Carlos Bardem

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Carlos Bardem
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Bardem in 2024
Born
Carlos Encinas Bardem

(1963-03-07) 7 March 1963 (age 61)
Madrid, Spain
Alma mater Autonomous University of Madrid (Lic. )
Occupations
  • Actor
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
Years active1996–present
Partner Cecilia Gessa (since 2010)
Mother Pilar Bardem
Relatives

Carlos Encinas Bardem (born 7 March 1963) is a Spanish actor and writer. He is often cast in "tough guy" roles, if not outright villains. [1] In addition to his native Spain, he was worked in film and television in Latin America and the United States. [2] He has received three Goya Award nominations, both in acting and screenwriting categories, as well as six Actors and Actresses Union Award nominations (and two wins).

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Since making his film debut in Not Love, Just Frenzy in 1996, he has featured in pictures such as La zona (2007), Cell 211 (2009), Scorpion in Love (2013), and González: falsos profetas (2013). His television work includes credits in series such as La embajada , Club de cuervos , El señor de los cielos , El Cid , Queer You Are , 30 Coins , and The Chosen One .

He has also penned several novels, displaying a penchant for historical fiction. [3]

Life and career

Carlos Encinas Bardem was born in Madrid on 7 March 1963. [4] [5] He is the son of actress Pilar Bardem and the elder brother of actors Mónica and Javier Bardem. He earned a licentiate degree in history from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a diploma in foreign relations. [2] [1] He made his feature film debut in Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996), [1] co-helmed by his cousin Miguel Bardem. [6] A year later, he played a part in Álex de la Iglesia's film Perdita Durango , which starred his brother Javier. [6]

In 1999, Bardem published his first novel, Muertes ejemplares, which was followed by Buziana o el peso del alma (2002). [5]

Bardem during the presentation of Queer You Are at the 2021 Malaga Film Festival Festival de Malaga 2021 - Carlos Bardem.jpg
Bardem during the presentation of Queer You Are at the 2021 Málaga Film Festival

He won an Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best New Actor for his performance in the Spanish-Mexican co-production La zona (2007). [7] [8]

His portrayal of Apache in Cell 211 (2009) earned him a nomination for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor. [9]

In 2010, he began a relationship with Cecilia Gessa. [10]

Bardem adapted alongside Santiago Zannou his own novel about the genesis of violence Alacrán enamorado to screen. [11] He also featured in the film, titled Scorpion in Love (2013), as a boxing coach, and won nominations to the Goya both for Best Adapted Screenplay and for Best Supporting Performance. [12] [9] He described his character as "a deeply human and therefore imperfect character, who lives in permanent defeat, but who finds reasons to get up". [12] He portrayed evangelical pastor and charlatan Elías in Mexican thriller González: falsos profetas (2013), receiving a nomination for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor. [13] [14] In 2015, he appeared in Manolo Caro's comedy Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It playing Gustavo, the husband of Cecilia Suárez's lead character Elvira. [15] Continuing his work in Mexico, he played a football agent in comedy-drama series Club de Cuervos , [16] which debuted on Netflix in 2015.

Bardem played the part of Benedicto, a mentor of the Order of Assassins, in the action film Assassin's Creed (2016). [17]

In 2018, he starred in Colombian crime film Pickpockets in the role of Chucho, a mentor of young pickpockets. [18]

In 2019, Bardem published his sixth novel, Mongo blanco (Plaza & Janés), which deals with 19th-century slave trader Pedro Blanco. [19] [20] Bardem reported that the novel's main theme "is evil, evil as a consequence of the evil exercise of power and extreme inequality". [20]

Bardem play the villanous Count Flaín of León, an antagonist to Ruy Díaz de Vivar, in the Prime Video series El Cid , set in 11th-century Iberia. [21]

He featured as the authoritarian father of Bob Pop  [ es ] in the former's autofictional series Queer You Are (2021), in a role in which Bardem's face is not displayed onscreen. [22] Resuming collaboration with Álex de la Iglesia, he played a "narco-satanic" cardinal in the HBO series 30 Coins . [23]

His 2023 novel Badaq (Plaza & Janés) is a moral fable and criticism of the Spanish empire dealing with the plight of an Indonesian female rhinoceros captured in the island of Pawu and taken to Madrid in the 16th century. [24]

