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Antonio Banderas
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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…
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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.
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Antonio Banderas's Filmography
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Up Against It
as Álvaro

Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente

Tony
as Chef

Above & Below
as Burns

Gypsy en el Soho. El sueño de Antonio Banderas
as Self

Babygirl
as Jacob

Paddington in Peru
as Hunter Cabot

The Clean Up Crew
as Gabriel

Hermanos, una historia de sangre
as Narrator

Cult Killer
as Mikeal Tallini

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self

Journey to Bethlehem
as Herod the Great

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Renaldo

Informe Plus+. Proyecto Euro Malaga
as Self (archive footage)

El viaje de Julieta
as Self

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Puss in Boots (voice)

The Enforcer
as Cuda

Code Name Banshee
as Caleb

Uncharted
as Santiago Moncada

Official Competition
as Félix Rivero

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Aristotle Papdopolous
No Poster
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
as Self - Performer

The Making of Pain and Glory
as Self

Dolittle
as King Rassouli

The Laundromat
as Ramón Fonseca

Pain and Glory
as Salvador Mallo

Life Itself
as Vincent Saccione

Beyond the Edge
as Gordon

Bullet Head
as Blue

Acts of Vengeance
as Frank Valera

The Music of Silence
as Le maestro

Gun Shy
as Turk Henry

Black Butterfly
as Paul

Security
as Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon

The Great Illusion
as Self

Finding Altamira
as Marcelino

Knight of Cups
as Tonio

The 33
as Mario Sepúlveda

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
as Burger Beard

The Making of The Expendables 3
as Self

Automata
as Jacq Vaucan

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
as Self

The Expendables 3
as Galgo

Mundos virtuales

Shrek Stories
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Machete Kills
as El Camaleón 4

Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Sir Clorex (voice)

I'm So Excited!
as León

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Ruby Sparks
as Mort

The Making of The Skin I Live In
as Self

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self

Black Gold
as Emir Nesib

Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
No Poster
In Search Of the Dead Eaters
as Self

Haywire
as Rodrigo

Puss in Boots
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
as Gregorio Cortez (uncredited)

The Skin I Live In
as Dr. Robert Ledgard

The Big Bang
as Ned Cruz

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Shrek's Yule Log
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Scared Shrekless
as Puss in Boots (voice)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Greg

Shrek Forever After
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Thick as Thieves
as Gabriel Martin

The Other Man
as Ralph

Y el cine marcha

My Mom's New Boyfriend
as Tommy Martinez

Chevolution

Shrek the Halls
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Shrek the Third
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Bordertown
as Alfonso Diaz

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
as Self
No Poster
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
as Self

Take the Lead
as Pierre Dulaine

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
as Miguel (archive footage)

The Legend of Zorro
as Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro

Champion
as Self

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

Far Far Away Idol
as Puss In Boots (voice)

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
as Self

Shrek 2
as Puss in Boots (voice)

Imagining Argentina
as Carlos Rueda

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as El Mariachi

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Pancho Villa

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Gregorio Cortez

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
as Self

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
as Agent Jeremiah Ecks

Frida
as David Alfaro Siqueiros

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Gregorio Cortez

Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)

Femme Fatale
as Nicolas Bardo

Unmasking Zorro
as Self

Original Sin
as Luis Antonio Vargas

The Body
as Father Matt Gutierrez

Spy Kids
as Gregorio Cortez

The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
as Self

Play It to the Bone
as Cesar Dominguez

The 13th Warrior
as Ahmed Ibh Fahdlan

The White River Kid
as Morales Pittman

Junket Whore
as Self

The Mask of Zorro
as Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer

Evita
as Ché

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
as Self

Four Rooms
as Man

Two Much
as Art Dodge

Never Talk to Strangers
as Tony Ramirez

Assassins
as Miguel Bain

Desperado
as El Mariachi

Miami Rhapsody
as Antonio

Interview with the Vampire
as Armand

Of Love and Shadows
as Francisco

Philadelphia
as Miguel Alvarez

The House of the Spirits
as Pedro Tercero Gareia

Outrage
as Marcos Vallez

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez

The Mambo Kings
as Nestor Castillo

Una mujer bajo la lluvia
as Miguel

Terra Nova
as Antonio

Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self

Against the Wind
as Juan

La mujer feliz

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
as Ricky

El acto
as Carlos

The White Dove
as Mario

If They Tell You I Fell
as Marcos

Going Down in Morocco
as Alberto

Baton Rouge
as Antonio

El placer de matar
as Luis

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Carlos

The Way They Were
as Damián

Law of Desire
as Antonio Benítez

Love Ravings
as Amante de Jaime (segment "Delirio 3")

27 Hours
as Rafa

Puzzle
as Andrés

Matador
as Angel

Caso cerrado
as Gasofa

The Court of the Pharaoh
as Friar José / José Later

Réquiem por un campesino español
as Paco

The Stilts
as Alberto

El señor Galíndez
as Eduardo

El caso Almería
as Juan Luque

Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!
as Pipi

Labyrinth of Passion
as Sadec

False Eyelashes
as Juan

The Making of Shrek 2
as Self
No Poster
Armadillo United
as Diego
No Poster
Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel
as Puss in Boots (voice)
No Poster
Unmerciful Good Fortune
as Pito Cruz

Cortés
as Hernán Cortés
No Poster
The Monster of Florence
as Mario Spezi
No Poster