Antonio Banderas
One of the leading international actors of his generation, Antonio Banderas has received critical praise for his performances in film, television and theater, as well as behind the scenes as a director. In 2005, he was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2020, Banderas’s incredible performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor, as well as Best Actor wins at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and the Goya Awards.
In 2019, Banderas launched Teatro del Soho Caixabank Theater with the Spanish language production of A Chorus Line, which he directed and starred in. In 2021, he directed, produced, wrote, and co-hosted the 35th Goya Awards in a live-streamed ceremony from his theater, and in 2022, he directed and starred in the Spanish language production of Company. He will next direct Gypsy, opening in Malaga in October 2024.
Banderas will next be seen in two highly anticipated films this year—Paddington in Peru, where he stars opposite Olivia Colman and Emily Mortimer, and A24’s Babygirl, opposite Nicole Kidman. His most recent films include the Oscar-nominated sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Official Competition, and Uncharted.
In 2018, he starred in National Geographic’s limited series Genius: Picasso, for which he received Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG Award nominations for Lead Actor in a Limited Series. He has earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Evita, The Mask of Zorro, and HBO’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.
In 1982, Banderas was cast by writer/director Pedro Almodóvar in Labyrinth of Passion. It was the first of eight films he would do with Almodóvar and he has consistently worked with some of Hollywood’s best directors: Alan Parker, Robert Rodriguez, Brian De Palma, Bille August, and Jonathan Demme.
In 2003, Banderas earned a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his Broadway debut in Nine. He also received a Best Actor Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, and Theatre World Award. He made his directorial debut with Crazy in Alabama starring Melanie Griffith. His second directorial feature was the Spanish film El Camino De Los Ingleses.
Born in Malaga, Spain, Banderas attended the School of Dramatic Arts in his hometown, and upon graduation he began his acting career working in a small theater company based there. He later moved to Madrid and became an ensemble member of the prestigious National Theater of Spain.