Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers' modern western drama film
No Country for Old Men (2007). He received critical acclaim for his roles in films such as
Jamón jamón (1992),
Boca a boca (1995),
Carne trémula (1997),
Los lunes al sol (2002), and
Mar adentro (2004). Bardem starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film
Skyfall (2012), Terrence Malick's drama
To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film
mother! (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama
Everybody Knows (2018) and Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama
Dune (2021).