Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem ( born 1 March 1969) is a
Spanish actor. In 2007, he won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as psychopathic assassin
Anton Chigurh in
No Country for Old Men. He has also garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as
Jamón, jamón,
Carne trémula,
Boca a boca,
Los Lunes al sol and
Mar adentro. He portrayed the main antagonist Raoul Silva in the 2012
James Bond movie
Skyfall, for which he received both a
BAFTA and a
SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Bardem has also won a
Golden Globe, a
Screen Actors Guild Award, a
BAFTA, five
Goya Awards, two
European Film Awards, a
Prize for Best Actor at
Cannes and two
Coppa Volpis at
Venice for his work. He is the first Spaniard to be nominated for an
Oscar (
Best Actor, 2000, for
Before Night Falls), as well as the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award. He received his third
Academy Award nomination, and second
Best Actor nomination, for the film
Biutiful.
