Antonio Banderas (natural August 10, 1960), is an actor who was natural José Antonio Domínguez Bandera around Málaga, Andalusia, Spain to Jose Dominguez and Dona Ana Banderas.

As a young human he went, pinched, to Madrid in order to make the career in the Spanish movie industry. He number 1 gained wide attention across the series of films by using director Pedro Almodóvar between 1982 and 1990, and is one of a stars of the troika Spy Kids movies (2001-2003). He divorced his Spanish married woman Ana Leza &, inside 1996, married Melanie Griffith, whom he had met in a period of the shooting of Two Much. It have a girl, Stella del Carmen. By owning his roles inside such films when Interview with the Vampire, The Mask of Zorro, and Frida, Banderas is probably the best known Spanish actor within United states. His role when Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 made him even thomas more popular on the personal film circuit, & the sparound-byproduct film star his character is scheduled for release in 2008. Banderas's only directing effort was a poorly-received Crazy around Alabama, starring Griffith.

Within 2003 he appeared to outstanding acclamation in the Broadway revival of Maury Yeston's musical Nine, in the role originally played by the late Raul Julia. He won two a Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk awards, likewise when existence nominated for the Tony Award for best actor around the musical theater. (He misused to Harvey Fierstein, star of the musical Hairspray.) Banderas' performance is preserved on the new Broadway cast recording freed by PS Classics.

Filmography
Pestañas postizas (1982) Labyrinth of Passion (1982) Y del seguro... líbranos señor! (1983) El Casa Almería (1984) El Señor Galíndez (1984) The Stilts (1984) Requiem by a Spanish Farmer (1985) The Court of the Pharaoh (1985) Closed Case (1985) Matador (1986) Puzzle (1986) 27 Hours (1986) Deilriums of Love (1986) Law of Desire (1987) The Way They Were (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) The Pleasure of Killing (1988) Baton Rouge (1988) Going South Shopping (1989) If They Tell You I Fell (1989) The White Dove (1989) The Act (1989) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) Against the Wind (1990) Terra Nova (1991) Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary) A Woman in the Rain (1992) The Mambo Kings (1992) Shoot! (1993) The House of the Spirits (1993) Philadelphia (1993) Of Love and Shadows (1994) Interview with the Vampire (1994) Miami Rhapsody (1995) Desperado (1995) Four Rooms (1995) Assassins (1995) Never Talk to Strangers (1995) Two Much (1995) Evita (1996) The Mask of Zorro (1998) Junket Whore (1998) (documentary) The 13th Warrior (1999) The White River Kid (1999) (also producer) Play It to the Bone (1999) The Body (2001) Spy Kids (2001) Original Sin (2001) Femme Fatale (2002) Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) Frida (2002) Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV) Imagining Argentina (2003) Shrek 2 (2004) (voice) Champion (2005) (documentary) The Legend of Zorro (2005) (To be reelased OCtober 28th) Take the Lead (2006) (currently inside pre-production) Shrek 3 (2007) (voice) (currently inside pre-production) Puss in Boots (2008) (voice) (currently proclaimed begin of production)