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Antonio Banderas
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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.
Notable films
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The Skin I Live In
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
As Puss in Boots (voice)
Shrek the Third
As Puss in Boots (voice)
Shrek 2
As Puss in Boots (voice)
Shrek Forever After
As Puss in Boots (voice)
Uncharted
As Santiago Moncada
The Expendables 3
As Galgo
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Body's Unmaking
From Cronenberg's flesh to Claire Denis's restless bodies, these eight films chart a cinema of transformation that questions where the self ends and the body be...
8 films
Metamorphosis: Bodies in Flux
From Kafka's insect to Cronenberg's flesh, a journey through cinema's most profound transformations, where identity itself is the shape-shifter.
7 films
A Feast for the Wandering Eye
From Tokyo ramen bars to Mumbai tiffin carriers, eight films that use food to map the distances between people and the places they call home.
8 films
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Tony
2026 · Chef
Babygirl
2024 · Jacob
The Clean Up Crew
2024 · Gabriel
Cult Killer
2024 · Mikeal Tallini
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023 · Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · Renaldo
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022 · Puss in Boots (voice)
Uncharted
2022 · Santiago Moncada
Dolittle
2020 · King Rassouli
Pain and Glory
2019 · Salvador Mallo
Bullet Head
2017 · Blue
Acts of Vengeance
2017 · Frank Valera
Gun Shy
2017 · Turk Henry
Black Butterfly
2017 · Paul
Security
2017 · Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015 · Burger Beard
The Expendables 3
2014 · Galgo
Machete Kills
2013 · El Camaleón 4
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013 · Sir Clorex (voice)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
Haywire
2011 · Rodrigo
The Skin I Live In
2011 · Dr. Robert Ledgard
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Greg
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Puss in Boots (voice)
The Other Man
2008 · Ralph
Shrek the Third
2007 · Puss in Boots (voice)
Take the Lead
2006 · Pierre Dulaine
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
2005 · Puss in Boots (voice)
Shrek 2
2004 · Puss in Boots (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · El Mariachi
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Pancho Villa
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003 · Gregorio Cortez
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002 · Gregorio Cortez
Original Sin
2001 · Luis Antonio Vargas
Spy Kids
2001 · Gregorio Cortez
The Mask of Zorro
1998 · Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro
Four Rooms
1995 · Man
Desperado
1995 · El Mariachi
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Armand
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · Carlos
Law of Desire
1987 · Antonio Benítez
