Profile of Antonio Banderas on Famous Like Me

Antonio Banderas IPA: /an'tonjo βan'deɾas/ ( listen) (born August 10, 1960), is an actor who was born José Antonio Domínguez Bandera in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain to Jose Domínguez, a State Department worker, and Ana Bandera, a teacher.

As a young man he went, penniless, to Madrid in order to make a career in the Spanish film industry. He first gained wide attention through a series of films with La Mancha-born film director Pedro Almodóvar between 1982 and 1990, and is one of the stars of the three Spy Kids movies (2001-2003). He divorced his Spanish wife Ana Leza and, in 1996, married Melanie Griffith, whom he had met during the shooting of Two Much.

They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen, who is included in IMDB as a child actress. With his roles in such films as Interview with the Vampire, The Mask of Zorro, and Frida, Banderas is probably the most famous Spanish actor in America. His role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 made him even more popular on the family film circuit, and a spin-off movie starring his character is scheduled for release in 2008. Banderas's sole directing effort was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama, starring Griffith.

In 2003 he appeared to great acclaim in the Broadway revival of Maury Yeston's musical Nine (musical), in the prime role originally played by the late Raul Julia. He won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, as well as being nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical. (He lost to Harvey Fierstein, star of the musical Hairspray.) Banderas' performance is preserved on the new Broadway cast recording released by PS Classics.

Filmography

• Pestañas postizas (1982)
• Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
• Y del seguro... líbranos señor! (1983)
• El Casa Almería (1984)
• El Señor Galíndez (1984)
• The Stilts (1984)
• Requiem by a Spanish Farmer (1985)
• The Court of the Pharaoh (1985)
• Closed Case (1985)
• Matador (1986)
• Puzzle (1986)
• 27 Hours (1986)
• Deilriums of Love (1986)
• Law of Desire (1987)
• The Way They Were (1987)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
• The Pleasure of Killing (1988)
• Baton Rouge (1988)
• Going South Shopping (1989)
• If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
• The White Dove (1989)
• The Act (1989)
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
• Against the Wind (1990)
• Terra Nova (1991)
• Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
• A Woman in the Rain (1992)
• The Mambo Kings (1992)
• Shoot! (1993)
• The House of the Spirits (1993)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Of Love and Shadows (1994)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995)
• Desperado (1995)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Assassins (1995)
• Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
• Two Much (1995)
• Evita (1996)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• The White River Kid (1999) (also producer)
• Play It to the Bone (1999)
• The Body (2001)
• Spy Kids (2001)
• Original Sin (2001)
• Femme Fatale (2002)
• Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
• Frida (2002)
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)
• Imagining Argentina (2003)
• Shrek 2 (2004) (voice)
• Champion (2005) (documentary)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005) (To be reelased OCtober 28th)
• Take the Lead (2006) (currently in pre-production)
• Shrek 3 (2007) (voice) (currently in pre-production)
• Puss in Boots (2008) (voice) (currently announced start of production)

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