Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), 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.
Filmography (62)
Tony
Above & Below
Babygirl
Paddington in Peru
Cult Killer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Uncharted
The Enforcer
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Code Name Banshee
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Dolittle
The Laundromat
Pain and Glory
Life Itself
Acts of Vengeance
Bullet Head
Black Butterfly
Security
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
The 33
The Expendables 3
Automata
Machete Kills
Ruby Sparks
Puss in Boots
Haywire
The Skin I Live In
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Black Gold
Shrek Forever After
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Thick as Thieves
The Other Man
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Shrek the Third
Bordertown
Take the Lead
The Legend of Zorro
Shrek 2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Imagining Argentina
Femme Fatale
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Frida
Original Sin
Spy Kids
The 13th Warrior
Crazy in Alabama
The Mask of Zorro
Evita
Four Rooms
Desperado
Assassins
Miami Rhapsody
Interview with the Vampire
Philadelphia
The House of the Spirits
The Mambo Kings
