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Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas is a celebrated Spanish actor known for his dynamic roles and award nominations. Antonio Banderas was born on 10 August 1960.

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Who is Antonio Banderas?

Antonio Banderas is best known for Versatile Spanish actor acclaimed for roles in diverse film genres and award-winning performances. Antonio Banderas is a Spanish public figure. Antonio Banderas was born on 10 August 1960, which places Antonio Banderas among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1960s. On Dead or Alive, Antonio Banderas is listed in the Spanish Icons and Screen Icons categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Antonio Banderas is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for
Versatile Spanish actor acclaimed for roles in diverse film genres and award-winning performances.
Nationality
Spanish
Born
10 August 1960
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Spanish Icons and Screen Icons

About Antonio Banderas

Banderas made his acting debut at a small theater in Málaga, where he caught the attention of director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the actor his film debut in the screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). (1989), The Skin I Live In (2011), and Pain and Glory (2019), the last of which earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Banderas made his American film debut with the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992), followed by roles in Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), Official Competition (2021), Babygirl (2024), and Tony (2026). On stage, Banderas made his Broadway theatre debut playing an Italian film director in the musical revival Nine (2003), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. For his work on television, he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Pancho Villa in the HBO television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and Pablo Picasso in the National Geographic anthology series Genius (2018). He made his directorial debut with the comedy film Crazy in Alabama (1999), followed by Summer Rain (2006).

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Antonio Banderas is known for Versatile Spanish actor acclaimed for roles in diverse film genres and award-winning performances.

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Antonio Banderas was born on 10 August 1960.

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Antonio Banderas's nationality is Spanish.

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