Antonio Banderas

Acting • Born 1960-08-10

Acting5Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Biography

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

203 credits

Four Rooms

Movie • 1995

Man

Frida

Movie • 2002

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Original Sin

Movie • 2001

Luis Antonio Vargas

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Movie • 2003

El Mariachi

Interview with the Vampire

Movie • 1994

Armand

Shrek Forever After

Movie • 2010

Puss in Boots (voice)

The Legend of Zorro

Movie • 2005

Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro

Shrek the Third

Movie • 2007

Puss in Boots (voice)

Shrek 2

Movie • 2004

Puss in Boots (voice)

The House of the Spirits

Movie • 1993

Pedro Tercero Gareia

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Movie • 2002

Agent Jeremiah Ecks

Spy Kids

Movie • 2001

Gregorio Cortez

The 13th Warrior

Movie • 1999

Ahmed Ibh Fahdlan

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Movie • 1990

Ricky

Law of Desire

Movie • 1987

Antonio Benítez

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Movie • 1988

Carlos

Bordertown

Movie • 2007

Alfonso Diaz

Play It to the Bone

Movie • 1999

Cesar Dominguez

Champion

Movie • 2005

Self

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Movie • 2003

Pancho Villa

Matador

Movie • 1986

Ángel

Desperado

Movie • 1995

El Mariachi

Labyrinth of Passion

Movie • 1982

Sadec

Evita

Movie • 1996

Ché

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Movie • 2003

Gregorio Cortez

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Movie • 2002

Gregorio Cortez

My Mom's New Boyfriend

Movie • 2008

Tommy Martinez

Femme Fatale

Movie • 2002

Nicolas Bardo

Imagining Argentina

Movie • 2003

Carlos Rueda

The Mask of Zorro

Movie • 1998

Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro

Philadelphia

Movie • 1993

Miguel Alvarez

Assassins

Movie • 1995

Miguel Bain

Take the Lead

Movie • 2006

Pierre Dulaine

Shrek the Halls

Movie • 2007

Puss in Boots (voice)

The Mambo Kings

Movie • 1992

Nestor Castillo

The Body

Movie • 2001

Father Matt Gutierrez

Thick as Thieves

Movie • 2009

Gabriel Martin

Searching for Debra Winger

Movie • 2002

Self (uncredited)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Movie • 2010

Greg

Code Name Banshee

Movie • 2022

Caleb

The Skin I Live In

Movie • 2011

Dr. Robert Ledgard

Two Much

Movie • 1995

Art Dodge

Miami Rhapsody

Movie • 1995

Antonio

The Other Man

Movie • 2008

Ralph

Outrage

Movie • 1993

Marcos Vallez

The White River Kid

Movie • 1999

Morales Pittman

Scared Shrekless

Movie • 2010

Puss in Boots (voice)

Never Talk to Strangers

Movie • 1995

Tony Ramirez

The Court of the Pharaoh

Movie • 1985

Fray José / José en un momento posterior

Haywire

Movie • 2011

Rodrigo

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular

Movie • 2010

Puss in Boots (voice)

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos

Movie • 2012

Puss in Boots (voice)

The Big Bang

Movie • 2011

Ned Cruz

Of Love and Shadows

Movie • 1994

Francisco

Far Far Away Idol

Movie • 2004

Puss In Boots (voice)

Black Gold

Movie • 2011

Emir Nesib

If They Tell You I Fell

Movie • 1989

Marcos

Paddington in Peru

Movie • 2024

Hunter Cabot

Pestañas postizas

Movie • 1982

Juan

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones

Movie • 2005

Miguel (archive footage)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story

Movie • 2017

Burger Beard

Ruby Sparks

Movie • 2012

Mort

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Movie • 1991

Self

Machete Kills

Movie • 2013

El Camaleón 4

I'm So Excited!

Movie • 2013

León

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Movie • 2013

Sir Clorex (voice)

Going Down in Morocco

Movie • 1989

Alberto

El placer de matar

Movie • 1988

Luis

The Expendables 3

Movie • 2014

Galgo

Shrek's Yule Log

Movie • 2010

Puss in Boots (voice)

Terra Nova

Movie • 1991

Antonio

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Movie • 2023

Self

El viaje de Julieta

Movie • 2023

Self

Baton Rouge

Movie • 1988

Antonio

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream

Movie • 2003

Self

Journey to Bethlehem

Movie • 2023

Herod the Great

Babygirl

Movie • 2024

Jacob

The Clean Up Crew

Movie • 2024

Gabriel

Automata

Movie • 2014

Jacq Vaucan

Movie • 2008

El caso Almería

Movie • 1984

Juan Luque

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

Movie • 2023

Self

Shrek Stories

Movie • 2013

Puss in Boots (voice)

Cult Killer

Movie • 2024

Mikeal Tallini

Una mujer bajo la lluvia

Movie • 1992

Miguel

Movie • 1993

Los zancos

Movie • 1984

Alberto

Against the Wind

Movie • 1990

Juan

Security

Movie • 2017

Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon

27 Horas

Movie • 1986

Rafa

Réquiem por un campesino español

Movie • 1985

Paco

Puzzle

Movie • 1986

Andrés

The Way They Were

Movie • 1987

Damián

El señor Galíndez

Movie • 1984

Eduardo

El acto

Movie • 1989

Carlos

The White Dove

Movie • 1989

Mario

The Music of Silence

Movie • 2017

Le maestro

Bullet Head

Movie • 2017

Blue

Beyond the Edge

Movie • 2018

Gordon

Dolittle

Movie • 2020

King Rassouli

Pain and Glory

Movie • 2019

Salvador Mallo

The Laundromat

Movie • 2019

Ramón Fonseca

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Movie • 1998

Self - Performer

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Movie • 2021

Aristotle Papdopolous

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Movie • 2004

Self

Official Competition

Movie • 2021

Félix Rivero

Uncharted

Movie • 2022

Santiago Moncada

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Movie • 2011

Self

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

Movie • 2012

Puss in Boots (voice)

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

Movie • 2020

Self - Performer

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Movie • 2011

Gregorio Cortez (uncredited)

La mujer feliz

Movie • 1990

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Movie • 2022

Puss in Boots (voice)

The Enforcer

Movie • 2022

Cuda

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Movie • 2023

Renaldo

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Movie • 2021

Self (archive footage)

Unmasking Zorro

Movie • 2001

Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Movie • 2011

Self

Tony

Movie

Ciro

San Pellegrino - Fili tirati nunca

Movie

Above and Below

Movie

Burns

Rose's Baby

Movie

Álvaro

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

Movie • 2007

Self

The Many Faces of Zorro

Movie • 2000

Self

Shrek 5

Movie • 2027

TV • 1992

American Idol

TV • 2002

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV • 1993

TV • 1975

Self - Host

La mujer de tu vida

TV • 1990

Antonio López

B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón

TV • 2021

Self - Invitado

Wetten, dass..?

TV • 1981

Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV • 2005

Self

Cuentos de Borges

TV • 1993

Rosendo Juárez

Latin Grammy Awards

TV • 2000

Self

Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini

TV • 1994

Benito Mussolini

Genius

TV • 2017

Pablo Picasso

Leute heute

TV • 1997

Self

100% únicos

TV • 2023

Martínez y hermanos

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

Self - Guest