Antonio Banderas
- Birthday:
- 08/10/1960
- 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.
Credits
 | Pedro x Javis (2025) |
 | Babygirl (2024) as Jacob |
 | Paddington in Peru (2024) as Hunter Cabot |
 | The Clean Up Crew (2024) as Gabriel |
 | Hermanos, una historia de sangre (2024) as Narrator |
 | Cult Killer (2024) as Mikeal Tallini |
 | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford (2023) as Self |
 | Journey to Bethlehem (2023) as Herod the Great |
 | The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) as Self |
 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) as Renaldo |
 | El viaje de Julieta (2023) as Self |
 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | The Enforcer (2022) as Cuda |
 | Code Name Banshee (2022) as Caleb |
 | Uncharted (2022) as Santiago Moncada |
 | Competencia oficial (2021) as Félix Rivero |
 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) as Aristotle Papdopolous |
 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
 | One Night Only: The Best of Broadway (2020) as Self - Performer |
 | The Making of Pain and Glory (2020) as Self |
 | Dolittle (2020) as King Rassouli |
 | The Laundromat (2019) as Ramón Fonseca |
 | Dolor y gloria (2019) as Salvador Mallo |
 | Life Itself (2018) as Vincent Saccione |
 | За гранью реальности (2018) as Gordon |
 | Bullet Head (2017) as Blue |
 | Acts of Vengeance (2017) as Frank Valera |
 | La musica del silenzio (2017) as Le maestro |
 | Gun Shy (2017) as Turk Henry |
 | Black Butterfly (2017) as Paul |
 | Security (2017) as Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon |
 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story (2017) as Burger Beard |
 | La gran ilusión (2016) as Self |
 | Altamira (2016) as Marcelino |
 | Knight of Cups (2015) as Tonio |
 | The 33 (2015) as Mario Sepúlveda |
 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) as Burger Beard |
 | The Making of The Expendables 3 (2014) as Self |
 | Autómata (2014) as Jacq Vaucan |
 | Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (2014) as Self |
 | The Expendables 3 (2014) as Galgo |
| | Mundos virtuales (2013) |
 | Shrek Stories (2013) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Machete Kills (2013) as El Camaleon |
 | Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) as Sir Clorex (voice) |
 | Los amantes pasajeros (2013) as León |
 | Dreamworks Spooky Stories (2012) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Ruby Sparks (2012) as Mort |
 | The Making of The Skin I Live In (2012) as Self |
 | Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Shrek: Once Upon a Time (2011) as Self |
 | Black Gold (2011) as Emir Nesib |
 | Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) as Self |
 | Haywire (2011) as Rodrigo |
 | Puss in Boots (2011) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011) as Gregorio Cortez (uncredited) |
 | La piel que habito (2011) as Dr. Robert Ledgard |
 | The Big Bang (2011) as Ned Cruz |
 | Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular (2010) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Shrek's Yule Log (2010) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Scared Shrekless (2010) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) as Greg |
 | Shrek Forever After (2010) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Thick as Thieves (2009) as Gabriel Martin |
 | The Other Man (2008) as Ralph |
 | Y el cine marcha (2008) |
 | My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008) as Tommy Martinez |
 | Chevolution (2008) |
 | Shrek the Halls (2007) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Shrek the Third (2007) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Bordertown (2007) as Alfonso Diaz |
 | Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007) as Self |
| | Hécuba: un sueño de pasión (2006) as Self |
 | Take the Lead (2006) as Pierre Dulaine |
 | Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005) as Miguel (archive footage) |
 | The Legend of Zorro (2005) as Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro |
 | Champion (2005) as Self |
 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self |
 | Far Far Away Idol (2004) as Puss In Boots (voice) |
 | People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2004) as Self |
 | Shrek 2 (2004) as Puss in Boots (voice) |
 | Imagining Argentina (2003) as Carlos Rueda |
 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) as El Mariachi |
 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) as Pancho Villa |
 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) as Gregorio Cortez |
 | Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003) as Self |
 | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) as Agent Jeremiah Ecks |
 | Frida (2002) as David Alfaro Siqueiros |
 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) as Gregorio Cortez |
 | Searching for Debra Winger (2002) as Self (uncredited) |
 | Femme Fatale (2002) as Nicolas Bardo |
 | Unmasking Zorro (2001) as Self |
 | Original Sin (2001) as Luis Antonio Vargas |
 | The Body (2001) as Father Matt Gutierrez |
 | Spy Kids (2001) as Gregorio Cortez |
 | The Many Faces of Zorro (2000) as Self |
 | Play It to the Bone (1999) as Cesar Dominguez |
 | The 13th Warrior (1999) as Ahmed Ibh Fahdlan |
 | The White River Kid (1999) as Morales Pittman |
 | Junket Whore (1998) as Self |
 | The Mask of Zorro (1998) as Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro |
 | Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) as Self - Performer |
 | Evita (1996) as Ché |
 | A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' (1996) as Self |
 | Four Rooms (1995) as Man |
 | Two Much (1995) as Art Dodge |
 | Never Talk to Strangers (1995) as Tony Ramirez |
 | Assassins (1995) as Miguel Bain |
 | Desperado (1995) as El Mariachi |
 | Miami Rhapsody (1995) as Antonio |
 | Interview with the Vampire (1994) as Armand |
 | Of Love and Shadows (1994) as Francisco |
 | Philadelphia (1993) as Miguel Alvarez |
 | The House of the Spirits (1993) as Pedro Tercero Gareia |
 | ¡Dispara! (1993) as Marcos Vallez |
 | La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez (1993) |
 | Una mujer bajo la lluvia (1992) as Miguel |
 | The Mambo Kings (1992) as Nestor Castillo |
 | Terra Nova (1991) as Antonio |
 | Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) as Self |
 | Contra el Viento (1990) as Juan |
 | La mujer feliz (1990) |
 | ¡Átame! (1990) as Ricky |
 | El acto (1989) as Carlos |
 | La blanca paloma (1989) as Mario |
 | Si te dicen que caí (1989) as Marcos |
 | Bajarse al moro (1989) as Alberto |
 | Baton Rouge (1988) as Antonio |
 | El placer de matar (1988) |
 | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) as Carlos |
 | Así como habían sido (1987) as Damián |
 | La ley del deseo (1987) as Antonio Benítez |
 | Delirios de amor (1986) as Amante de Jaime (segment "Delirio 3") |
 | 27 Horas (1986) as Rafa |
 | Puzzle (1986) as Andrés |
 | Matador (1986) as Ángel |
 | Caso cerrado (1985) as Gasofa |
 | La corte del Faraón (1985) as Fray José / José en un momento posterior |
 | Réquiem por un campesino español (1985) as Paco |
 | Los zancos (1984) as Alberto |
 | El señor Galíndez (1984) as Eduardo |
 | El caso Almería (1984) as Juan Luque |
 | Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! (1983) as Pipi |
 | Laberinto de pasiones (1982) as Sadec |
 | Pestañas postizas (1982) as Juan |
| | San Pellegrino - Fili tirati nunca |
| | Tony |
| | Rose's Baby as Álvaro |
| | Above and Below as Burns |
| | La gran ilusión Thanks |
| | Autómata Producer |
| | Justin and the Knights of Valour Producer |
 | The Lady and the Reaper Producer |
 | El lince perdido Producer |
 | 3 días Producer |
 | El camino de los ingleses Director |
 | Crazy in Alabama Director |
| | The White River Kid Producer |
| | Desperado Special Guest Director |
