Antonio Banderas

**José Antonio Domínguez Bandera** (born 10 August 1960), better known as **Antonio Banderas**, is an Spanish movie, stage, television, actor, singer, and director. He has acted in several important Hollywood movies including _Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever_, _Assassins_, _Interview with the Vampire_, _Mariachi_ sequels, _Philadelphia_, _The Mask of Zorro_, _The Legend of Zorro_, and _Puss in Boots_ and its sequel in the Shrek movies.

Banderas and his wife Melanie Griffith said in June 2014 that they are divorcing. The divorce was finalized in 2015.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1982|_Pestañas postizas_|Antonio Juan|||
|_Laberinto de pasiones_|Sadec||||
|1983|_Y del seguro... líbranos Señor!_|Pipi|||
|1984|_El caso Almería_|Juan Luque|||
|_El señor Galíndez_|Eduardo||||
|_Los zancos_|Alberto||||
|1985|_Réquiem por un campesino español_|Paco|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema for Best Actor||
|_La corte de Faraón_|Fray José|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema for Best Actor|||
|_Caso cerrado_|Preso|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|1986|_Matador_|Ángel|Nominated—Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Murcia Week of Spanish Cinema for Best Actor||
|_Puzzle_|Andrés||||
|_27 horas_|Rafa|Sant Jordi Awards for Best Spanish Actor|||
|_Delirios de amor_|Amante de Jaime|Sant Jordi Awards for Best Spanish Actor Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|1987|__|Antonio Benítez|Sant Jordi Awards for Best Spanish Actor Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor||
|_Así como habían sido_|Damián|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|1988|_La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz_|Antonio|Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best TV Actor||
|_Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown_|Carlos|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|_El placer de matar_|Luis|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|_Baton rouge_|Antonio|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|1989|_Bajarse al moro_|Alberto|Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor||
|_Si te dicen que caí_|Marcos|Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|_La Blanca Paloma_|Mario|Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|_Hasta Luego Tenis_|Jake Spicer||||
|_El Acto_|Carlos||||
|_Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!_|Ricky|Golden India Catalina Award for Best Actor Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor ACE Awards for Best Actor Nominated—Goya Award for Best Actor|||
|1990|_La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez_|Rosendo Juárez|Television film||
|_Contra el viento_|Juan|Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor|||
|1991|_Terra Nova_|Antonio|||
|1992|_Una mujer bajo la lluvia_|Miguel|Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor||
|__|Néstor Castillo|Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actor Nominated—Spanish Actors Union Award for Lead Performance|||
|1993|_¡Dispara!_|Marcos|||
|__|Pedro Tercero García||||
|_Philadelphia_|Miguel Álvarez||||
|1994|_Of Love and Shadows_|Francisco|||
|_Interview with the Vampire_|Armand||||
|1995|_Miami Rhapsody_|Antonio|||
|_Desperado_|El Mariachi (Manito)|Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male|||
|_Four Rooms_|Man|Segment "The Misbehavers"|||
|_Assassins_|Miguel Bain||||
|_Never Talk to Strangers_|Tony Ramirez||||
|_Two Much_|Art Dodge|Nominated—Goya Award for Best Actor|||
|1996|_Evita_|Ché|Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||
|1998|__|Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro|European Film Award for Best European Actor Imagen Award for Lasting Image Award Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—European Film Award for Achievement in World Cinema Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight||
|1999|__|Ahmad ibn Fadlan|European Film Award for Achievement in World Cinema Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film||
|__|Morales Pittman||||
|_Play It to the Bone_|César Domínguez||||
|2001|__|Father Matt Gutiérrez|||
|_Spy Kids_|Gregorio "Greg" Cortez|Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Butt Kicker|||
|_Original Sin_|Luís Vargast||||
|2002|_Femme Fatale_|Nicolas Bardo|||
|_Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams_|Gregorio "Greg" Cortez||||
|_Frida_|David Alfaro Siqueiros||||
|_Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever_|Agent Jeremiah Ecks||||
|2003|_Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over_|Gregorio "Greg" Cortez|||
|_Once Upon a Time in Mexico_|El Mariachi|Imagen Award for Best Actor|||
|_Imagining Argentina_|Carlos Rueda||||
|2004|_Far Far Away Idol_|Puss In Boots|Voice role Short film||
|_Shrek 2_|Puss in Boots|Voice role (for the English and Spanish versions) Nominated—Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance|||
|2005|__|Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro|Nominated—Imagen Award for Best Actor||
|2006|_Take the Lead_|Pierre Dulaine|Imagen Award for Best Actor||
|_Over the Hedge_|Puss in Boots|Voice role (for the English and Spanish versions)|||
|2007|_Bordertown_|Díaz|||
|_Shrek the Third_|Puss in Boots|Voice role (for the English, Spanish and Italian versions)|||
|2008|_My Mom's New Boyfriend_|Tommy Lucero / Tomas Martinez|||
|__|Ralph||||
|2009|_Thick as Thieves_|Gabriel Martin|||
|2010|_Shrek Forever After_|Puss in Boots|Voice role (for the English, Spanish and Italian versions)||
|_You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger_|Greg Clemente||||
|2011|__|Ned Cruz|||
|_Day of the Falcon_|Emir Nesib||||
|__|Dr. Ledgard|Nominated—Goya Award for Best Actor Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor|||
|_Puss in Boots_|Puss in Boots|Voice role (for the English, Spanish and Italian versions) Nominated—Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie|||
|2012|_Haywire_|Rodrigo|||
|_Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos_|Puss in Boots|Voice role Short film|||
|_Ruby Sparks_|Mort||||
|2013|_Machete Kills_|El Camaleón|Cameo, portrays the character disguised as Gregorio "Greg" Cortez||
|_Justin and the Knights of Valour_|Sir Clorex|Voice role Also producer|||
|2014|_Autómata_|Jacq Vaucan|Also producer||
|_The Expendables 3_|Galgo||||
|2015|_The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water_|Burger Beard|||
|_Knight of Cups_|Tonio||||
|_The 33_|Mario Sepúlveda||||
|2016|_Altamira_|Marcelino|||
|2017|_Black Butterfly_|Paul|||
|_Gun Shy_|Turk Enry||||
|_Security_|Eduardo "Eddie" Deacon||||
|_Acts of Vengeance_|Frank Valera||||
|_Bullet Head_|Blue||||
|_The Music of Silence_|The Maestro||||
|2018|_Beyond the Edge_|Gordon|||
|_Life Itself_|Mr. Saccione||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Pain and Glory_|Salvador Mallo|Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|
|_The Laundromat_|Ramón Fonseca||||
|2020|_Dolittle_|Rassouli|Post-production||
|_Lamborghini – The Legend_|Ferruccio Lamborghini|Post-production|||
|_The New Mutants_||Post-production|||
|_The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard_||Post-production|||
|2026|_Shrek 5_|Puss in Boots|Post-production||
|TBA|_Annie Onion: A VeggieTales Spin-Off Movie_|Roger Tomato|Post-production||

