Javier Bardem
Spanish actor and first Spaniard to win an acting Oscar.
On 1 March 1969, in Las Palmas, which is part of Spain's Canary Islands, Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem was born.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
- Born
- 1 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Las Palmas, Spain
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Spouse
- Penélope Cruz (2010)
- Children
- 2
- Mother
- Pilar Bardem
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
His parents separated shortly after his birth, and his mother raised him and his siblings alone.[3] Bardem gained international recognition for portraying Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls in 2000.[4][2] He won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Mar adentro in 2004.[5] He was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Biutiful in 2010.[6]
Bardem received the 2,484th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 8 November 2012.[7] During his childhood, he frequented theaters and movie sets, and his initial TV appearance occurred in 1974.[8] He spent four years learning painting at Madrid's Escuela de Artes y oficios, but eventually gave up on it as a profession.[8][2] In the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, Bardem took on the role of the murderous hitman Anton Chigurh.[9]
What the cited sources add
The Guardian interview notes that Bardem keeps the answering machine message from Al Pacino praising his performance in Before Night Falls.[10] The same source reports that Francis Ford Coppola singled out Bardem as an heir to Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.[10] The CBC News profile states that Bardem credits the group AC/DC for helping him learn English.[11] The Daily Mirror article confirms that Bardem cannot drive and only does so for film roles.[2]
The El Mundo article describes Bardem's father as having a "capricious and violent will" according to Pilar Bardem's memoirs.[12] The La Voz de Galicia piece notes that Bardem's first major motion picture role was in The Ages of Lulu at age 21.[13][14]
References
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ortiz, "El enigmático padre de Bardem", El Mundo, 2 March 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Schroot, "Javier Bardem: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar-nominated actor", Daily Mirror, 22 February 2011. facts only, no text reused. mirror.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Javier Bardem Biography – Yahoo! Movies", Movies.yahoo.com; Reid, "Spanish inquisition: why Javier Bardem was haunted by his new film", The Telegraph, 24 January 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schroot, "Javier Bardem: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar-nominated actor", Daily Mirror, 22 February 2011; Turner, "I always fight directors", The Guardian, 9 February 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: O'Hara, "Javier Bardem", Empire (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cobiella, "Javier Bardem: Acting, Fame Are Contradictory", CBC News, 9 January 2011; "Oscar nominations: Javier Bardem expresses his gratitude", Los Angeles Times, 25 January 2011; Karger, "Oscar nominations: The 5 biggest surprises", 25 January 2011; "Javier Bardem wins best actor Goya Award for BIUTIFUL", FEST21, 15 February 2011; "Y el Goya es para "Pa negre", Javier Bardem y... Jimmy Jump", vertele, 14 February 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bardem to receive Hollywood honor", FOX 23 News, 30 October 2012; "Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony (2012) – from", Instantwatcher.com, 16 December 2012; "TIFF 2012: Javier Bardem's documentary reveals plight of Western Saharan refugees", thestar.com, 14 September 2012; "Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony", YouTube, 13 November 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Turner, "I always fight directors", The Guardian, 9 February 2008; "La tierna escena del debut en televisión de Javier Bardem, Premio Donostia 2023", rtve.es, 12 May 2023; Turner, "I always fight directors", The Guardian, 9 February 2008; "Javier Bardem As Four Year Old On Spanish TV (VIDEO)", The Huffington Post, 23 October 2010; Schroot, "Javier Bardem: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar-nominated actor", Daily Mirror, 22 February 2011; Pierce, "Interview with Javier Bardem", BBC; Cobiella, "Javier Bardem: Acting, Fame Are Contr en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Serjeant, "Javier Bardem becomes first Spanish actor to win Oscar", Reuters, 25 February 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Turner, "I always fight directors", The Guardian, 9 February 2008. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- Cobiella, "Javier Bardem: Acting, Fame Are Contradictory", CBC News, 9 January 2011. facts only, no text reused. cbsnews.com
- Ortiz, "El enigmático padre de Bardem", El Mundo, 2 March 2008. facts only, no text reused. elmundo.es
- Wikipedia, "Javier Bardem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fernández, "Las pisadas gallegas de Bardem", La Voz de Galicia, 26 February 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Fernández, "Las pisadas gallegas de Bardem", La Voz de Galicia, 26 February 2008. facts only, no text reused. lavozdegalicia.es
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