Bardem was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith by his grandmother. He also comes from a political background, as his uncle Juan Antonio was imprisoned by Franco for his anti-fascist films. īardem comes from a long line of filmmakers and actors dating back to the earliest days of Spanish cinema he is a grandson of actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, and a nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem. (Another sibling died shortly after birth.) His father died of leukemia in 1995. The two separated shortly after Javier's birth, and his mother raised him and his elder siblings, Carlos and Mónica, alone. He changed jobs more than 10 times, leading to evictions and the children going hungry. According to Pilar's memoirs, José had a "capricious and violent will," and shot up the front door. His mother, Pilar Bardem (born María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz, 1939–2021), was an actress, and his father, José Carlos Encinas Doussinague (1931–1995), was the son of a cattle rancher. īardem was born on 1 March 1969 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain. In January 2018, Bardem became ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica. He is also the recipient of a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, two Venice Film Festival Volpi Cups for Best Actor, and six Goya Awards.
He is the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Academy Award ( Best Actor for Before Night Falls in 2001), as well as the first and only Spanish actor to win one ( Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men in 2008). He has also starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018) and Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama Dune (2021).īardem's other Oscar-nominated performances include Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls (2000), Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful (2010), and Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos (2021). He also received critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Jamón Jamón (1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula (1997), Los lunes al sol (2002), and Mar adentro (2004). Known for his roles in blockbusters and foreign films, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award.īardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' modern western drama film No Country for Old Men (2007). Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem ( Spanish: born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor.