Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor from the Canary Islands. He is best known for his role in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor portraying the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh. He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol, Mar adentro, and Skyfall, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Bardem has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, five Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Best Actor at Cannes and two Volpi Cups at Venice for his work. He is the first Spaniard actor to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Actor, 2000, for Before Night Falls), as well as the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award. He received his third Academy Award nomination, and second Best Actor nomination, for the film Biutiful.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Stilgar
Dune
(2021)
Stilgar
Not Love, Just Frenzy
(1996)
The Little Mermaid
(2023)
King Triton
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
(2017)
Armando Salazar
mother!
(2017)
Him
No Country for Old Men
(2007)
Anton Chigurh
Skyfall
(2012)
Silva
Collateral
(2004)
Felix Reyes-Torrena
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
(2022)
Hector P. Valenti
The Ages of Lulu
(1990)
Jimmy
Automata
(2014)
Blue Robot (voice)
Jamon Jamon
(1992)
Raúl
The Eternal Memory
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Counselor
(2013)
Reiner
Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Felipe
Full Filmography
Acting
El poderoso influjo de la luna
(1981)
Niño entre gente curiosa (uncredited)
The Ages of Lulu
(1990)
Jimmy
High Heels
(1991)
Regidor T.V.
Jamon Jamon
(1992)
Raúl
Amo tu cama rica
(1992)
Antonio
Golden Balls
(1993)
Benito González
El amante bilingüe
(1993)
Limpiabotas
Huidos
(1993)
The Tit and the Moon
(1994)
Benito González
The Detective and Death
(1994)
Det. Cornelio
Running Out of Time
(1994)
Lisardo
Mouth to Mouth
(1995)
Víctor Ventura
La madre
(1995)
Hijo
Extasis
(1996)
Rober
Not Love, Just Frenzy
(1996)
Live Flesh
(1997)
David de Paz
Dance with the Devil
(1997)
Romeo Dolorosa
Airbag
(1997)
José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
(1997)
Stretcher Bearer
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
(1998)
Sultán (uncredited)
Between Your Legs
(1999)
Javier
Washington Wolves
(1999)
Alberto
Second Skin
(1999)
Diego
Before Night Falls
(2000)
Reinaldo Arenas
Don't Tempt Me
(2001)
Tony Graco
The Dancer Upstairs
(2002)
Agustín Rejas
Mondays in the Sun
(2002)
Santa
The Sea Inside
(2004)
Ramón Sampedro
Collateral
(2004)
Felix Reyes-Torrena
Goya's Ghosts
(2006)
Lorenzo Casamares
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
(2006)
Self
Love in the Time of Cholera
(2007)
Florentino Ariza
No Country for Old Men
(2007)
Anton Chigurh
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
(2008)
Self
Diary of a Country Sheriff
(2008)
Himself
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You…
(2009)
Self
Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Felipe
Biutiful
(2010)
Uxbal
14 Actors Acting
(2010)
Self
Skyfall
(2012)
Silva
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
(2012)
Self - Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
To the Wonder
(2013)
Father Quintana
The Counselor
(2013)
Reiner
Scorpion in Love
(2013)
Solis
L'Agent
(2013)
Construction Worker
Automata
(2014)
Blue Robot (voice)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
(2014)
Self
The Gunman
(2015)
Felix Marti
Loving Pablo
(2017)
Pablo Escobar
The Last Face
(2017)
Dr. Miguel Leon
mother!
(2017)
Him
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
(2017)
Armando Salazar
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
mother! The Downward Spiral
(2017)
Self
Everybody Knows
(2018)
Paco
Thy Kingdom Come
(2018)
Father Quintana
Querido Fotogramas
(2018)
Himself
Sanctuary
(2019)
Javier Bardem
The Roads Not Taken
(2020)
Leo
Dune
(2021)
Stilgar
Being the Ricardos
(2021)
Desi Arnaz
The Good Boss
(2021)
Julio Blanco
Being James Bond
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
(2022)
Hector P. Valenti
Look at Me
(2022)
Leo
Cruce de caminos
(2022)
Self
The Little Mermaid
(2023)
King Triton
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages
(2023)
Himself (archive)
The Eternal Memory
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Stilgar
Walking Fernando
(2024)
Fernando
Production