List of Antonio Banderas performances

Banderas at the 2019 Starlite Gala

Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor and filmmaker who has appeared in various film, television, and theatre productions.

Banderas is known for his numerous collaborations with director Pedro Almodóvar acting in Labyrinth of Passion (1982), Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), The Skin I Live In (2011), and Pain and Glory (2019), the later of which earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 1992, Banderas made his American film debut with the musical drama The Mambo Kings (1992), followed by roles in Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Assassins (1995), and Evita (1996). He portrayed Zorro in The Mask of Zorro (1998), and The Legend of Zorro (2005). He has starred in the franchise films, including as the patriarch in the Spy Kids series (2001–2003) and as the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek films (2004–present).

On stage, Banderas made Broadway debut as Guido Contini in Nine (2003), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He has also starred and directed productions of the musicals A Chorus Line (2019) and Company (2021). On television he portrayed Benito Mussolini in the miniseries Benito (1993) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Pancho Villa in the HBO film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2004) and Pablo Picasso in the anthology series Genius (2018).

Film

As actor

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1982 Pestañas postizas Antonio Juan Enrique Belloch [1]
Labyrinth of Passion Sadec Pedro Almodóvar [2]
1983 Y del seguro... líbranos Señor! Pipi Antonio del Real [3]
1984 El caso Almería Juan Luque Pedro Costa Musté [1]
El señor Galíndez Eduardo Rodolfo Kuhn [1]
Los zancos (The Stilts) Alberto Carlos Saura [4]
1985 Requiem for a Spanish Peasant Paco Francesc Betriu [1]
La corte de Faraón (The Court of the Pharaoh) Fray José José Luis García Sánchez [5]
Caso cerrado Preso Juan Caño Arecha [1]
1986 Puzzle Andrés Lluís Josep Comerón [1]
Matador Ángel Pedro Almodóvar [1]
27 horas Rafa Montxo Armendáriz [1]
Delirios de amor Amante de Jaime Cristina Andreu Cuevas Segment: "Delirio 3" [1]
1987 Law of Desire Antonio Benítez Pedro Almodóvar [1]
Así como habían sido Damián Andrés Linares [1]
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Carlos Pedro Almodóvar
El placer de matar Luis Félix Rotaeta [1]
Baton Rouge Antonio Rafael Moleón [6]
1989 Bajarse al moro Alberto Fernando Colomo [1]
If They Tell You I Fell Marcos Vicente Aranda [1]
La blanca paloma Mario Juan Miñón [7]
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Ricky Pedro Almodóvar [8]
El Acto Carlos Héctor Fáver [1]
1990 Contra el viento (Against the Wind) Juan Paco Periñán [9]
1991 Terra Nova Antonio Calogero Salvo [1]
1992 Una mujer bajo la lluvia (A Woman in the Rain) Miguel Gerardo Vera [10]
The Mambo Kings Néstor Castillo Arne Glimcher [11]
1993 ¡Dispara! Marcos Carlos Saura [1]
The House of the Spirits Pedro Tercero García Bille August [1]
Philadelphia Miguel Álvarez Jonathan Demme [12]
1994 Of Love and Shadows Francisco Betty Kaplan [1]
Interview with the Vampire Armand Neil Jordan [13]
1995 Miami Rhapsody Antonio David Frankel [1]
Desperado El Mariachi (Manito) Robert Rodriguez [14]
Four Rooms Man Segment: "The Misbehavers" [1]
Assassins Miguel Bain Richard Donner [15]
Never Talk to Strangers Tony Ramirez Peter Hall [1]
Two Much Art Dodge Fernando Trueba [1]
1996 Evita Ché Alan Parker [16]
1998 The Mask of Zorro Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro Martin Campbell [17]
1999 The 13th Warrior Ahmad ibn Fadlan John McTiernan [1]
The White River Kid Morales Pittman Arne Glimcher [1]
Play It to the Bone César Domínguez Ron Shelton [1]
2001 The Body Father Matt Gutiérrez Jonas McCord [1]
Spy Kids Gregorio "Greg" Cortez Robert Rodriguez [1]
Original Sin Luís Vargast Michael Cristofer [1]
2002 Femme Fatale Nicolas Bardo Brian De Palma [1]
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Jeremiah Ecks Kaos [1]
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Gregorio "Greg" Cortez Robert Rodriguez [18]