## Director

|Year|Title|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Crazy in Alabama_|ALMA Award for Best Director of a Feature Film European Film Award for Achievement in World Cinema Nominated—Golden Lion for Directing|
|2006|_Summer Rain_|Berlin International Film Festival Award for Directing|
|TBA|_Akil_||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Antonio Banderas
- **image**: Antonio Banderas KVIFF.jpg
- **caption**: Banderas in Karlovy Vary
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
- **birthname**: José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
- **occupation**: Actor, singer, director
- **nationality**: Spanish people, Spanish
- **signature**: Antonio Banderas (signature).jpg
- **spouse**: Ana Leza
(m. 1988–1996, divorced)
Melanie Griffith (m. 1996–2015; divorced)
- **children**: 1
- **known for**: **Agent Jeremiah Ecks** in _Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever_
**Miguel Bain** in _Assassins (movie), Assassins_
**Armand** in _Interview with the Vampire_
**El Mariachi** in _Desperado (movie), Desperado_ and _Once Upon a Time in Mexico_
**Miguel Alvarez** in _Philadelphia (movie), Philadelphia_
**Zorro** in _The Mask of Zorro_ and _The Legend of Zorro_. Banderas also portrayed the voice of**Puss in Boots** in the Shrek franchise and Puss in Boots (2011 movie), Puss in Boots