The real name of the popular actor Antonio Banderas is Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera. He was born on August 10, 1960 in Spain, in the family of a police officer and a school teacher. Since childhood, Antonio Banderas, like many Spanish boys, dreamed of being a professional footballer and playing for the Spanish national team.
Once young Antonio Banderas saw on television the musical "Hair". He was so impressed that he entered the theater school and soon began to play in one of the local theaters. The first film in which the actor took part was the painting "Labyrinth of Passions" directed by Pedro Almadovar.
Until the early nineties, a young bright talent was shot mainly for Spanish cinema and became one of the most popular and beloved actors in Spain. His first serious Hollywood work was his role in the Oscar-winning film Philadelphia, where Banderas played a minor role as the protagonist's lover. This was followed by roles in the films "Four Rooms" and "Desperate."
But real world fame came to him after the release of the legendary film "Interview with the Vampire." Now the men of the planet.
His next major work is the role of the legendary Zorro, which, it seemed, was created specifically for him. In the next few years, Banderas starred in many cult films, such as "Evita" with the participation of Madonna, "13 Warrior", "Beat the Bone" and many others.
In 1995, on the set of the movie “Two is too much, ” Antonio Banderas met his future second wife, actress Melanie Griffith. They began an affair, for which wife. Soon the couple had a daughter.
In 1999, the famous actor made his debut as a film director of the film " Woman without rules." The work was perceived by the public rather coolly, the film frankly became a failure in theaters, after which Banderas decided to return to his acting work.
In 2001, he starred for the first part of the Robert Rodriguez trilogy, "Children of Spies." The picture was a great success and soon two more parts came out for rent. At the beginning of the two thousandths, in the career of Antonio Banderas there was a brief lull, he starred in the movie a little, but was noted in the animated films "Shrek", where he voiced one of the cartoon characters.
In 2006, his second directorial work, the melodrama “Summer Rain, ” was released. In 2011, viewers saw the film “The Skin I Live in” starring Antonio Banderas. The film received positive reviews from critics and the Golden Globe Award, and the actor again made him talk about himself.
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