
Antonio Banderas
Born: 1960-08-10
Place of Birth: Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Biography
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They've since collaborated together on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and as well as nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He's also known for several Hollywood films, such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, Banderas made his US theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise.
Known For

Shrek Forever After

Babygirl

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Shrek the Third

Shrek 2

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Puss in Boots

Dolittle

Paddington in Peru

The Expendables 3

Uncharted

Shrek 5

Interview with the Vampire

Evita

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Original Sin

The Skin I Live In

Automata

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Spy Kids

Shrek Stories

The Mask of Zorro

Shrek the Halls

Security

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Philadelphia

Desperado

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Caso cerrado

Haywire

Scared Shrekless

The 13th Warrior

Cult Killer

Frida

Femme Fatale

The Legend of Zorro

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Four Rooms

Two Much

Black Butterfly

Assassins

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Bullet Head

Bordertown

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos

Matador

Imagining Argentina

Finding Altamira

El acto

Official Competition

The Laundromat

The Body

Machete Kills

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story

Puzzle

Junket Whore

Gun Shy

Acts of Vengeance

Code Name Banshee

Miami Rhapsody

The Enforcer

The House of the Spirits

Thick as Thieves

The 33

Los zancos

Against the Wind

Outrage

Baton Rouge

The Many Faces of Zorro

The Music of Silence

Chevolution

Ruby Sparks

The Court of the Pharaoh

Pain and Glory

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Journey to Bethlehem

Take the Lead

Knight of Cups

Play It to the Bone

Life Itself

Beyond the Edge

The Clean Up Crew

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Never Talk to Strangers

Of Love and Shadows

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Black Gold

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular

Law of Desire

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

The Other Man

The Mambo Kings

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Far Far Away Idol

My Mom's New Boyfriend

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Champion

The Big Bang

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

Labyrinth of Passion

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

I'm So Excited!

The Making of Pain and Glory

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Shrek's Yule Log

Searching for Debra Winger

Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

The White Dove

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Going Down in Morocco

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

The White River Kid

The Great Illusion

Réquiem por un campesino español

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream

Unmasking Zorro

The Making of The Expendables 3

Una mujer bajo la lluvia

Love Ravings

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'

The Making of The Skin I Live In

El señor Galíndez

Pestañas postizas

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

El caso Almería

If They Tell You I Fell

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

Terra Nova

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez

El placer de matar

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones

Hermanos, una historia de sangre

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

La mujer feliz

Y el cine marcha

The Way They Were

El viaje de Julieta
