
Antonio Banderas
Highest Rated: 100% Law of Desire (1987)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Music of Silence (2017)
Birthday: Aug 10, 1960
Birthplace: Málaga, Spain
A gifted actor with matinee-idol looks, Antonio Banderas smoldered his way to an international following with his work for filmmaker and fellow Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar. Following a string of early projects with the iconoclastic director, Banderas attracted international attention as a love-struck kidnapper in Almodóvar's controversial "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" (1990). After being introduced to American audiences as the object of Madonna's lust in her documentary "Truth or Dare" (1991) Banderas - despite not speaking English - made his Hollywood acting debut in the drama "The Mambo Kings" (1992). Proving that he was more than just a pretty face, the actor drew raves for his performance as Tom Hanks' devoted lover in the Academy Award-winning AIDS drama "Philadelphia" (1993). The in-demand Banderas quickly cashed in as an action hero in hits like Robert Rodriguez's shoot-'em-up, "Desperado" (1995) and as the titular swordsman in "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones. He made his directorial debut with "Crazy in Alabama" (1999), a comedy-drama starring his then-wife, Melanie Griffith. Banderas also took part in several family features, including Rodriguez's popular "Spy Kids" (2001) franchise and as the voice of Puss in Boots in "Shrek 2" (2004) and its subsequent sequels. For the first time in more than two decades, he reunited with Almodóvar for the psychological thriller "The Skin I Live In" (2011), delivering what some called his strongest work in years. Handsome, charismatic and undeniably talented, Banderas rightfully earned his place as one of cinema's greatest leading men.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uncharted | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitman's Bodyguard 2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
14% | 76% | Dolittle | King Rassouli (Character) | $77M | 2020 |
96% | 91% | Pain and Glory | Salvador Mallo (Character) | $4.6M | 2019 |
41% | 40% | The Laundromat | Ramón Fonseca (Character) | - | 2019 |
13% | 83% | Life Itself | Mr. Saccione (Character) | $4.1M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Beyond Reality | Gordon (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% | 80% | The Music of Silence | Maestro (Character) | - | 2017 |
61% | 31% | Bullet Head | Blue (Character) | - | 2017 |
0% | 38% | Gun Shy | Turk Henry (Character) | - | 2017 |
55% | 24% | Acts of Vengeance | Frank Valera (Character) | - | 2017 |
40% | 41% | Black Butterfly | Paul (Character) | - | 2017 |
65% | 46% | Finding Altamira | Marcelino (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Security | Eduardo "Eddie" Deacon (Character) | - | 2016 |
48% | 59% | The 33 | Mario Sepúlveda (Character) | $12M | 2015 |
81% | 54% | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Burger-Beard (Character) | $163.4M | 2015 |
47% | 37% | Knight of Cups | Tonio (Character) | $558.4K | 2015 |
32% | 49% | The Expendables 3 | Galgo (Character) | $39.3M | 2014 |
31% | 30% | Automata |
Jacq Vaucan (Character), Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Justin and the Knights of Valor |
Sir Antoine (Voice), Producer |
- | 2013 |
49% | 37% | I'm So Excited! | León (Character) | $1.4M | 2013 |
29% | 34% | Machete Kills | El Camaleon 4 (Character) | $7.9M | 2013 |
13% | 36% | Justin and the Knights of Valor |
Sir Clorex (Voice), Producer |
- | 2013 |
79% | 75% | Ruby Sparks | Harry (Character) | $2.5M | 2012 |
11% | 51% | Black Gold | Nesib (Character) | - | 2011 |
22% | 37% | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D | Gregorio Cortez (Character) | $38.5M | 2011 |
86% | 67% | Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots (Voice) | $149.2M | 2011 |
81% | 84% | The Skin I Live In | Dr. Robert Ledgard (Character) | $3.2M | 2011 |
80% | 41% | Haywire | Rodrigo (Character) | $201.7K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular | Puss in Boots (Voice) | - | 2010 |
58% | 54% | Shrek Forever After | Puss in Boots (Voice) | - | 2010 |
19% | 25% | The Big Bang | Ned Cruz (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Scared Shrekless | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
46% | 34% | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Greg (Character) | $3.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos | Puss in Boots (Voice) | - | 2009 |
20% | 33% | Thick as Thieves | Gabriel Martin (Character) | - | 2009 |
15% | 18% | The Other Man | Ralph (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 29% | My Mom's New Boyfriend |
Tommy Lucero / |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Shrek the Halls | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Bordertown | Alfonso Diaz (Character) | - | 2007 |
42% | 52% | Shrek the Third | Puss in Boots (Voice) | $320.7M | 2007 |
100% | 73% | Confessions of a Superhero | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
44% | 77% | Take the Lead | Pierre Dulaine (Character) | $34.7M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Summer Rain |
