Javier Bardem

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor.

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March 1 - 1969 - Spanish

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Born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, he is the latest in a long line of a family which has been making movies since the earliest days of Spanish movie making.

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Las Palmas - Gran Canaria - Canary Islands

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His film debut was at the age of 6, and he appeared in several television series before turning to painting and, eventually, athletics.

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He was a member of the Spanish national rugby team.

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In 1992 appeared in Jamón, jamón, an international hit movie.

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1992 - Jamón, jamón

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But his role in that film as a sexy stud made him afraid that he would be typecast, and he deliberately decided to avoid such roles later.

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He became well-known outside of Spain when he starred in Before Night Falls in 2000, as homosexual Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas.

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Before Night Falls - 2000 - Homosexual - Cuba - Reinaldo Arenas

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He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role, the first Spaniard to be so honored.

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In 2004, he won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in The Sea Inside, a film about the true-life suicide of Ramón Sampedro.

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2004 - Venice Film Festival - The Sea Inside - Ramón Sampedro

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