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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1 , 1969 ) is a Spanish actor.
Born in , nephew of Juan Antonio Bardem ... His film debut was at the age of 6, and he appeared in several Television series before turning to painting and, eventually, athletics.
He was a member of the Spanish national Rugby team.

In 1992 appeared in '' Jamón, Jamón '', an international hit movie.
But his role in that film as a sexy stud made him afraid that he would be typecast, and he deliberately decided to avoid such roles later. Eventually he would land his breakthrough performance role in Julian Schnabel 's '' Before Night Falls '' in 2000 , as Homosexual Cuba n poet Reinaldo Arenas . He was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Actor for the role, the first Spaniard to be so honored.

Bardem also made a brief appearance in Michael Mann 's crime drama '' Collateral '', which starred Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx .

In 2004 , he won the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in '' The Sea Inside '', a film about the true-life suicide of Ramón Sampedro . Future roles include an appearance in Steven Soderbergh 's upcoming biopic '' Che '' (2006), as well as a starring role as Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar in Joe Carnahan 's '' Killing Pablo ''. He is also slated to appear in the Coen Brother 's '' No Country For Old Men ''.

Internet rumors say that Bardem may be cast in a new biopic of international terrorist Carlos The Jackal .


NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS



Academy Awards



Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival



European Film Awards



Golden Globes



Goya Awards



Independent Spirit Awards



Venice Film Festival



CONTROVERSY

Following the legalization of , preferring instead to make films in his native Spain or elsewhere.


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