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Revision as of 02:14, 7 November 2010
Antonio Banderas | |
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 Antonio Banderas in 2010 | |
| Born | José Antonio Domínguez Banderas August 10, 1960 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, singer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Leza (1987–1995) Melanie Griffith (1996–present) |
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer. He began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins, Evita, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, The Mask of Zorro, Spy Kids and the Shrek sequels.
Early life
Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalusia, in Spain, on August 10, 1960; he was the son of Ana Banderas, a school teacher, and José Domínguez, a police officer in the Guardia Civil.[1][2] He also has one younger brother, Francisco. He took his mother's surname as his stage name.[3] He initially wanted to be a soccer player, but his dream ended when he broke his foot at age 14.
Career in Spain
Banderas' acting career began at the age of 19, when he worked in small theatres during the Movida period. He first gained wide attention of the Spanish audience through starring on a set of films by director Pedro Almodóvar between 1982 and 1990. Labyrinth of Passion ('Laberinto de pasiones', 1982) where he plays a gay man, Matador (1986) where he plays a troubled young man who is confused about his sexuality, Law of Desire ("La Ley del Deseo", 1987) where he plays a psychotic gay stalker, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, 1988), and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! ("¡Átame!", 1989), in which he performed his breakthrough role as "Ricky".
Career in Hollywood
He began appearing in American films in the early nineties; 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, he starred alongside Madonna in Evita, an adaptation of the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice in which he played the narrator, Che, a role originally played on Broadway by Mandy Patinkin. He also made success with his role as the legendary Mexican masked swordsman, Zorro in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro, for which he was the first Spanish actor to portray the character after over 80 years since Zorro's creation. In 2000, Ridley Scott offered Banderas a part as a peasant in his film, Gladiator (2000 film) and he reluctantly accepted, but demanded exactly $50,000 for the role, which is currently the world record for the highest salary of an extra.
In 2001, he collaborated with Robert Rodriguez who cast him in the Spy Kids film trilogy. He also starred in Michael Cristofer's Original Sin alongside Angelina Jolie that year. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (film) opposite Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and in Julie Taymor's Frida with Salma Hayek. In 2003 he starred in the last installment of the "Mexico" trilogy Once Upon A Time In Mexico (in which he appeared with Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek). Banderas' debut as a director was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife Melanie Griffith.
In 2003, he 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 Raúl Juliá. Banderas won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical.[4] His performance is preserved on the Broadway cast recording released by PS Classics.
His voice role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third and the last film in the Shrek franchise; "Shrek Forever After" which made the character popular on the family film circuit. He is set to be the protagonist of the Shrek spin-off film: "Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer" Which is said to be released on November 4, 2011. In 2005, he reprised his role as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro, though this was not as successful as The Mask of Zorro. In 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high school-set movie in which he played a ballroom dancing teacher. That year, he directed his second film El camino de los ingleses (English title Summer Rain), and also received the L.A. Latino International Film Festival's "Gabi" Lifetime Achievement Award on 14 October.[5] He hosted Saturday Night Live's 600th episode (in season 31). The musical guest was Mary J. Blige. He performed a voice-over for a computer-animated bee which can be seen in the United States in television commercials for Nasonex,[6] an allergy medication, and was seen in the 2007 Christmas advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer, a British retailer.[7] He is being considered for the part of Hadrian in the in-production (as of February 2008) film Memoirs of Hadrian.[8] He is also planning to produce a film based on Muhammad XII, the last Moorish ruler of Granada.[9]
He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 6801 Hollywood Blvd in 2005.
Personal life
Banderas divorced his first wife, Ana G. Leza, and in May 1996 married Melanie Griffith,[10] whom he had met a year earlier while shooting Two Much.[11] They have a daughter, Stella Banderas, born in 1996,[12] who appeared in the film Crazy in Alabama (1999), in which Griffith starred and which Banderas directed.[13]
He has invested his movie earnings in Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA.[13] He owns 50% of a winery in Northern Spain called Anta Banderas which makes red and rose wines.[14]
In 1996, Banderas appeared among other figures of Spanish culture in a video supporting the PSOE lists in the general election.[15]
While he speaks in his native Spanish with an Andalusian accent with his family and the Spanish press, he switches to a Castilian accent when playing non-Andalusian roles or when dubbing his Hollywood roles.
