| Antonio Banderas  AKA Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera
Born: 10-Aug-1960
Birthplace: Malaga, Spain
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: Spain
Executive summary: Zorro Antonio Banderas saw Hair on stage with his family when he was 15, and decided by intermission that he wanted to be an actor. He dropped out of high school, but later got an equivalency diploma. He was a struggling stage actor in Madrid for several years, and began appearing in Spanish movies in the early 1980s. He first came to Americans' attention in the bizarre art films of Pedro Almodóvar, including Matador, Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down. Hollywood came for Banderas, and he's worked primarily in English-language films since he was Tom Hanks' lover in Philadelphia and a bloodsucker in Interview with the Vampire. He played El Mariachi in the two big-budget sequels to the original El Mariachi. He was also Zorro in the listless Mark of Zorro and Zorro 2. He provided the voice of Puss In Boots in Shrek 2, and was moved to tears at the end of the film's premiere. Father: Jose Dominguez (policeman, d. 2008)
Mother: Dona Ana Banderas (teacher)
Brother: Francisco Javiar Banderas ("Chico")
Wife: Ana Leza (actress, m. 1988, div. 1996)
Wife: Melanie Griffith (m. 14-May-1996, one daughter)
Daughter: Stella Banderas (b. 24-Sep-1996 in Marbella, Spain)
Daughter: Dakota Mayi Johnson (stepdaughter, b. 4-Oct-1989, dau. of Don Johnson)
University: School of Dramatic Art, Malaga, Spain
(list:ew-2003-it) Ingenue
UNICEF
Wedding: Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek (2009)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Summer Rain (24-Nov-2006)
Crazy in Alabama (4-Feb-1999)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Life Itself (8-Sep-2018)
Black Butterfly (26-May-2017)
Security (4-Mar-2017)
The 33 (2-Aug-2015)
Knight of Cups (8-Feb-2015)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (28-Jan-2015)
Automata (20-Sep-2014)
The Expendables 3 (4-Aug-2014)
Machete Kills (19-Sep-2013)
Justin and the Knights of Valor (12-Sep-2013) [VOICE]
I'm So Excited (8-Mar-2013)
Ruby Sparks (25-Jul-2012) · Mort
Haywire (7-Nov-2011)
Puss in Boots (27-Oct-2011) · Puss in Boots [VOICE]
Black Gold (25-Oct-2011)
The Skin I Live In (19-May-2011)
The Big Bang (2011) · Ned Cruz
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (15-May-2010) · Greg
Shrek Forever After (21-Apr-2010) · Puss in Boots [VOICE]
Thick as Thieves (9-Jan-2009) · Gabriel
The Other Man (7-Sep-2008) · Rafe
My Mom's New Boyfriend (30-Apr-2008) · Tommy Lucero
Chevolution (Apr-2008) · Himself
Shrek the Third (17-May-2007) [VOICE]
Confessions of a Superhero (10-Mar-2007) · Himself
Bordertown (Apr-2006)
Take the Lead (17-Mar-2006)
The Legend of Zorro (24-Oct-2005)
Shrek 2 (15-May-2004) · Puss In Boots [VOICE]
Imagining Argentina (12-Sep-2003)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (7-Sep-2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (27-Aug-2003) · El Mariachi
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (25-Jul-2003) · Gregorio Cortez
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (18-Sep-2002) · Jeremiah Ecks
Frida (29-Aug-2002) · David Alfaro Siqueiros
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (7-Aug-2002) · Gregorio Cortez
Femme Fatale (30-Apr-2002) · Nicolas Bardo
Original Sin (11-Jul-2001) · Luis Antonio Vargas
Spy Kids (18-Mar-2001) · Gregorio Cortez
The Body (5-Jan-2001)
Play It to the Bone (25-Dec-1999)
The White River Kid (12-Nov-1999) · Morales Pittman
The 13th Warrior (25-Jun-1999)
The Mask of Zorro (17-Jul-1998) · Alejandro Murrieta
Evita (20-Dec-1996) · Ché
Two Much (15-Mar-1996)
Never Talk to Strangers (20-Oct-1995) · Tony Ramirez
Assassins (6-Oct-1995) · Miguel Bain
Four Rooms (16-Sep-1995) · Man
Desperado (May-1995) · El Mariachi
Miami Rhapsody (27-Jan-1995)
Interview with the Vampire (11-Nov-1994) · Armand
Of Love and Shadows (6-Oct-1994) · Francisco
Philadelphia (23-Dec-1993) · Miguel Alvarez
The House of the Spirits (21-Oct-1993) · Pedro
Outrage (1-Oct-1993)
The Mambo Kings (28-Feb-1992)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (10-May-1991) · Himself
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (9-Feb-1990) · Ricky
Going Down in Morocco (11-Apr-1989)
Baton Rouge (10-Oct-1988)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (23-Mar-1988)
Law of Desire (7-Feb-1987)
Matador (7-Mar-1986)
The Stilts (12-Sep-1984)
Labyrinth of Passion (29-Sep-1982)
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