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Antonio Banderas

Born on the 10th of August 1960, Antonio Banderas has a host of talents which he has demonstrated over his career as a successful actor, director and singer. Beginning at a young age, Banderas has transformed himself from a small time actor working in the Spanish language, to an international superstar who has starred alongside some of the greats of Hollywood.

Early Career

Banderas was born in the southern Spanish city of Malaga to a police officer and a school teacher. In his early years he found his passion within sports, particularly soccer, and he had a dream of becoming a professional soccer player. He was on course to play professionally and was attracting attention, but he broke his foot during his teenage years causing that dream to fade. He then joined a theatre group and began taking drama lessons in order to nourish his other talent. In the end, he was eventually incorporated as a theatre actor with the Spanish National Theatre Company.

His acting career officially began at the age of 19. After seeing some of his performances on stage, legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar decided to take Antonio Banderas under his wing, and gave him a number of roles with him in a variety of his movies. Banderas debuted in the film Laberinto de pasiones in 1982. He appeared in so many of Almodóvar's films that many people believe that he was one of the most important factors that contributed to the director's rise in success. One of his more significant roles was in 1989 with ¡Atame!. His character, Ricky, gave him the first stepping stone to launch his international career.

International Work

The name of Antonio Banderas was first heard by the American audience in 1991 in the documentary style film entitled Madonna: Truth or Dare, in which Madonna says that she wants to seduce the Spanish actor, even though he is a married man. A year later, he began his career in English-speaking films. Despite hav

Antonio Banderas, Actor (1960 - present)

A Star from the Southern Spanish Skies

By Brenda Padilla, Fiona Flores Watson and Alex Cutts

This highly acclaimed actor has it all – the looks, the charm, the drive, the energy, and the creativity. Star of innumerable Hollywood movies, Banderas is one of Andalucia’s most famous, and proudest, exports.

The actor appears to lack any sense of pretension, arrogance or aloofness; in other words, he is not your typical Hollywood celebrity. By all accounts Antonio Banderas is fun, funny, down-to-earth, honest and sincere, with a sense of ideals, moral values and a loyalty that commits him always to remember anyone, anywhere or anything that ever contributed, even in the slightest way, to his meteoric rise to fame.

Antonio Banderas was born on August 10, 1960 and named José Antonio Domínguez Banderas. Following Spanish tradition, his first surname, Dominguez, is the one by which he would normally be known (which comes from his father). He chose, however, to rise to fame on his second – and less common - maternal surname, Banderas.

Ana Banderas, the star’s mother, was a schoolteacher from Casarabonela, and his father, José Domínguez, a Guardia Civil officer. The couple brought up their two boys as Catholics, and to this day the famous actor makes the pilgrimage back home every Semana Santa (Holy Week) to participate in the procession of his brotherhood, Lagrimas y Favores, in Málaga. In fact, he is even known to include this commitment in movie contracts, just to ensure that nothing will interfere with his uncompromising loyalty to the religious celebration.

Ana and José raised their future Hollywood phenomenon in the southern Spanish town of Fuengirola, near Marbella. According to legend, Antonio entertained every Spanish boy’s dream of making it big in the world of football (soccer). Banderas was the star player in his school team, until his hopes were dashed by an ankle injury at the age of 14. H

(Antonio D. Banderas)

PERSONAL

Full name, Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas; born August 10, 1960, in Malaga, Spain; son of Jose (a police officer) and Ana (a teacher) Banderas; married Ana Leza (an actress), c. 1986 (some sources cite 1988; divorced c. 1996); married Melanie Griffith (an actress), May 14, 1996; children: (second marriage) Stella del Carmen; stepchildren: Alexander, Dakota. Education: National School of Dramatic Art, Malaga, Spain, graduated, 1980. Avocational Interests: Soccer, playing the guitar, boating.

Addresses:Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825; Agents Associes, 201 rue du Fauborg, Saint Honore, Paris 75008, France. Manager—Industry Entertainment, 955 Carrillo Dr., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90048-5400. Publicist—Huvane Baum Halls, Inc., 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2410; PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069 (some sources cite 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211).

Career: Actor, director, and producer. Appeared in advertisements and public service announcements. Green Moon Productions, partner. Named ambassador for tourism for the region of Andalucia, Spain. Worked as a department store clerk and a waiter. Associated with fragrances, including Diavolo for women and Spirit for men. Also known as Antonio D. Banderas.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Spanish Actors Union, Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors: Fotogramas de Plata, best movie actor, 1986, 1989, and 1991; Goya Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1987, for Matador; Sant Jordi Award, best Spanish actor, 1988, for La ley del deseo, 27 horas, and Delirios de amor; Valladolid International Film Festival Award, best actor, 1989, for La blanca paloma; Golden India Catalina Award, Cartagena Film Festival, Premio ACE, and Goya Award nomination, all best actor, 1991, for Atame!; nominated for t

Spanish actor (born 1960)

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Goya Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.

Banderas made his acting debut at a small theater in Málaga, where he caught the attention of director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the actor his film debut in the screwball comedyLabyrinth of Passion (1982). They have since collaborated 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), The Skin I Live In (2011), and Pain and Glory (2019), the last of which earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, the Goya Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 1992, Banderas made his American film debut with the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992), followed by roles in Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), and Evita (1996). He took roles in franchises playing El Mariachi in Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), the patriarch in the Sp