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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career that has lasted over thirty years, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, seven Goya Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. A son of actress Pilar Bardem, he first became known for such Spanish films as Jamón jamón(1992), Boca a boc... more

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career that has lasted over thirty years, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, seven Goya Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

A son of actress Pilar Bardem, he first became known for such Spanish films as Jamón jamón(1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula(1997), Los lunes al sol (2002), and Mar adentro (2004). He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), a criminal with cancer in Biutiful (2010), and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos (2021). His portrayal of assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' western film No Country for Old Men (2007) won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

Bardem has also starred in auteur-driven films such as Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), and Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018). He also acted in blockbuster films such as the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), the swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(2017), the science fiction epic films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024).

Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010, and they have two children together. In January 2018, Bardem became Greenpeace's ambassador for Antarctica's protection.

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No Country for Old Men
(2007)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
8.1
93%
91
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Dune
(2021)
Adventure, Science Fiction
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commod...
Runtime:
155 min
Cast:
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård
8.0
83%
74
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Skyfall
(2012)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M i...
Runtime:
143 min
Director:
Sam Mendes
Cast:
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris
7.8
93%
81
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Collateral
(2004)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Michael Mann
Cast:
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith
7.5
86%
71
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The Sea Inside
(2004)
Drama
The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Alejandro Amenábar
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau, Josep Maria Pou
8.0
84%
74
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Drama, Romance
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Christopher Evan Welch
7.1
81%
70
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Biutiful
(2010)
Drama
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
Runtime:
148 min
Director:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández
7.5
64%
58
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it,...
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast:
Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario
6.6
29%
39
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mother!
(2017)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Runtime:
121 min
Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Ed Harris
6.6
70%
75
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Live Flesh
(1997)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast:
Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Ángela Molina
7.4
81%
69
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Before Night Falls
(2000)
Drama
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Julian Schnabel
Cast:
Diego Luna, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Andrea Di Stefano
7.2
73%
85
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Goya's Ghosts
(2006)
Drama
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Miloš Forman
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid
6.9
30%
52
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Everybody Knows
(2018)
Drama
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Asghar Farhadi
Cast:
Penélope Cruz, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín, Javier Bardem
6.9
N/A
68
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Automata
(2014)
Science Fiction, Thriller
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Gabe Ibáñez
Cast:
Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Melanie Griffith, Dylan McDermott, Dylan McDermott
6.1
30%
37
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Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Drama, Romance
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her l...
Runtime:
133 min
Director:
Ryan Murphy
Cast:
Julia Roberts, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, Richard Jenkins
5.7
36%
50
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High Heels
(1991)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast:
Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran, Cristina Marcos
7.1
53%
51
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Love in the Time of Cholera
(2007)
Drama, Romance
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.
Runtime:
139 min
Director:
Mike Newell
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Unax Ugalde, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Héctor Elizondo
6.4
27%
43
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Mondays in the Sun
(2002)
Comedy, Drama
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he ...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Fernando León de Aranoa
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Nieve de Medina, Enrique Villén, Celso Bugallo
7.7
80%
64
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The Gunman
(2015)
Action, Crime, Drama
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads h...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Pierre Morel
Cast:
Sean Penn, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca
5.8
17%
39
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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
(1998)
Comedy, Crime
Torrente, The Stupid Arm of The Law by Santiago Segura stars Javier Cámara as a corrupt, poor, delusional, sexist, egocentric, drunk and right-winged Madrid cop named Torrente. This over the top comedy shows Torrente on his search for heroin drug dealers and the outrageous characters he passes on his way. A cult film and one of the fun...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Santiago Segura
Cast:
Javier Cámara, Santiago Segura, Neus Asensi, Chus Lampreave, Tony Leblanc
6.8
N/A
N/A
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The Counselor
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Brad Pitt
5.3
35%
48
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To the Wonder
(2013)
Drama, Romance
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Terrence Malick
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, Tatiana Chiline
5.9
46%
58
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Jamon Jamon
(1992)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia becomes pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, an...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Bigas Luna
