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Antonio Banderas

Spanish actor

Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor who started at a small theatre in Málaga, where director Pedro Almodóvar noticed him. They have made eight films together, and Pain and Glory (2019) earned Banderas the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination. He made his American film debut in The Mambo Kings (1992) and played El Mariachi in Desperado (1995).

Antonio Banderas appears in 22 films in The Rerun, from 1987 to 2024. Most of that work is in drama, action and adventure. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Pedro Almodóvar (4), Salma Hayek (4), Julieta Serrano (3), Robert Rodriguez (3), Quentin Tarantino (3).

Known for

  • Pain and Glory (2019). Almodóvar drama that won him Best Actor at Cannes and an Oscar nomination.
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988). One of eight films he has made with Pedro Almodóvar.
  • Desperado (1995), El Mariachi. His franchise role as El Mariachi, which continued in Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
  • Interview with the Vampire (1994). One of his early roles in American films, following Philadelphia in 1993.
  • Evita (1996). A 1996 film from his first years in Hollywood.
  • The Mask of Zorro (1998). A 1998 film from his Hollywood career.

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Antonio Banderas been in?
Antonio Banderas appears in Babygirl (2024), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Uncharted (2022), The New Mutants (2020), Dolittle (2020), Pain and Glory (2019), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), The Expendables 3 (2014), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Frida (2002), The 13th Warrior (1999) and The Mask of Zorro (1998) on The Remote.
When was Antonio Banderas born?
Antonio Banderas was born on 10 August 1960.

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