In 1991, he co-starred in the romantic film " high-heeled shoes " with Victoria Abril . This was his first personal film and entered the entertainment circle
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In 1992, he co-starred with Bigas Luna in the romance film " A Tale of Ham and Passion " directed by Bigas Luna . With this film, Javier Bardem was nominated for the 7th Spanish Goya Awards for Best Actor
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In 1997, he co-starred with Liberto Laval in the love thriller " Carne Tremula " directed by Pedro Almodóvar Caballero , as the police officer David who was injured when he stopped Victor's crime. The film was adapted from the British writer Ruth Ren Doyle's crime novels
. In the same year, he co-starred with Rosie Perez in the action film " Perdita Durango ", in which he played Romeo, a gangster who murdered and robbed everywhere. Javier Bardem won the Best European Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival for this film
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In 2001, Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp co-starred in the drama " Juste Avant La Nui " adapted from the memoirs published by Cuban gay writer Renaldo Arenas , in which he played Renaldo, who had a poor childhood. Arenas, Javier Bardem won the 57th Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award and the 73rd Oscar Award for Best Actor Nomination for this film, becoming the first Spaniard shortlisted for Best Actor Oscar
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In 2002, he co-starred with Juan Diego Botto in the thriller " The Dancer Upstairs " directed by John Malkovich , in which he played the police officer Rigas of a certain Latin American country
. In 2004, co-starring with Laura Dunas in the feature film " Mar adentro " adapted from the true story of Raymond Sampedro , playing the role of Raymond Sampede, the ship mechanic who injured his neck in an accident Luo
. In 2006, co-starring with Natalie Hershlag in the biopic " Goya's Ghosts ", playing the unpredictable and clever monk Lorenzo
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In 2007, he co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson in the crime film " No Country for Old Men " directed by the Coen brothers , as a killer with a regular mushroom head and a new weapon like a fire extinguisher. Javier Bardem relied on the film Won the 80th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor
. In the same year, he starred in the feature film " El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera " adapted from the novel of the same name by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez . In the film, he played a local telegraph clerk, Ferlentino Ariza.
In 2008, he co-starred with Scarlett I. Johansson and Rebecca Hall in the romance film " Vicky Cristina Barcelona " directed by Woody Allen , playing the role of a sexy painter Juan between three women. In 2009, he co-starred with Christian Charles Philip Bale and Chris Pine in the action crime film " Kill Pablo " and played Pablo Escobar, who founded the Medellin Group in Colombia by himself
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In August 2010, he co-starred with Julia Roberts in the romance film " Eat " adapted from Elizabeth Gilbert's autobiographical novel "I'll be a girl for a lifetime ", and played a Brazilian gem merchant Felipe known as a "feminist husband". In December, starring in the feature film " Biutiful " directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu , playing a rugged Spanish man Ukbauer with a kind heart
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In 2012, he co-starred with Daniel Wroughton Craig and Judith Olivia Dench in the action film " Skyfall " directed by Sam Mendes , playing the evolutionary, crazy, thoughtful and well-planned former MI6 elite agent Silva
. In the same year, he co-starred in the romance film " To the Wonder " with Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck , playing the role of the priest Quintana who helped others to comfort his loneliness
.
In 2013, he co-starred with Michael Fassbender in the crime film " The Counselor " and played a high-profile nightclub owner Reiner
. In 2014, starred in the action science fiction film " Autómata " directed by Gabe Ibanez
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In 2015, co-starring with Sean Justin Penn and Jasmine Trinca in the action crime film " The Gunman " adapted from the best-selling novel , as Tyrell's former brother, Anne's husband Felix
. In 2016, he co-starred with Charlize Theron in the war film " The Last Face " directed by Sean Justin Penn , playing a humanitarian doctor, Dr. Miguel Leon, set in the war-torn African country Liberia
.
On May 26, 2017, the action-adventure film " Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales " co-starred with Johnny Depp and Orli was released in the United States. In the film, he played Salazar who always wanted to kill Captain Jack
.
On October 22, 2021, the science fiction film " Dune " starring Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson was released in North America
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On May 26, 2023, the live-action movie " The Little Mermaid " , starring in the Disney classic animation adaptation , was released in North America, playing the role of King Triton, the father of The Little Mermaid, Ariel.
