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Antonio Banderas
Born
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins, Interview with the Vampire, Mariachi Trilogy, Philadelphia and The Mask of Zorro.

Biography

Early life

Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain to José Domínguez, a policeman in the civil guard, and Doña Ana Bandera, a teacher. He also has a brother, Francisco. Banderas was raised a Roman Catholic, but no longer follows the religion.[1]

Banderas initially wanted to play soccer professionally, but his dream ended when he broke his leg at age 14. As a young man, he traveled to Madrid, in order to make a career in the Spanish film industry.

Career

Banderas' career began at the age of 19, when he worked in small theaters during the Movida period. Banderas first gained wide attention through a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar, between 1982 and 1990. These included Laberinto de pasiones (1982), Matador (1986), La ley del deseo (1987), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988), and ¡Átame! (1989). His breakthrough role was as the character "Ricky" in ¡Átame! (English-language title: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), which was a minor success in the United States.

Banderas subsequently moved to the U.S. and began appearing in American films; some of his earlier roles there included the 1992 film, The Mambo Kings, as well as a supporting role in the Oscar-winning 1993 film, Philadelphia. He appeared in several major Hollywood releases in 1995, including a starring role in the Robert Rodriguez-directed film, Desperado. In 1996, Banderas starred alongside Madonna in Evita, an adaptation of the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Banderas played the role of the young revolutionary Che Guevara and sang that character’s songs.

Banderas has also frequently collaborated with his Desperado director, Rodriguez, who cast Banderas in the Spy Kids film trilogy and the final installment in the "Mariachi" trilogy (which he appeared in with Johnny Depp), Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Banderas' sole credit as a director was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife Melanie Griffith. He also has received praise for being the first Spanish actor to portray the legendary Spanish swordsman, Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998) and its sequel, The Legend of Zorro (2005).

In 2003, Banderas returned to the musical genre, appearing to great acclaim in the Broadway revival of Maury Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film 8½, playing the prime role originated by the late Raul Julia. Banderas won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical.[2] His performance is preserved on the Broadway cast recording released by PS Classics.

Banderas' voice role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 made the character popular on the family film circuit, and a spin-off movie starring his character is scheduled for release in 2008. His latest film, Take the Lead, a high-school movie in which he plays a real-life ballroom dancing teacher, opened on April 7, 2006.

Banderas also hosted Saturday Night Live's 600th episode (in season 31). The musical guest was Mary J. Blige.

Banderas' upcoming projects include starring as the title character in a new Broadway production of the 1995 film, Don Juan DeMarco,[2] as well as in the films Conquistador, a historical epic in which he will play Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés (filming begun in September 2006 in Spain, Mexico and South America),[3] and Shrek 3 (currently scheduled for a 2007 release), in which he will once again voice Puss In Boots.

Currently in the United States, his voice-over can be heard in the guise of a computer-animated bee in television commercials for Nasonex, an allergy medication.

Personal life

Banderas divorced his first wife, Ana Leza, and in 1996 married actress Melanie Griffith, whom he had met during the shooting of Two Much. They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith (also simply Stella Banderas), who appeared in the film Crazy in Alabama, in which Griffith starred and which Banderas directed.

Banderas has invested his movie earnings in business marketing Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA. He is a long time supporter of the Real Madrid Football Club. While he speaks in his native Andalusian Spanish with his family and Spanish press, he switches to the Castilian pronunciation when playing non-Andalusian roles or when dubbing his Hollywood performances.

Filmography

  • Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer (2010) - Puss in Boots
  • Shrek 4 (2010) - Puss in Boots
  • Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV) - Puss in Boots
  • Memoirs of Hadrian (2007) (in talks) - Hadrian
  • Homeland Security (2007) .... Tommy
  • Shrek the Third (2007) - Puss in Boots
  • Bordertown (2007) .... Diaz
  • Take the Lead (2006) .... Pierre Dulaine
  • The Legend of Zorro (2005) .... Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
  • Shrek 2 (2004) - Puss In Boots
    • Far Far Away Idol (2004) - Puss In Boots
  • Imagining Argentina (2003) - Carlos Rueda
  • --Sfrigger 02:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV) - Pancho Villa
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) - El Mariachi
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) - Gregorio Cortez
  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) - Agent Jeremiah Ecks
  • Frida (2002) - David Alfaro Siqueiros
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) .... Gregorio Cortez
  • Femme Fatale (2002) - Nicolas Bardo
  • Original Sin (film) (2001) - Luis Antonio Vargas
  • Spy Kids (2001) - Gregorio Cortez
  • The Body (2001) - Father Matt Gutierrez
  • Play It to the Bone (1999) .... Cesar Dominguez
  • The White River Kid (1999) .... Morales Pittman
  • The 13th Warrior (1999) .... Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad
  • The Mask of Zorro (1998) .... Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
  • Evita (1996) .... Che
  • Two Much (1995) .... Art Dodge
  • Never Talk to Strangers (1995) .... Tony Ramirez
  • Assassins (1995) .... Miguel Bain
  • Four Rooms (1995) - Man (segment "The Misbehavers")
  • Desperado (1995) .... El Mariachi
  • Miami Rhapsody (1995) .... Antonio
  • Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Armand
  • Of Love and Shadows (1994) .... Francisco
  • Philadelphia (1993) .... Miguel Alvarez
  • The House of the Spirits (1993) .... Pedro Tercero García
  • ¡Dispara! (1993) .... Marcos
  • Il Giovane Mussolini (1993) (TV) .... Benito Mussolini
  • The Mambo Kings (1992) .... Nestor Castillo
  • Mujer bajo la lluvia, Una (1992) .... Miguel
  • Terra Nova (1991) .... Antonio
  • Contra el viento (1990) .... Juan
  • ¡Átame!(1990) .... Ricky
  • La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez (1990) (TV) .... Rosendo Juárez
  • Acto, El (1989) .... Carlos
  • Blanca Paloma, La (1989) .... Mario
  • Si te dicen que caí (1989) .... Marcos
  • Bajarse al moro (1989) .... Alberto
  • Bâton rouge (1988) .... Antonio
  • El placer de matar (1988) .... Luis
  • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) .... Carlos
  • La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz (1988) (TV) .... Antonio
  • Así como habían sido (1987) .... Damián
  • La ley del deseo (1987) .... Antonio Benítez
  • Delirios de amor (1986)
  • 27 horas (1986) .... Rafa
  • Puzzle (1986)
  • Matador (1986) .... Ángel
  • Caso cerrado (1985) .... Preso
  • La corte de Faraón, (1985) .... Fray José
  • Réquiem por un campesino español (1985) .... Paco
  • Los zancos(1984) .... Alberto
  • Fragmentos de interior (1984) TV Series .... Joaquín
  • El señor Galíndez (1984) .... Eduardo
  • El caso Almería (1984)
  • Y del seguro... líbranos Señor! (1983)
  • Laberinto de pasiones (1982) .... Sadec
  • Pestañas postizas (1982) .... Antonio Juan
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