Spanish actor, Javier Bardem is well-known for his performances in films such as "Before Night Falls," "Biutiful," "The Sea Inside," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "Skyfall," and "No Country for Old Men." Also, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in the lattermost film.
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| Caption: Picture of Spanish actor, Javier Bardem (Photo: wikimedia) |
Parents of Javier Bardem
In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, he was born on March 1, 1969. He is the son of parents Pilar Bardem (1939–2021) and father Jose Carlos Encinas Doussinague (1931–1995). His mother, Pilar an actress, and father Jose, son of a cattle rancher. Javier's dad Jose was a violent and unpredictable man and constantly getting the family evicted. His parents divorced, shortly after he was born. His mother Pilar raised him and his elder siblings Carlos and Monica.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem with his mother Pilar Bardem (Photo: nbcnews) |
Both of his elder siblings also pursued an acting career. In the year 1995, Javier's father Jose died of leukemia. Having Spanish nationality, Bardem is of Hispanic ethnicity. He spent time at theatres & on film sets as a child. He didn't see himself going into the family business though he grew up in a family full of actors. Javier had an interest in painting. He enrolled to study painting for four years at Madrid's Escuela de Artes y oficios. He pursued acting jobs because he needed the money to finance his painting, but because he thought he was a poor painter, he finally gave up painting as a vocation.
Career
Javier made his first appearance on screen at the age of 6, in an episode of the Spanish television series "El Picaro." At the age of 21, he came to notice in a small role in his first major motion picture, The Ages of Lulu along with his mother, Pilar Bardem. After appearing in roughly two dozen films in his own country, he shot to fame when he played Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls in 2000. He starred in Malkovich's directorial debut, The Dancer Upstairs in 2002. In the year 200, he won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Mar Adentro, released in the United States as The Sea Inside. In a brief cameo in the crime film Collateral, he made his Hollywood debut as a mob boss who hires Tom Cruise's hitman to undertake the dirty work of eliminating witnesses.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem posing for a picture while holding the award (Photo: wikia) |
In 2007, Bardem appeared in two movie adaptations: the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, and Gabriel Garca Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, with Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Bardem became the first Spaniard to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, fro the role of a sociopathic assassin, Anton Chigurh in the film No Country for Old Men. For his performance in Biutiful, he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. For his performances in movies like Jamón jamón (1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula (1997), Los lunes al sun (2002), and Mar adentro (2004), he won praise from critics.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem posing for a picture (Photo: magazine) |
He appeared in a leading role in films such as Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008, Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film Skyfall in 2012, Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder in 2013, Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film mother! in 2017, Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows in 2018, Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama Dune in 2021, and Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid in 2023.
What's Javier Bardem Net Worth?
As per reports, Javier Bardem has an estimated net worth of $30 Million. Out of his acting career, he has earned a hefty sum of money.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem coming out of the car (Photo: flickr) |
Surely, Bardem has earned more than the average salary from his acting career. Therefore, he lived a lavish life spending his earnings.
Who is Javier Bardem Wife?
Javier Bardem's wife Penelope Cruz, is also a Spanish actress, well-known for her roles in films of several genres. The duo met while working on the film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" in 2007. They started dating and open about their romantic relationship. Eventually, Javier tied the wedding knot with his wife Cruz.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem with his wife Penelope Cruz (Photo: usmagazine) |
In the year 2010, they got married in a lavish marriage ceremony. Also, they are the parents of two kids, (son & daughter). The couple has been happily married for more than two decades. Also, he is free from any controversy regarding his personal life as well.
About Javier Bardem Children
As we already mentioned, Javier is the father of two children. He and his wife Cruz welcomed their first child, son Leo Encinas Cruz, born on Jan. 22, 2011, in Los Angeles. He speak out about Cruz's pregnancy before the baby was born in a September 2010 interview.
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| Caption: Javier Bardem with Penelope Cruz (Photo: People) |
They blessed with their second child, daughter Luna Encinas Cruz, born on July 22, 2013, in Madrid. His spouse Cruz opened up about her postpartum routine in December 2013, when her daughter was 5 months old. The married couple has made a conscious effort to keep their two children out of the public eye.
Height of Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem has a height of 5 feet 11 inches or 1.81 m tall. While his body weighs around 78 kg or 171 pounds. Likewise, Bardem has dark brown eyes with light brown hair.
