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Personal info
Name	Antonio Banderas	Date of birth	10 August 1960
Marital status	Married to Melanie Griffith (14 May 1996 - present) with 1 child Divorced to Ana Leza (1988 - 1996)	Birthplace	Málaga, Spain
Personal links	AntonioBanderasFans.com

Biography
Handsome, charming, and multi-talented Antonio Banderas has starred in over 50 films, which is quite remarkable given that he is just 43 years of age. Based on the interviews we have seen, Antonio is very modest, thoughtful and honest, three of his endearing qualities. When asked how he feels about being classified as a "Latin Lover", he has often responded, "When I am old, fat, greasy, and my hair is falling out, people will say 'Well he USED to be a Latin Lover' ". We predict that Antonio will look even more handsome and distinguished with age.
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Trivia

Height: 5' 9" / 1.75 m Personal quote: "I don't want anything I don't deserve, (but) if they offer me more money, I'm not a-stupid." This Spanish heartthrob has contributed three superbly contrasted, full-throttle gay characters, each played with intelligence and passion. The disturbed teenager in his mentor Pedro Almodóvar’s Law of Desire, enlivening the few scenes he was given as Tom Hank’s lover in Philadelphia, and stealing Interview with the Vampire from Tom, Brad and Christian as the leader of the undead. Unlike most handsome desirable, in demand actors, he has never ducked nosy questions and effortlessly promotes understanding of diverse realities that many have difficulty accepting. In 1994, as Philadelphia was being released, Banderas sat down with The Advocate's Ronald Mark Kraft. "I am completely proud to play a gay character," Banderas said, adding that despite Spain's Catholic culture, "homosexuality is more accepted there than in the United States." He continued, "If I have to worry [that] somebody is not going to call me because I played a gay character ... it's pretty sad." Banderas also said making a movie about AIDS was important to him: "I know many people who died and people who are suffering the sickness now. If 15 years in the future we see we did nothing--I mean no movies, paintings, plays--then we will not be able to say we are artists." For Tom Hanks, acting opposite Banderas proved simple: "The first day, Antonio was in those tight pants and was wearing that cute leather jacket, and I just thought, I'd flip over this guy. He is dark, he is mysterious, he is ... completely accepting in that old-world kind of way. Playing Antonio's lover, I am the envy of 95% of the women in the world and, I guess, about 17% of the men."

Filmography
Year	Title	Character
2005	Zorro 2	Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
2004	Shrek 2	Puss-in-Boots (voice)
2003	Imagining Argentina	Carlos
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Pancho Villa
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	El Mariachi
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Gregorio Cortez
2002	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Agent Jeremiah Ecks
2002	Frida	David Alfaro Siqueiros
2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Gregorio Cortez
2002	Femme Fatale	Nicolas Bardo
2001	Original Sin	Luis Antonio Vargas
2001	Spy Kids	Gregorio Cortez
2001	The body	Father Matt Gutierrez
1999	Play It to the Bone	Cesar Dominguez
1999	The White River Kid	Morales Pittman
1999	The 13th Warrior	Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad
1998	The Mask of Zorro	Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro
1996	Evita	Ché
1996	Two Much	Art Dodge
1995	Never Talk to Strangers	Tony Ramirez
1995	Assassins	Miguel Bain
1995	Four Rooms (segment "The Misbehavers")	Man
1995	Desperado	El Mariachi
1995	Miami Rhapsody	Antonio
1994	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Armand
1994	Of Love and Shadows	Francisco
1993	Il Giovane Mussolini	Benito Mussolini
1993	Philadelphia	Miguel Alvarez
1993	The House of the Spirits	Pedro Tercero García
1993	¡Dispara!	Marcos
1992	The Mambo Kings	Nestor Castillo
1991	Una Mujer bajo la lluvia	Miguel
1991	Terra Nova	Antonio
1990	Contra el viento	Juan
1990	¡Átame!	Ricky
1990	La Blanca Paloma
1989	Aventis	Marcos
1988	Bajarse al moro	Alberto
1988	Bâton rouge	Antonio
1988	La Mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz	Antonio
1988	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Carlos
1987	El Acto
1987	El Placer de matar
1987	Law of desire	Antonio Benítez
1986	Así como habían sido
1986	Delirios de amor
1986	Puzzle
1986	27 horas	Rafa
1986	Matador	Angel
1985	Caso cerrado
1985	La Corte de Faraón	Fray José
1985	Réquiem por un campesino español	Paco
1984	Los Zancos	Alberto
1984	Fragmentos de interior	Joaquín
1984	El Caso Almería
1983	El Señor Galíndez	Eduardo
1983	Y del seguro... líbranos señor!
1982	Pestañas postizas
1982	Labyrinth of Passion	Sadec

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