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| Name |
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Antonio
Banderas |
| Real Name |
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José Antonio Doménguez
Banderas |
| Height |
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5' 9" (175
cm) |
| Date of Birth |
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10 August 1960 |
| Place of Birth |
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Mélaga, Spain |
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| Biography: |
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Born in Málaga, Spain, on
10 August 1960, Antonio Banderas wanted to become
a professional soccer player until a broken foot
crashed his dreams at the age of 14. He then enrolled
in some drama classes, and joined a theatre troupe
that toured all over Spain. His work in the theatre,
and his performances on the streets, eventually
landed him a spot with the National Theatre of Spain.
While performing with the theatre, Banderas caught
the attention of director Pedro Almodóvar,
who cast the young actor in his 1982 film debut,
Laberinto de Pasione (Labyrinth
of Passion). In 1984, he went on to appear
in La Ley del Deseo (Law of
Desire), making headlines with his performance
as a gay man, which required him to engage in his
first male-to-male onscreen kiss. The recognition
Banderas gained for his role increased two years
later when he starred in Almodóvar's controversial
Atame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me
Down!) as a mental patient who kidnaps a
porn star, played by Victoria Abril, and keeps her
tied up until she returns his love.
Banderas made his first international film debut
as an unwitting object of Madonna's affections in
Truth or Dare (1991).
The next year, still lack of English, he starred
in his first American film, The Mambo Kings. He
became well-known to American audiences when he
was cast as the gay lover of AIDS-afflicted lawyer
Andrew Beckett, played by Tom Hanks, in Philadelphia
(1993). The film's
success earned Banderas wide recognition, and later
he was given a significant role alongside Tom Cruise
and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire (1994).
Banderas next appeared in a number of such films
as Desperado (1995),
Evita (1998), and The
Mask of Zorro (1998).
In 1999, he made his first debut into directing
with Crazy in Alabama, a black comedy starring Melanie
Griffith, to whom he had been married since 1996.
Then, he starred as a Cuban tycoon with a bad seed
bride, played by Angelina Jolie, in Original Sin
(2001). |
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| Filmography: |
| 2007 |
Shrek 3 |
| 2006 |
Bordertown |
| 2006 |
Take the Lead |
| 2005 |
The Legend of Zorro |
| 2004 |
Shrek 2 |
| 2003 |
Imagining Argentina |
| 2003 |
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself |
| 2003 |
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over |
| 2003 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico |
| 2002 |
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams |
| 2002 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever |
| 2002 |
Frida |
| 2002 |
Femme Fatale |
| 2001 |
Spy Kids |
| 2001 |
Original Sin |
| 2001 |
The Body |
| 2000 |
Play It to the Bone |
| 2000 |
The Many Faces of Zorro |
| 1999 |
The 13th Warrior |
| 1999 |
White River |
| 1998 |
The Mask of Zorro |
| 1996 |
Evita |
| 1995 |
Two Much |
| 1995 |
Four Rooms |
| 1995 |
The Celluloid Closet |
| 1995 |
Miami Rhapsody |
| 1995 |
Assassins |
| 1995 |
Never Talk to Strangers |
| 1995 |
Desperado |
| 1994 |
Interview With the Vampire |
| 1994 |
Of Love and Shadows |
| 1993 |
The House of the Spirits |
| 1993 |
Il Giovane Mussolini |
| 1993 |
Philadelphia |
| 1993 |
Outrage |
| 1992 |
The Mambo Kings |
| 1991 |
Una Mujer Bajo la Lluvia |
| 1991 |
The White Dove |
| 1991 |
Terra Nova |
| 1991 |
Cuentos De Borges I |
| 1991 |
Truth or Dare |
| 1990 |
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! |
| 1990 |
Against The Wind |
| 1989 |
If They Tell You I Fell |
| 1988 |
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
| 1988 |
Baton Rouge |
| 1988 |
Bajarse Al Moro |
| 1987 |
Asi Como Habian Sido |
| 1987 |
Placer De Matar |
| 1987 |
Eulalia |
| 1986 |
27 Horas |
| 1986 |
Delirios de Amor |
| 1986 |
Matador |
| 1986 |
The Law of Desire |
| 1986 |
Puzzle |
| 1985 |
Caso Cerrado |
| 1985 |
La Corte de Faraon |
| 1984 |
El Senor Galindez |
| 1984 |
Los Zancos |
| 1984 |
El Caso Almeria |
| 1983 |
Y Del Seguro Libranos Senor! |
| 1982 |
Labyrinth of Passion |
| 1982 |
Pestanas Postizas |
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| Awards: |
| European Film Academy |
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1999 European Achievement in World
Cinema |
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| Golden Globe |
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2003 Best Actor - Miniseries or TV
Movie
(And Starring
Pancho Villa as Himself) |
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