• Javier Bardem is an Academy Award winning Spanish actor who became an international star after appearing in Julian Schnabel's 2000 film, Before Night Falls. His performance as the Cuban poet, Reinaldo Arenas, in this film earned Bardem a Best Actor Oscar nomination, which was the first time a Spanish actor had ever been nominated.

  In 2002, Bardem starred in John Malkovich's film, The Dancer Upstairs as "Agustin Rejas". In 2004, he won a Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his portayal of Ramon Sampedro, an activist fighting for the right to assisted suicide, in the film The Sea Inside.

  In 2007, starred in two films, Love in the Time of Cholera and No Country for Old Men. His performance as the cold blooded killer, "Anton Chigurh" in The Coen Brothers No Country, won Bardem a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Sag Award.

  In 2008 Bardem starred in the Woody Allen film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, alongside Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.

• 1. Full name: Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
  2. Born March 1, 1969 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  3. Has appeared in over two dozen films in Spain
  4. First Spanish actor to receive an Academy Award nomination (for Before Night Falls)
  5. First Spanish actor to receive a Golden Globe Award (for No Country for Old Men
  6. Currently dating Penelope Cruz
  7. Winner: Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in No Country for Old Men

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