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Javier Bardem

Age: 40
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Born: Mar. 1st, 1969

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Javier Bardem's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Javier Bardem is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in his first feature, "El P�caro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy_Jam�n, jam�n (1992)_ (Ham Ham) propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing morethan a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000) that will longbe remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong-willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New York, ending a battle with AIDS.

TRIVIA:

Son of 'Pilar Bardem' (qv)
Nephew of director 'Juan Antonio Bardem' (qv)
Actors 'Gael Garc�a Bernal' (qv) and 'Diego Luna (I)' (qv) list him as their favorite actor.
Grandson of 'Rafael Bardem' (qv)
Beat out 'Johnny Depp' (qv) for the role of Florentino Ariza in _Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)_ (qv).
Has been in a relationship with 'Pen�lope Cruz' (qv) since they began working together on _Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)_ (qv).
The Bardem family owns a restaurant in Spain called La Bardemcilla. The restaurant is managed by Javier's sister, Monica.
Brother of 'Carlos Bardem' (qv) and 'M�nica Bardem' (qv).