Frida David Alfaro Siqueiros Julie Taymor [1]
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Gregorio "Greg" Cortez Robert Rodriguez Cameo [1]
Once Upon a Time in Mexico El Mariachi [1]
Imagining Argentina Carlos Rueda Christopher Hampton [1]
2004 Shrek 2 Puss in Boots Andrew Adamson
Kelly Asbury
Conrad Vernon 		Voice [19]
Far Far Away Idol Simon J. Smith Short film [1]
2005 The Legend of Zorro Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro Martin Campbell [1]
2006 Take the Lead Pierre Dulaine Liz Friedlander [20]
2007 Bordertown Alfonso Díaz Gregory Nava [1]
Shrek the Third Puss in Boots Chris Miller Voice [21]
2008 My Mom's New Boyfriend Tommy Lucero / Tomas Martinez George Gallo [1]
The Other Man Ralph Richard Eyre [1]
2009 Thick as Thieves Gabriel Martin Mimi Leder Direct to-DVD [1]
2010 Shrek Forever After Puss in Boots Mike Mitchell Voice [1]
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Greg Clemente Woody Allen [1]
2011 The Big Bang Ned Cruz Tony Krantz [1]
Black Gold Emir Nesib Jean-Jacques Annaud [1]
The Skin I Live In Dr. Robert Ledgard Pedro Almodóvar [22]
Puss in Boots Puss in Boots Chris Miller Voice [23]
2012 Haywire Rodrigo Steven Soderbergh [1]
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos Puss in Boots Raman Hui Voice; Short film [1]
Ruby Sparks Mort Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris 		[1]
2013 I'm So Excited Léon Pedro Almodóvar Cameo [1]
Machete Kills Gregorio "Greg" Cortez Robert Rodriguez [1]
Justin and the Knights of Valour Sir Clorex (voice) Manuel Sicilia Also producer [1]
2014 Autómata Jacq Vaucan Gabe Ibáñez [1]
The Expendables 3 Galgo Patrick Hughes [1]
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Burger Beard Paul Tibbitt [1]
Knight of Cups Tonio Terrence Malick [1]
The 33 Mario Sepúlveda Patricia Riggen [1]
2016 Altamira Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola Hugh Hudson [1]
2017 Black Butterfly Paul Brian Goodman [1]
Gun Shy Turk Enry Simon West [24]
Security Eduardo "Eddie" Deacon Alain DesRochers [1]
Acts of Vengeance Frank Valera Isaac Florentine [1]
Bullet Head Blue Paul Solet [1]
The Music of Silence The Maestro Michael Radford [1]
2018 Beyond the Edge Gordon Aleksandr Boguslavskiy
Francesco Cinquemani		 [1]
Life Itself Mr. Saccione Dan Fogelman [1]
2019 Pain and Glory Salvador Mallo Pedro Almodóvar [25]
The Laundromat Ramón Fonseca Steven Soderbergh [1]
2020 Dolittle Rassouli Stephen Gaghan [1]
2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Aristotle Papadopoulos Patrick Hughes [26]
Official Competition Félix Rivero Gastón Duprat
& Mariano Cohn		 [27]
2022 Uncharted Santiago Moncada Ruben Fleischer [28]
Code Name Banshee Caleb Jon Keeyes [29]
The Enforcer Cuda Richard Hughes [30]
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Puss in Boots Joel Crawford Voice [31]
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Renaldo James Mangold [32]
Journey to Bethlehem Herod Adam Anders [33]
2024 Cult Killer Mikhail Tellini Jon Keeyes [34]
The Clean Up Crew Gabriel Jon Keeyes [35]
Babygirl Jacob Halina Reijn [36]
Paddington in Peru Hunter Cabot Dougal Wilson [37]
TBA The Monster of Florence Mario Spezi Nikolaj Arcel
Anders Thomas Jensen		 In Production [38]

As director

Year Title
1999 Crazy in Alabama
2006 Summer Rain

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1984 Fragmentos de interior Joaquín 4 episodes
1990 La Mujer de tu vida Antonio Episode: "La mujer feliz"
La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez Rosendo Juárez Television film
1993 Benito Benito Mussolini RTVE Miniseries; 3 episodes [39]
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Pancho Villa HBO Television film [40]
2006 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige" [41]
2007 Shrek the Halls Puss in Boots Voice; Television special [42]
2010 Scared Shrekless [43]
2018 Genius Pablo Picasso 10 episodes [44]

Theatre

Year Title Role Director Venue Ref
2003 Nine Guido Contini David Leveaux Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway [45]
2019 A Chorus Line Zach Antonio Banderas Teatro del Soho, Spain [46]
2021 Company Bobby Antonio Banderas [47]

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