May 1, 1969 Javier Bardem was born in Las Palmas (Spanish Canary Island) the day May 1, 1969. His grandparents, Matilde Muñoz Sampedro and Rafael Bardem, were actors. Pilar Bardem, mother, turned more than fifty films (among others is with his son in "Carne trémula"), and uncle, Juan Antonio Bardem, is Director and screenwriter. So for Javier, for her sister Mónica and brother Carlos, become actors means continue the profession of family. Javier a six years makes her debut on the television series "El medallón", but in later years his attention seems to focus mainly on sports: rugby, that practice for thirteen years and which causes him to playing in Spain, but also boxing and weightlifting. Cultivates a passion for drawing and attended the school of Arts and crafts. Twenty years gets a small part in the film by Bigas Luna, "the ages of Lulu" (1990), which also starred her mother, and the following year he starred in "high heels" (1991) by Pedro Almodovar. A few years later came the lead roles: "Boca a boca" (1995), by Manuel Gómez Pereira; the previously mentioned "Carne trémula (1997), by Pedro Almodovar; "Between my legs" (1999), again directed by Pereira. After "Segunda piel" (1999), by Gerardo Vera, Javier Bardem turns "Before Night Falls" (before night falls, 2000), Julian Schnabel, with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn, immediately followed by another American movie, "Dancer Upstairs" (2000), written by Manuel Gómez Pereira and directed by John Malkovich. His performance in "Before Night Falls", film awarded at the 57th Venice Film Festival with the grand jury prize, won him winning the Coppa Volpi for best actor and the projected in the five nominees 2001. He won again the Coppa Volpi in 2004 for "the sea inside" (Alejandro Amenábar). In 2006 starred in "the last Inquisitor" (Goya's ghosts), directed by Milos Forman. For her performance in the film "no country for old men" (by Joel and Ethan Coen) gets the Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2008 and in the same category the prize IOMA. It's on the set of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008, directed by Woody Allen) that probably begins the romance with compatriot Penelope Cruz, who marries then on July 14, 2010.
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