    josÃ© antonio domÃ­nguez banderas (born 10 august 1960), better known as antonio banderas, is a spanish actor, director, and producer. he began his acting career with a series of films by director pedro almodÃ³var and then appeared in high-profile hollywood movies, especially in the 1990s, including assassins, evita, interview with the vampire, philadelphia, desperado, the mask of zorro and spy kids. banderas also portrayed the voice of "puss in boots" in the shrek sequels and puss in boots as well as the bee in the us nasonex commercials. ==early life== banderas was born josÃ© antonio domÃ­nguez banderas in benalmÃ¡dena, mÃ¡laga, andalucÃ­a, spain, on 10 august 1960, to ana banderas gallego, a school teacher, and josÃ© domÃ­nguez, a police officer in the guardia civil.http://www.elmundo.es/magazine/m53/textos/avances.html he has a younger brother, javier. although the family name is domÃ­nguez, he took his mother's last name as his stage name. as a child, he wanted to become a professional football player until a broken foot sidelined his dreams at the age of fourteen. he showed a strong interest in the performing arts and formed part of the ara theatre-school ran by Ãngeles rubio-argÃ¼elles y alessandri (wife of diplomat, writer and film director edgar neville) and the college of dramatic art, both in mÃ¡laga. his 
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