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Bardem attending a 2012 demonstration in Madrid in solidarity with the Sahrawi people with his mother Pilar Solidaridad con el Pueblo Saharui (cropped).jpg
Bardem attending a 2012 demonstration in Madrid in solidarity with the Sahrawi people with his mother Pilar

Bardem is committed to left-wing positions. [25] He has sided in favour of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and has criticised the inaction of the Spanish political class in the matter since 1975. [26] [27] In the buildup to the 2011 Spanish general election, he lent public support to the electoral list of United Left. [28]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1996
 Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy)Miguel
1997
 Perdita Durango (Dance with the Devil)Reggie San Pedro
1998
 Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law)Cayetano
Resultado finalObrero
2000
Código natural
La gran vida Matón discoteca 1
2001
 Juego de Luna (Luna's Game)Reyes [30]
2002
BestiarioDemetrio
2004Cien maneras de acabar con el amorCarlos
El último negocioJavierShort film
2005
 Princesas (Princesses)Portero discoteca
El desenlace Rosendo
2006
Por dinero negroRolfShort film
La bicicleta (The Bicycle)Antonio [31]
Alatriste Alguacil
Goya's Ghosts French Colonel
2007
 La zona Gerardo
La señal Siracusa
2008
 Che: Part Two Moisés Guevara  [ es ]
Solo quiero caminar Ramón
2009
 El Niño Pez Comisario Pulido
Celda 211 (Cell 211)Apache
MalamuerteDorado
2010
 Entrelobos Ceferino
2011
Días de graciaVictima X
Americano Luis
10 pelisCarlos
TransgressionCarlos
2013
 Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love)CarlomonteAlso screenwriter [1]
Diamantes negrosRamón
González: falsos profetas Pastor Elías
VioletSolomon
2014
 Anime nere Miguel
Escobar: Paradise Lost Drago
Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando (Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It)Gustavo
2015
 Oliver's Deal Rubén Caravedo
2016
RenkoAdán Rutz
Assassin's Creed Benedicto
2018
 Pickpockets: Maestros del robo (Pickpockets)Chucho
Loca OliviaHombre Misterioso
Alegría, tristeza (Happy Sad)Pedro
2019
 A pesar de todo (Despite Everything)Pablo
Adiós (Bye)Santacana
2022
 Centauro Boro [32]
2025
 In the Grey †
TBA
Tabula rasa†[ citation needed ]
TBA
Papeles† (Papers)
TBA
Dragn†

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998
 Hermanas KarlosRecurring role (season 2); 3 episodes
1999
 El comisario Juanma CañizaresEpisode: "Muerto por error"
2009–10
 Hay alguien ahí JustoRecurring role (seasons 1–2); 17 episodes
2015
 Cuéntame El ChinoEpisode: "El último minuto de nuestra vida"
2015–19
 Club de Cuervos Eliseo Canales
2016
 La embajada Paco CadenasRecurring role (season 1); 11 episodes
2017
 The Son Pedro GarcíaRecurring role (season 1); 10 episodes
La zona KrustyRecurring role (season 1); 4 episodes
2017–18
 Traición Julián CasasRecurring role (season 1); 9 episodes
2018
 El Señor de los Cielos Chivo AhumadaMain role. Season 6)
2020
 El Cid El conde FlaínMain supporting role; 5 chapters
2021
 Maricón perdido (Queer You Are)Padre
Madres. Amor y vida HectorMain cast. Introduced in season 3 [38]
2023
 The Chosen One Father Cruz
30 monedas (30 Coins)Cardenal de la Cruz

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2008 17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New ActorLa zonaWon [41]
2010
 24th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor Cell 211Nominated
19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Secondary RoleWon
2014
 1st Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Film Scorpion in LoveNominated
28th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [45]
Best Supporting Actor Nominated
23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in Secondary RoleNominated [46] [47]
2015 57th Ariel Awards Best Supporting Actor González: falsos profetasNominated [48] [49]
2017
 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actor in a Minor RoleLa embajadaNominated
2019
 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Minor RoleAlegría tristezaNominated
2024
 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Actor in an International ProductionThe Chosen OneNominated

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