José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, 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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Popularity151
Credits6.3
Rating80.9M
Budget272M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 San Pellegrino - Fili tirati nunca
2025 Tony
2025 Hermanos, una historia de sangre as Narrator
2024 Babygirl as Jacob
2024 Paddington in Peru as Hunter Cabot
2024 The Clean Up Crew as Gabriel
2024 Cult Killer as Mikeal Tallini
2023 Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
2023 Journey to Bethlehem as Herod the Great
2023 The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Renaldo
2023 El viaje de Julieta as Self
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Puss in Boots (voice)
2022 The Enforcer as Cuda
2022 Code Name Banshee as Caleb
2022 Uncharted as Santiago Moncada
2021 Official Competition as Félix Rivero
2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Aristotle Papdopolous
2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020 One Night Only: The Best of Broadway as Self - Performer
2020 The Making of Pain and Glory as Self
2020 Dolittle as King Rassouli
2019 The Laundromat as Ramón Fonseca
2019 Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
2018 Life Itself as Vincent Saccione
2018 Beyond the Edge as Gordon
2017 Bullet Head as Blue
2017 Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! as Self (archive footage)
2017 Acts of Vengeance as Frank Valera
2017 The Music of Silence as Le maestro
2017 Gun Shy as Turk Henry
2017 Black Butterfly as Paul
2017 Security as Eduardo 'Eddie' Deacon
2017 SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story as Burger Beard
2016 The Great Illusion as Self Thanks
2016 Finding Altamira as Marcelino
2015 Knight of Cups as Tonio
2015 The 33 as Mario Sepúlveda
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Burger Beard
2014 The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014 Automata as Jacq Vaucan Producer
2014 Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Self
2014 The Expendables 3 as Galgo
2013 Mundos virtuales
2013 Shrek Stories as Puss in Boots (voice)
2013 Machete Kills as El Camaleon
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour as Sir Clorex (voice) Producer
2013 I'm So Excited! as León
2012 Dreamworks Spooky Stories as Puss in Boots (voice)
2012 Ruby Sparks as Mort
2012 The Making of The Skin I Live In as Self
2012 Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos as Puss in Boots (voice)
2011 Shrek: Once Upon a Time as Self
2011 Black Gold as Emir Nesib
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011 Haywire as Rodrigo
2011 Puss in Boots as Puss in Boots (voice)
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Gregorio Cortez (uncredited)
2011 The Skin I Live In as Dr. Robert Ledgard
2011 The Big Bang as Ned Cruz
2010 Shrek's Yule Log as Puss in Boots (voice)
2010 Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular as Puss in Boots (voice)
2010 Scared Shrekless as Puss in Boots (voice)
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Greg
2010 Shrek Forever After as Puss in Boots (voice)
2009 The Lady and the Reaper Producer
2009 Thick as Thieves as Gabriel Martin
2008 The Other Man as Ralph
2008 The Missing Lynx Producer
2008 Y el cine marcha
2008 My Mom's New Boyfriend as Tommy Martinez
2008 Before the Fall Producer
2008 Chevolution
2007 Shrek the Halls as Puss in Boots (voice)
2007 Shrek the Third as Puss in Boots (voice)
2007 Bordertown as Alfonso Diaz
2006 Summer Rain Director
2006 Hécuba: un sueño de pasión as Self
2006 Take the Lead as Pierre Dulaine
2005 Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones as Miguel (archive footage)
2005 The Legend of Zorro as Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro
2005 Champion as Self
2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2004 Far Far Away Idol as Puss In Boots (voice)
2004 People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' as Self
2004 Shrek 2 as Puss in Boots (voice)
2003 Imagining Argentina as Carlos Rueda
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico as El Mariachi
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Pancho Villa
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Gregorio Cortez
2003 Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream as Self
2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as Agent Jeremiah Ecks
2002 Frida as David Alfaro Siqueiros
2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Gregorio Cortez
2002 Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
2002 Femme Fatale as Nicolas Bardo
2001 Unmasking Zorro as Self
2001 Original Sin as Luis Antonio Vargas
2001 The Body as Father Matt Gutierrez
2001 Spy Kids as Gregorio Cortez
1999 Play It to the Bone as Cesar Dominguez
1999 Crazy in Alabama Director
1999 The 13th Warrior as Ahmed Ibh Fahdlan
1999 The White River Kid as Morales Pittman Producer
1998 Junket Whore as Self
1998 The Mask of Zorro as Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro
1998 Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration as Self - Performer
1996 Evita as Ché
1996 A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
1995 Four Rooms as Man
1995 Two Much as Art Dodge
1995 Never Talk to Strangers as Tony Ramirez
1995 Assassins as Miguel Bain
1995 Desperado as El Mariachi Special Guest Director
1995 Miami Rhapsody as Antonio
1994 Interview with the Vampire as Armand
1994 Of Love and Shadows as Francisco
1993 Philadelphia as Miguel Alvarez
1993 The House of the Spirits as Pedro Tercero Gareia
1993 Outrage as Marcos Vallez
1993 La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez
1992 The Mambo Kings as Nestor Castillo
1992 Una mujer bajo la lluvia as Miguel
1991 Terra Nova as Antonio
1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
1990 Against the Wind as Juan
1990 La mujer feliz
1990 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Ricky
1989 El acto as Carlos
1989 The White Dove as Mario
1989 If They Tell You I Fell as Marcos
1989 Going Down in Morocco as Alberto
1988 Baton Rouge as Antonio
1988 El placer de matar
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Carlos
1987 The Way They Were as Damián
1987 Law of Desire as Antonio Benítez
1986 Love Ravings as Amante de Jaime (segment "Delirio 3")
1986 27 Horas as Rafa
1986 Puzzle as Andrés
1986 Matador as Ángel
1985 Caso cerrado as Gasofa
1985 The Court of the Pharaoh as Fray José / José en un momento posterior
1985 Réquiem por un campesino español as Paco
1984 Los zancos as Alberto
1984 El señor Galíndez as Eduardo
1984 El caso Almería as Juan Luque
1983 Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! as Pipi
1982 Labyrinth of Passion as Sadec
1982 Pestañas postizas as Juan
7.13 Horror 3
6.85 Documentary 16
6.84 TV Movie 1
6.57 Animation 17
6.49 Fantasy 13
6.49 Western 2
6.47 Family 21
6.40 Music 8
6.37 History 5
6.21 Drama 51
6.19 Adventure 27
6.04 Comedy 45
6.02 War 2
5.92 Crime 19
5.84 Action 30
5.84 Mystery 11
5.83 Romance 24
5.80 Thriller 33
5.39 Science Fiction 5