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
No Country for Old Men
(2007)
Anton Chigurh
mother!
(2017)
Him
Skyfall
(2012)
Silva
Collateral
(2004)
Felix Reyes-Torrena
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
(2022)
Hector P. Valenti
The Ages of Lulu
(1990)
Jimmy
Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Felipe
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Automata
(2014)
Blue Robot (voice)
Love in the Time of Cholera
(2007)
Florentino Ariza
Jamon Jamon
(1992)
Raúl
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
The Bilingual Lover
(1993)
Limpiabotas
Huidos
(1993)
Running Out of Time
(1994)
Lisardo
The Detective and Death
(1994)
Det. Cornelio
The Tit and the Moon
(1994)
Benito González
La madre
(1995)
Hijo
Mouth to Mouth
(1995)
Víctor Ventura
Extasis
(1996)
Rober
Not Love, Just Frenzy
(1996)
Dance with the Devil
(1997)
Romeo Dolorosa
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
(1997)
Stretcher Bearer
Airbag
(1997)
José Alberto 'Amor Obsoleto'
Live Flesh
(1997)
David de Paz
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
(1998)
Sultán (uncredited)
Second Skin
(1999)
Diego
Washington Wolves
(1999)
Alberto
Between Your Legs
(1999)
Javier
Before Night Falls
(2000)
Reinaldo Arenas
Don't Tempt Me
(2001)
Tony Graco
Mondays in the Sun
(2002)
Santa
The Dancer Upstairs
(2002)
Agustín Rejas
Collateral
(2004)
Felix Reyes-Torrena
The Sea Inside
(2004)
Ramón Sampedro
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
Diary of a Country Sheriff
(2008)
Himself
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Juan Antonio Gonzalo
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
(2008)
Self
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You…
(2009)
Self
Biutiful
(2010)
Uxbal
Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Felipe
14 Actors Acting
(2010)
Self
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
(2012)
Self - Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Skyfall
(2012)
Silva
Scorpion in Love
(2013)
Solis
L'Agent
(2013)
Construction Worker
The Counselor
(2013)
Reiner
To the Wonder
(2013)
Father Quintana
Automata
(2014)
Blue Robot (voice)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
(2014)
Self
The Gunman
(2015)
Felix Marti
mother!
(2017)
Him
The Last Face
(2017)
Dr. Miguel Leon
Loving Pablo
(2017)
Pablo Escobar
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
Querido Fotogramas
(2018)
Himself
Thy Kingdom Come
(2018)
Father Quintana
Sanctuary
(2019)
Javier Bardem
The Roads Not Taken
(2020)
Leo
Being the Ricardos
(2021)
Desi Arnaz
Dune
(2021)
Stilgar
The Good Boss
(2021)
Julio Blanco
Being James Bond
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Look at Me
(2022)
Leo
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
(2022)
Hector P. Valenti
Cruce de caminos
(2022)
Self
The Little Mermaid
(2023)
King Triton
The Eternal Memory
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Javier Bardem, l'acteur aux mille visages
(2023)
Himself (archive)
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Stilgar
Walking Fernando
(2024)
Fernando
Formula One
(2025)
Production