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About Antonio Banderas
Banderas made his acting debut at a small theater in Málaga, where he caught the attention of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, who gave the actor his film debut in the screwball comedy Labyrinth of Passion (1982). They have since collaborated 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 Almodóvar's 2019 film Pain and Glory, Banderas earned various accolades in the Best Actor category including the Cannes Film Festival Award, Goya Award, and nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
In 1992, Banderas made his American film debut with the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992). He subsequently appeared in a series of American films such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), and Evita (1996). In 1998, he portrayed Zorro in the swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro, and reprised the role in The Legend of Zorro (2005). In 1999, he made his directorial debut with the comedy film Crazy in Alabama. He is a frequent collaborator with director Robert Rodriguez, having starred as El Mariachi in the Mexico Trilogy films Desperado (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001–2003), and Machete Kills (2013). He also provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) starting with Shrek 2 (2004) and most recently Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
In 2003, Banderas made his US theater 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.