He is a long time supporter of the Málaga CF.[16]
He is also an officer of a religious brotherhood in Málaga and travels in the Holy Week to take part in the processions.[17] In an interview with People, Banderas described himself as agnostic.[18]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Pestañas postizas | Antonio Juan | |
| 1982 | Laberinto de pasiones (Labyrinth of Passion) | Sadec | |
| 1983 | Y del seguro... líbranos Señor! | ||
| 1984 | El caso Almería | ||
| 1984 | El señor Galíndez | Eduardo | |
| 1984 | Fragmentos de interior | Joaquín | TV Series |
| 1984 | Los zancos | Alberto | |
| 1985 | Réquiem por un campesino español | Paco | |
| 1985 | La corte de Faraón | Fray José | |
| 1985 | Caso cerrado | Preso | |
| 1986 | Matador | Ángel | |
| 1986 | Puzzle | ||
| 1986 | 27 horas | Rafa | |
| 1986 | Delirios de amor | ||
| 1987 | La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) | Antonio Benítez | |
| 1987 | Así como habían sido | Damián | |
| 1988 | La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz | Antonio | TV |
| 1988 | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) | Carlos | |
| 1988 | El placer de matar (The Pleasure of Killing) | Luis | |
| 1988 | Bâton Rouge | Antonio | |
| 1989 | Bajarse al moro | Alberto | |
| 1989 | Si te dicen que caí (If They Tell You I Fell) | Marcos | |
| 1989 | La Blanca Paloma | Mario | |
| 1989 | Huesta Luego Tenis | Jake Spicer | |
| 1989 | El Acto | Carlos | |
| 1990 | La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez | Rosendo Juárez | TV |
| 1990 | ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) | Ricky | |
| 1990 | Contra el viento | Juan | |
| 1991 | Terra Nova | Antonio | |
| 1992 | Una Mujer bajo la lluvia | Miguel | |
| 1992 | The Mambo Kings | Néstor Castillo | |
| 1993 | Il Giovane Mussolini (Benito) | Benito Mussolini | TV |
| 1993 | ¡Dispara! (Outrage!) | Marcos | |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Pedro Tercero García | his first English-language film |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Miguel Álvarez | |
| 1994 | Of Love and Shadows | Francisco | |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | Armand | |
| 1995 | Miami Rhapsody | Antonio | |
| 1995 | Desperado | El Mariachi | |
| 1995 | Four Rooms | as Man (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| 1995 | Assassins | Miguel Bain | |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Tony Ramirez | |
| 1995 | Two Much | Art Dodge | |
| 1996 | Evita | Che | |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Ramón | later on replaced by the real Ramón |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro | |
| 1998 | Andrew Lloyd Webber's Royal Albert Hall Celebration | Che/Phantom | |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas ibn Rashid ibn Hamad | |
| 1999 | The White River Kid | Morales Pittman | |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone | César Domínguez | |
| 2000 | Gladiator (2000 film) | Peasant | |
| 2001 | The Body | Father Matt Gutiérrez | |
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Gregorio Cortez | |
| 2001 | Original Sin | Luís Vargast | |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Nicolas Bardo | |
| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Gregorio Cortez | |
| 2002 | Frida | David Alfaro Siqueiros | |
| 2002 | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | Agent Jeremiah Ecks | |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Gregorio Cortez | |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | El Mariachi | |
| 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Pancho Villa | TV |
| 2003 | Imagining Argentina | Carlos Rueda | |
| 2004 | Far Far Away Idol | Puss In Boots | voice |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Puss In Boots | voice |
| 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro | |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Pierre Dulaine | |
| 2007 | Bordertown | Díaz | |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Puss In Boots | voice |
| 2008 | My Mom's New Boyfriend | Tommy | |
| 2008 | The Other Man | Rafe | |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | Gabriel | |
| 2009 | Un-broke: What You Need To Know About Money | television special on economics | |
| 2010 | The Big Bang | Ned Cruz | |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Puss In Boots | voice |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Greg Clemente | |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Puss In Boots | |
| 2011 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | Gregorio Cortez |
- As a producer
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- Missing Lynx (2008)
See also
References
- ^ "Antonio Banderas As Puss 'N Boots' Voice". Vistamagazine.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Antonio Banderas Biography (1960–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Salon Column | Ron "The Artist" Shelton". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "United Press International". Banderas set for Broadway return. Retrieved 2006-04-06.
- ^ "Banderas flies flag at LALIFF". Variety. 2006-10-22.
- ^ Michael O'Sullivan (October 28, 2005). "Antonio Banderas Dons The Mask Once More". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Marks And Spencer Warn Of Poor Outlook". Daily Record. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Production Weekly, October 21, 2005, cited at www.comingsoon.net.
- ^ Tim Walker & Richard Eden (31 October 2008). "Antonio Banderas bemused by non-Arabic caveat". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ "Antonio and Melanie throw joint birthday party". CNN. Associated Press. 2000-08-10. Archived from the original on September 17, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ ABC News: Banderas: I'm No Latin Lover (Accessed 2008-01-09).
- ^ iMDb: Stella Banderas
- ^ a b Vista: Antonio Banderas as Puss 'N Boots' Voice (Accessed 2008-01-09).
- ^ Antonio Banderas Buys Winery Yahoo News, 2009-03-17.
- ^ Personajes de la cultura defienden la libertad de opción política, Luis R. Aizpeolea. El País, 20th February 1996.
- ^ Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Antonio Banderas (Accessed 2008-01-09).
- ^ Antonio Banderas, en la Semana Santa malagueña, ABC, 30 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1181281,00.html
External links
- Antonio Banderas appointed Goodwill Ambassador at Bay Ledger
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- Antonio Banderas at the TCM Movie Database
- Antonio Banderas at the Internet Broadway Database