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Stefania Sandrelli, Tomás Martín
6.4
69%
N/A
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Loving Pablo
(2017)
Crime, Drama
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Runtime:
123 min
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Julieth Restrepo, Óscar Jaenada
6.3
32%
42
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The Dancer Upstairs
(2002)
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
John Malkovich
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez, Alexandra Lencastre
6.9
64%
64
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Dance with the Devil
(1997)
Action, Thriller
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corp...
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Álex de la Iglesia
Cast:
Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, James Gandolfini
6.3
36%
N/A
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Airbag
(1997)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying t...
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Cast:
Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Karra Elejalde, Alberto San Juan, Karlos Arguiñano, Manuel Manquiña
6.8
N/A
N/A
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The Tit and the Moon
(1994)
Comedy, Drama
A child does not stand the idea of having a new brother and dreams about drinking milk from the breasts of his mother again. The child asks the moon to bring him a tit only for him.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Bigas Luna
Cast:
Biel Duran, Mathilda May, Gérard Darmon, Miguel Poveda, Abel Folk
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Between Your Legs
(1999)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Miranda, a sex addict, works for a radio station and is married to a cop. She signs up for therapy in order to deal with her sex addiction. Also in the group is Javier, a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit it off and a torid affair ensues. But things get a little complicated when Javier finds out that this phone sex trysts have been...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Manuel Gómez Pereira
Cast:
Victoria Abril, Javier Bardem, Carmelo Gómez, Juan Diego, Roberto Alvarez
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Golden Balls
(1993)
Comedy, Drama
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let nothing get in his way. He marries the daughter of a billionaire, intending to use her fat...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Bigas Luna
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Benicio del Toro, Alessandro Gassman
6.2
N/A
N/A
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The Ages of Lulu
(1990)
Drama
Fifteen-year-old Lulu has never known any affection from her family. But when she goes to a rock concert with Pablo, a friend of the family, he introduces Lulu to her first sexual experience. Years later, Pablo and Lulu have married; Pablo has created a sheltered, private world for Lulu, into which nothing intrudes. However, Lulu tires...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Bigas Luna
Cast:
Francesca Neri, Óscar Ladoire, María Barranco, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Rosana Pastor
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Mouth to Mouth
(1995)
Comedy
For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his best clients.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Manuel Gómez Pereira
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Josep Maria Flotats, María Barranco, Myriam Mézières
6.7
33%
N/A
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Running Out of Time
(1994)
Drama, Thriller
Days before committing an attack, Antonio, a gunman of the terrorist gang ETA who has dedicated his life to a cause he no longer believes in, meets Charo, a young drug addict who, despite the sordid environment in which she lives, still retains her innocence.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Imanol Uribe
Cast:
Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Candela Peña, Karra Elejalde, Javier Bardem
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Second Skin
(1999)
Drama, Romance
Diego is a doctor who has fallen in love with a married man with a son. Against the advice of his boss and best friend, he continues his affair with Alberto. The consequences of this affair profoundly alter not only the two men's lives, but also that of Alberto's wife.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Gerardo Vera
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Jordi Mollà, Ariadna Gil, Cecilia Roth, Mercedes Sampietro
6.5
N/A
43
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Extasis
(1996)
Drama
Three friends, two young men and a young woman, are bored by the normal world of their parents and want to flee in order to start living somewhere else. Thus they make a pervert plan: rob their own families. After that they flee without any destination and without having really planned where to go to.
Runtime:
93 min
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Scorpion in Love
(2013)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Julian (Álex González) and his friend Luis (Miguel Angel Silvestre) are two neighborhood boys who are part of a gang of violent neo-Nazis, led by Solis (Javier Bardem). After start training in a gym, Julian is transformed gradually thanks to the discipline of boxing, the nobility of his coach (Carlos Bardem) and the love of a young lat...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Santiago A. Zannou
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Álex González, Carlos Bardem, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Judith Diakhate
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Washington Wolves
(1999)
Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not steal some of his money? Troubles grow when Claudio's wife is planning to steal this money ...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Mariano Barroso
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Eduard Fernández, Ernesto Alterio, José Sancho
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Amo tu cama rica
(1992)
Comedy, Romance
Pedro goes out searching for a girl, but the night doesn't seem to be good. While he is talking with a friend, he sees Sara breaking up with a boy. He goes after her, and they end up sleeping in his house. Time goes by and they continue together. But Sara has too many men around and Pablo can't stand that. Their relation is difficult, ...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Cast:
Pere Ponce, Ariadna Gil, Javier Bardem, Juan Botella, Roberto Cairo
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
(2012)
Documentary
The political upheaval in North Africa is responsibility of the Western powers —especially of the United States and France— due to the exercise of a foreign policy based on practical and economic interests instead of ethical and theoretical principles, essential for their international politic strategies, which have generated a great i...
Runtime:
80 min
7.3
N/A
N/A
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The Detective and Death
(1994)
Death never gives back what it takes. Only sometimes change one life for other
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Gonzalo Suárez
Cast:
Javier Bardem, Carmelo Gómez, Maria de Medeiros, Héctor Alterio
5.8
N/A
N/A