Director, Producer |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Champion | Self | - | 2005 |
26% | 48% | The Legend of Zorro |
Zorro/ |
$45.4M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Far Far Away Idol | Puss In Boots (Voice) | - | 2004 |
89% | 69% | Shrek 2 | Puss-in-Boots (Voice) | $436.5M | 2004 |
66% | 64% | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | El Mariachi (Character) | $55.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 53% | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Pancho Villa (Character) | - | 2003 |
45% | 25% | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | Gregorio Cortez (Character) | $111.8M | 2003 |
31% | 71% | Imagining Argentina | Carlos Rueda (Character) | - | 2003 |
49% | 49% | Femme Fatale | Nicolas Bardo (Character) | $6.6M | 2002 |
0% | 19% | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | Jeremiah Ecks (Character) | $14.3M | 2002 |
75% | 85% | Frida | David Alfaro Siqueiros (Character) | $25.8M | 2002 |
75% | 39% | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Gregorio Cortez (Character) | $85.6M | 2002 |
13% | 44% | The Body | Father Matt Gutierrez (Character) | $33.6K | 2001 |
12% | 61% | Original Sin | Luis Antonio Vargas (Character) | $16.5M | 2001 |
93% | 46% | Spy Kids | Gregorio Cortez (Character) | $112.7M | 2001 |
11% | 25% | Play It to the Bone | Cesar Dominguez (Character) | $8.4M | 1999 |
33% | 66% | The 13th Warrior | Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad (Character) | $32.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The White River Kid |
Morales Pittman (Character), Producer |
- | 1999 |
30% | 64% | Crazy in Alabama | Director | $2M | 1999 |
82% | 73% | The Mask of Zorro |
Alejandro Murrieta/ |
$93.8M | 1998 |
63% | 68% | Evita | Ché (Character) | $50M | 1996 |
97% | 89% | The Celluloid Closet | Unknown (Character) | $1.4M | 1996 |
14% | 36% | Two Much | Art Dodge (Character) | $1.1M | 1996 |
13% | 69% | Four Rooms | Man (Character) | $4.1M | 1995 |
45% | 26% | Miami Rhapsody | Antonio (Character) | $5.2M | 1995 |
16% | 45% | Assassins | Miguel Bain (Character) | - | 1995 |
15% | 39% | Never Talk to Strangers | Tony Ramirez (Character) | $6.7M | 1995 |
64% | 79% | Desperado | El Mariachi (Character) | $24.9M | 1995 |
63% | 86% | Interview With the Vampire | Armand (Character) | $104.7M | 1994 |
20% | 32% | Of Love and Shadows | Francisco (Character) | $22.1K | 1994 |
80% | 89% | Philadelphia | Miguel Alvarez (Character) | $76M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini | Benito Mussolini (Character) | - | 1993 |
30% | 72% | The House of the Spirits | Pedro Tercero García (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outrage | Marcos (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Valparaíso | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
81% | 69% | The Mambo Kings | Nestor Castillo (Character) | $6.5M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Dove | Mario (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Una mujer bajo la lluvia | Miguel (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Mujer de Tu Vida | Antonio López (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Contra el Viento | Juan (Character) | - | 1990 |
67% | 79% | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Ricky (Character) | $3.3M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If They Tell You I Fell | Marcos (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Going Down in Morocco | Alberto (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baton Rouge | Antonio (Character) | - | 1988 |
90% | 89% | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Carlos (Character) | $5.2M | 1988 |
100% | 82% | Law of Desire | Antonio Benítez (Character) | - | 1987 |
92% | 78% | Matador | Ángel (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 27 Hours | Rafa (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Requiem for a Spanish Peasant | Paco (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La corte de Faraón | Fray José (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Los zancos | Alberto (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laberinto de Pasiones | Sadec (Character) | - | 1982 |
91% | 69% | Labyrinth of Passion | Sadec (Character) | - | 1982 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 33% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2020 2018 |
No Score Yet | 39% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2020 2018 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2019 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2019 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Couch Surfing | Guest | 2018 |
70% | 58% | Genius | Pablo Picasso (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood Live | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Steve | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.TV | Guest | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2015 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2015 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live! With Kelly and Michael | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2012 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | DreamWorks Spooky Stories | Unknown (Character) |
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