Star Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Javier Encinas Bardem
Birthplace:
  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Claim to Fame:
  • Starred as the openly homosexual Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, garnering him an Oscar® nomination and making him the first Spanish actor nominated by the Academy
Education:
  • Escuela de Artes y Officios, Madrid, Spain; studied painting
Factoid:
  • Played rugby on the Spanish National team
Significant Other(s):
  • Christina Pales, together since 1991
Family:
  • Grandfather: Rafael Bardem, actor; born 1899; died 1972
  • Grandmother: Mathilde Munoz, actress
  • Mother: Pilar Bardem, actress; has appeared in two films with Javier
  • Uncle: Juan Antonio Bardem, director, screenwriter; born 1922
  • Sister: Monica Bardem, actress; born 1964
  • Brother: Carlos Bardem, actor
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
  • No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • Goya's Ghosts (2006)
  • Mar adentro (2004)
  • Collateral (2004)
  • Varianciones 1/113 (2003)
  • Mondays in the Sun (2002)
  • The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
  • Before Night Falls (2000)
  • Second Skin (2000)
  • Live Flesh (1997)
  • Mouth to Mouth (1995)
  • Huevos de oro (1993)
  • Jamón, Jamón (1993)
  • Amo tu cama rica (1992)
  • Las Edades de Lulú (1993)
    • Academy Awards®: