Antonio Banderas

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August 10, 1960

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas

Melanie Griffith (14 May 1996 - present) 1 child

Ana Leza (27 July 1987 - 1996) (divorced)

Actor

Puss in Boots (2011) (voice)

Knockout (2011)

Dali (2010)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

Shrek Forever After (2010) (voice)

The Big Bang (2010)

Thick as Thieves (2009)

The Other Man (2008)

My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV) (voice)

Shrek the Third (2007) (voice)

Bordertown (2006)

Take the Lead (2006)

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Far Far Away Idol (2004) (voice)

Shrek 2 (2004) (voice)

Imagining Argentina (2003)

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

Frida (2002)

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

Femme Fatale (2002)

Original Sin (2001)

Spy Kids (2001)

The Body (2001)

Play It to the Bone (1999)

The White River Kid (1999)

The 13th Warrior (1999)

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Evita (1996)

Two Much (1995)

Never Talk to Strangers (1995)

Assassins (1995)

Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Misbehavers")

Desperado (1995)

Miami Rhapsody (1995)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Of Love and Shadows (1994)

Philadelphia (1993)

The House of the Spirits (1993)

¡Dispara! (1993)

La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez (1993) (TV)

"Il giovane Mussolini" (1993) TV mini-series

The Mambo Kings (1992)

Una mujer bajo la lluvia (1992)

Terra Nova (1991)

Contra el viento (1990)

La mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz (1990) (TV)

¡Átame! (1990)

El acto (1989)

La blanca paloma (1989)

Si te dicen que caí (1989)

Bajarse al moro (1989)

Bâton rouge (1988)

El placer de matar (1988)

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Así como habían sido (1987)

La ley del deseo (1987)

Delirios de amor (1986)

27 horas (1986)

Puzzle (1986)

Matador (1986)

Caso cerrado (1985)

La corte de Faraón (1985)

Réquiem por un campesino español (1985)

Los zancos (1984)

"Fragmentos de interior" (4 episodes, 1984)

El señor Galíndez (1984)

El caso Almería (1984)

Y del seguro... líbranos Señor! (1983)

Laberinto de pasiones (1982)

Pestañas postizas (1982)

Producer

Día roto (2010) (producer)

El lince perdido (2008) (producer)

Tres días (2008) (producer)

El camino de los ingleses (2006) (producer)

The White River Kid (1999) (producer)

Director

El camino de los ingleses (2006)

Crazy in Alabama (1999)

Appearances

"De par en par" (2 episodes, 2007-2009)

2009 Alma Awards (2009) (TV)

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (1 episode, 2009)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 episodes, 2004-2009)

"Buenafuente" (2 episodes, 2006-2008)

"59 segundos" (1 episode, 2008)

"Cinema 3" (10 episodes, 1986-2008)

Resumen - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008) (TV)

"En noches como ésta" (1 episode, 2008)

Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas (2008) (TV)

Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008) (TV)

Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes, 2006-2008)

The View (5 episodes, 2002-2008)

Chevolution (2008)

"Versión española" (2 episodes, 2006-2008)

"Esta mañana" (1 episode, 2008)

Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (2008)

"Corazón de..." (19 episodes, 2004-2008)

Pateras (2007) (TV)

"Channel nº 4" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007) (TV)

"Planet Voice" (1 episode, 2007)

Shrek the Third: UK Premiere Special (2007) (TV)

"RTL Film" (1 episode, 2007)

"TRL Italy" (1 episode, 2007)

"Eigo de shabera-night" (2 episodes, 2004-2007)

"Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (1 episode, 2007)

"Al rojo vivo con María Celeste" (1 episode, 2007)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 episodes, 2003-2007)

Today (2 episodes, 2005-2007)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4 episodes, 2000-2007)

"HBO First Look" (6 episodes, 1995-2007)

American Idol (1 episode, 2007)

"Sabías a lo que venías" (1 episode, 2007)

Confessions of a Superhero (2007) (uncredited)

"Caiga quien caiga" (3 episodes, 1997-2007)

"La nit al dia" (1 episode, 2007)

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007) (TV)

"La noche de Quintero" (1 episode, 2007)

El disco del año 06 (2006) (TV)

"Corazón, corazón" (5 episodes, 1995-2006)

"D-Calle" (1 episode, 2006)

Gala Amnistía Internacional (2006) (TV)

"Sexto sentido" (2 episodes, 2006)

"Taller Canal+" (1 episode, 2006)

"Continuarà..." (2 episodes, 1997-2006)

"Cartelera" (1 episode, 2006)

"Soy el que más sabe de televisión del mundo" (1 episode, 2006)

El camino de Antonio Banderas (2006) (TV)

"Miradas 2" (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

"La mirada crítica" (1 episode, 2006)

Hécuba, un sueño de pasión (2006)

Dancing with the Stars (2 episodes, 2006)

Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 2006)

Late Show with David Letterman (5 episodes, 1998-2006)

Andalucía te quiere (2006) (TV)

"El loco de la colina" (2 episodes, 2006)

"Noche Hache" (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

XX premios Goya (2006) (TV)

"Film '72" (1 episode, 2005)

"Getaway" (1 episode, 2005)

El cine en las venas (2005) (TV)

Behind the Mask of Zorro (2005) (TV)

"Magacine" (2 episodes, 2005)

Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1 episode, 2005)

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2005)

"On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde" (1 episode, 2005)

"Por la mañana" (1 episode, 2005)

Parkinson (1 episode, 2005)

"Wetten, dass..?" (1 episode, 2005)

"La noche del 10" (1 episode, 2005)

Champion (2005)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (2 episodes, 2004-2005)

The 77th Annual The Academy Awards 2005 (TV)

Biography (1 episode, 2004)

Meet the Cast of Shrek 2 (2004)

The Music of Shrek 2 (2004)

The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004) (TV)

"Ahora" (1 episode, 2004)

"Mondo Thingo" (1 episode, 2004)

This Morning (2 episodes, 2004)

Rove Live (1 episode, 2004)

"Enough Rope with Andrew Denton" (1 episode, 2004)

"Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones" (1 episode, 2004)

"VH1 Goes Inside" (1 episode, 2004)

"La noche con Fuentes y Cía" (1 episode, 2004)

"Lo + plus" (2 episodes, 1995-2004)

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 (TV)

The Anti-Hero's Journey (2004)

"Tinseltown TV" (1 episode, 2003)

"Banzai" (1 episode, 2003)

"Informe semanal" (1 episode, 2003)

The 57th Annual Tony Awards 2003 (TV)

Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream (2003)

"Famous" (1 episode)

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2003)

"Revealed with Jules Asner" (1 episode, 2002)

The Daily Show (1 episode, 2002)

Searching for Debra Winger (2002) (uncredited)

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '02 (2002) (TV)

The 74th Annual The Academy Awards 2002 (TV)

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2001) (TV)

I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV)

Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode, 2001)

"Mundo VIP" (4 episodes, 1997-2001)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (4 episodes, 1998-2001)

"Bravo Profiles" (1 episode, 2001)

"La gran ilusión" (3 episodes, 2000)

"The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1 episode, 2000)

Oscar 2000 (2000) (TV)

The 72nd Annual The Academy Awards 2000 (TV)

The European Film Awards (1999) (TV)

"Clive Anderson All Talk" (1 episode, 1999)

"Hollywood Squares" (5 episodes, 1999)

"La noche abierta" (1 episode, 1999)

"El informal" (1 episode, 1999)

1999 ALMA Awards (1999) (TV)

"The Directors" (1 episode)

Junket Whore (1998)

"Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business" (1998) TV mini-series

Premio Donostia a Anthony Hopkins (1998) (TV)

"¡Qué me dices!" (1 episode, 1998)

"Great Performances" (1 episode, 1998)

The 70th Annual The Academy Awards 1998 (TV)

The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1998 (TV)

Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout (1998) (uncredited)

"Wild On..." (1 episode)

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' (1996) (TV)

X premios Goya (1996) (TV)

Friderikusz Sándor és vendégei (1996)

Telemaratón (1995) (TV)

"La Lloll" (1 episode, 1995)

"Primer plano" (3 episodes, 1994-1995)

The 66th Annual The Academy Awards 1994 (TV)

Oscar 1994 (1994) (TV)

"Gente de primera" (1 episode, 1994)

Besser als mein Haus je war (1993) (TV)

"De tú a tú" (3 episodes, 1991-1993)

"Queridos cómicos" (1 episode, 1992)

The 64th Annual The Academy Awards 1992 (TV)

"The Word" (1 episode, 1992)

Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)

"El martes que viene" (1 episode, 1990)

"Viva el espectáculo" (1 episode, 1990)

"La parada" (1 episode, 1990)

"La tarde" (5 episodes, 1984-1987)

"De película" (1 episode, 1987)

I premios Goya (1987) (TV)

ALMA Awards

2002 Won Anthony Quinn Award for Achievement in Motion Pictures

2002 Nominated ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for: Spy Kids (2001)

2000 Won ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film for: The 13th Warrior (1999)

2000 Won ALMA Award Outstanding Director of a Feature Film for: Crazy in Alabama (1999)

1999 Won ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Annie Awards

2005 Nominated Annie Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for: Shrek 2 (2004) As the voice of Puss in Boots.

Berlin International Film Festival

2007 Won Label Europa Cinemas for: El camino de los ingleses (2006)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

1999 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Cartagena Film Festival

1991 Won Golden India Catalina Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: ¡Átame! (1990)

Emmy Awards

2004 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)

European Film Awards

1999 Won Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema for: Crazy in Alabama (1999) For his directorial achievement and also the body of his work.

1998 Won Audience Award Best Actor for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

1998 Nominated Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Fotogramas de Plata

1996 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: Two Much (1995)

1994 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: ¡Dispara! (1993)

1993 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: Una mujer bajo la lluvia (1992) Also for The Mambo Kings (1992).

1991 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: ¡Átame! (1990) Also for La blanca paloma (1989) and Contra el viento (1990).

1991 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best TV Actor (Mejor Actor de TV) for: La mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz (1990) (TV)

1990 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: Bajarse al moro (1989) Also for Si te dicen que caí (1989).

1989 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: Así como habían sido (1987) Also for Bâton rouge (1988), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) and El placer de matar (1988).

1988 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: La ley del deseo (1987) Also for Delirios de amor (1986).

1986 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine) for: Caso cerrado (1985) Also for La corte de Faraón (1985) and Réquiem por un campesino español (1985).

GLAAD Media Awards

2004 Vanguard Award

Golden Apple Awards

1995 Won Golden Apple Male Discovery of the Year

Golden Globe Awards

2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)

1999 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

1997 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Evita (1996)

Goya Awards

1997 Nominated Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: Two Much (1995)

1991 Nominated Goya Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal) for: ¡Átame! (1990)

1987 Nominated Goya Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto) for: Matador (1986)

Imagen Foundation Awards

2006 Won Imagen Award Best Actor for: Take the Lead (2006)

2006 Nominated Imagen Award Best Actor for: The Legend of Zorro (2005)

2004 Won Imagen Award Best Actor in a Film for: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

2004 Won Imagen Award Best Actor in a Television Drama for: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)

1999 Won Lasting Image Award for: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Kids' Choice Awards

2002 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Male Action Hero for: Spy Kids (2001)

MTV Movie Awards

2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Comedic Performance for: Shrek 2 (2004)

1999 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight for: The Mask of Zorro (1998) Shared with: Catherine Zeta-Jones

1996 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss for: Desperado (1995) Shared with: Salma Hayek

1996 Nominated MTV Movie Award Most Desirable Male

Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema

1986 Won Francisco Rabal Award Best Actor for: La corte de Faraón (1985) Also for Matador (1986) and Réquiem por un campesino español (1985).

NCLR Bravo Awards

1996 Nominated NCLR Bravo Award Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film for: Of Love and Shadows (1994)

Premios ACE

1991 Won Premio ACE Cinema - Best Actor for: ¡Átame! (1990)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2008 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1988 Won Sant Jordi Best Spanish Actor (Mejor Actor Español) for: La ley del deseo (1987) Also for 27 horas (1986) and Delirios de amor (1986).

Spanish Actors Union

1993 Nominated Award of the Spanish Actors Union Film: Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) for: The Mambo Kings (1992)

Taormina International Film Festival

2004 Taormina Arte Award

Valladolid International Film Festival

1989 Won Best Actor for: La blanca paloma (1989)

Venice Film Festival

1999 Nominated Golden Lion for: Crazy in Alabama (1999)

Visual Effects Society Awards

2005 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture for: Shrek 2 (2004)
Shared with:Raman Hui For the Puss in Boots character.

Walk Of Fame

2005 Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 18 October 2005. At 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

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Born in Malaga, Spain, the young Antonio Banderas wanted to play professional soccer. However, he broke his foot as a teenager, and turned to acting instead. He studied at Malaga's School of Dramatic Art before starting a five-year stint with the prestigious National Theater of Spain in Madrid. He was spotted there by up-and-coming director Pedro Almodovar, and his movie career took off with a role in Almodovar's Laberinto de pasiones (1982) (Labyrinth of Passion).

The actor and director made a good team, and both rose to prominence on the heels of Matador (1986), the sexually provocative La ley del deseo (1987) (Law of Desire), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), and jAtame! (1990) (TieMe Up! Tie Me Down!). Banderas then headed for Hollywood, and quickly became one of Spain's most popular exports.

Having cut his teeth with a phonetically performed part in The Mambo Kings (1992), after earlier being ogled by Madonna in her expose Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), Banderas had a few showy roles in films such as The House of the Spirits (1993), Philadelphia (1993), and Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) before establishing a creative partnership with Robert Rodriguez on Desperado (1995). Since then he has played a singing freedom fighter in Evita (1996), Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998) and its sequel, an Arab in The 13th Warrior (1999), Pancho Villa in TV's And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), and a hilarious animated Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 (2004). He has also married for the second time, to Hollywood movie actress Melanie Griffith, starred in several Broadway shows, and is now generally considered one of the world's great male beauties.

"This lust for beauty is a terrible thing. I've forbidden her from ever going to a cosmetic surgeon again. It is something we have agreed to for the sake of our marriage" [on his wife, Melanie Griffith, having more plastic surgery].

I admired Melanie before I loved her.

I get more attention as "the pussycat" in Shrek the Third (2007) than I ever did as Zorro.

Supports Real Madrid soccer team.

Has his own perfume/cologne brand for men.

Listed his favorite 2 movies as Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Touch of Evil (1958).

Became a fan of his wife, Melanie Griffith, long before he met her in 1995. He had first seen her in the film Something Wild (1986) and thought she was beautiful and later told a Spanish magazine in 1989 that he would love to meet her.