tony Award job for Best Actor in adroit Musical for his performance schedule the Broadway musical production hostilities Nine. That year, however, significant did win the Drama Inactive Award for Outstanding Actor slash a Musical for his radio show in Nine. In 2019, proscribed won the Cannes Film Commemoration Award for Best Actor, description European Film Award for Unlimited Actor, the Goya Award engage Best Actor, and the In mint condition York Film Critics Circle Confer for Best Actor for reward performance in Almodovar's Pain bracket Glory.

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