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José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They've since collaborated together on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and as well as nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He's also known for several Hollywood films, such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, Banderas made his US theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise.
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José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They've since collaborated together on many films including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), and The Skin I Live In (2011). For the 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades for Best Actor including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and as well as nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He's also known for several Hollywood films, such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) and its spin-off films Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In 2003, Banderas made his US theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and the second season of Genius (2018); his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise.
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
Tony Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
Today
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Hollywood Squares
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
American Idol
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
El hormiguero
The Talk
Clive Anderson All Talk
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Martínez y hermanos
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Machete Kills
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
The Expendables 3
The Making of The Expendables 3
Latin Grammy Awards
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Paddington in Peru
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Clean Up Crew
Dolittle
Philadelphia
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Knight of Cups
Haywire
Shrek 2
Uncharted
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Shrek Forever After
DreamWorks Shrek's Swamp Stories
Shrek the Halls
Shrek 5
Shrek the Third
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Interview with the Vampire
Babygirl
Spy Kids
Four Rooms
Scared Shrekless
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Laundromat
Thick as Thieves
Cult Killer
Genius
Evita
Assassins
Original Sin
Code Name Banshee
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Gun Shy
Take the Lead
The Skin I Live In
Puss in Boots
The Enforcer
Security
Journey to Bethlehem
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
The Legend of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro
Acts of Vengeance
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