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Antonio Banderas
Name: José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
D.O.B: August 19th 1960 (age: 47 years old)
About him:
The talented Antonio Banderas talents include acting and singing. Some of his biggest films are: Spy Kids triology , shrek triology, The Legend Of Zorro (2005)(as zorro), Take The Lead (2006) (as Pierre Dulaine), once apon a time in mexico (2003) (as El Mariachi)
Childhood:
He was born in Málaga, Andalucia, southern Spain. He has one brother called Francisco. His parents were called Ana Bandera (his mother), who was a school teacher, and José Domínguez (his father), who was a policeman. His family was roman catholic, however he no longer follows this religion. When he was younger, his dream was to play football, but all this changed at the age of 14 when he broke his foot.
Personal:
He divorced his first wife Ana Leza. This was when he married Melanie Griffith, they met a year earlier when they shot Two Much. They have a daughter called Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith, who was born in 1996, and appeared in the film Crazy In Alabama (1999), in which Griffith starred and which her father directed.
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Banderas next big-name added to Allen cast -
27 February 2009
-Movie heartthrob Antonio Banderas has joined the star-studded cast in legendary filmmaker Woody Allen's next picture.-
-The Legend of Zorro star will star in the as-yet-untitled project alongside Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Slumdog Millionaire newcomer
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Banderas to go behind the camera -
16 November 2005
The Mask Of Zorro star Antonio Banderas is to return to his homeland Spain to direct a movie.-After his directorial debut with Crazy In Alabama the Spaniard, who made his name in the US starring in Philadelphia, Assassins and the Spy Kids films, has waited seven years to
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Banderas joins the Walk of Fame -
19 October 2005
Antonio Banderas has become the latest actor to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-The Spanish-born actor, who arrived in the US 16 years ago, got down on his knees and affectionately rubbed the star that confirms his status among the film industry's elite.-
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Antonio Banderas - filmography
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Dali
(2010)
Starring: Antonio Banderas
Director: Simon West
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A chronicle of the life of surrealist painter Salvador Dali, with a focus on his success in America and his later misfortunes.
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The Other Man
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Abigail Canton, Amanda Drew
Director: Richard Eyre
Certificate: 
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After many years of marriage a man's wife dies. Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives for her from another man. Obsessed with finding out the truth, the husband writes back, impersonating his dead wife. Soon he discovers a love which he cannot understand.
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My Spy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks
Director: George Gallo
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When an uptight federal agent's (Colin Hanks) sexually liberated mother (Meg Ryan) enters into an affair with a man (Antonio Banderas) suspected of being involved in an international art-theft ring, it's up to the fresh-faced agent to keep an observant eye on the couple in question in writer/..read more »
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Shrek The Third
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
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When his new father-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese) falls ill, Shrek (Mike Myers) is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to install the rebellious Artie (..read more »
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Take The Lead
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, Ray Liotta
Director: Liz Friedlander
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Based on a true story, the film centres on the dashing Pierre Dulaine, an idealistic New York City ballroom dancer who was the subject of the runaway documentary hit MAD HOT BALLROOM (2005). After spying the desperate and violent actions of a young and angry high schooler named Rock, Dulaine ..read more »
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The Legend Of Zorro
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Rufus Sewell
Director: Martin Campbell
Certificate: 
Catherine Zeta Jones captivated audiences and shot to stardom via her role as Elena in the 1998 take on the Zorro legend, MASK OF ZORRO. This sequel, set in 1850, finds her married to Alejandro, aka Zorro (Antonio Banderas, also returning to reprise his character from MASK OF ZORRO), and demanding ..read more »
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Shrek 2
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Antonio Banderas
Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
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After returning from their honeymoon and showing "home movies" to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn Fiona's parents have heard their daughter has married her true love and wish to meet the husband and invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch? Fiona's parents are unaware of the ..read more »
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Imagining Argentina
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson
Director: Christopher Hampton
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A man who has the psychic ability to look into the face of someone and see the whereabouts of missing relations, fails to possess the same ability when it comes to searching for his own wife.
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Once Upon A Time In Mexico
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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With ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez follows the further adventures of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), the guitar-and-gunslinging hero who has been leading a quiet life, but longs to get revenge for the murder of his love (Salma Hayek). When quirky CIA agent Sands (Johnny ..read more »
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Femme Fatale
(2002)
Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote
Director: Brian De Palma
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Con artist Laure Ash pulls off a diamond robbery during the Cannes film festival. After double-crossing her associates she flees to Paris where she assumes another identity. Seven years on she resurfaces as the wife of the American ambassador to France where she is photographed by a Spanish ..read more »
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Frida
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
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Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage years to ..read more »
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Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry
Director: Wych Kaosayananda
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In the mystifying opening sequence of BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, a double kidnapping takes place on a rainy night in Vancouver with a minimal amount of wasted time and a maximum amount of violence. A little boy is picked up at the airport by his mother (Talisa Soto), whose car is stopped minutes ..read more »
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Spy Kids 2 - The Island Of Lost Dreams
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Carla Gugino
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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The spy kids are back in this highly inventive sequel to the original smash hit. Once again, cinematic multi-tasker Robert Rodriguez (SPY KIDS 2's director, writer, producer, director of photography, editor, and composer) brings his high-octane, technicolor brand of antics and special effects to ..read more »
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The Body
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi
Director: Jonas McCord
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In this message film about the struggle between politics and religion, a priest is sent to Jerusalem to investigate the remains of what could be the body of Jesus Christ. An Israeli archaeologist named Sharon (Olivia Williams) analyzes an ancient tomb discovered by a Palestinian shopkeeper who was ..read more »
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Original Sin
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
Director: Michael Cristofer
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available.
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a ..read more »
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Spy Kids
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Robert Patrick, Alexa Vega
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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When the notorious husband-and-wife spy team, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino), is kidnapped by the children's show host Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming), the two Cortez children are the only ones who have the right skills and the insider know-how to help. Together Carmen ..read more »
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Play It To The Bone
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
Director: Ron Shelton
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Shelton turns his sports-minded attention to the world of boxing in this road trip comedy. Cesar (Banderas) and Vince (Harrelson) are down on their luck boxers living in Los Angeles, reminiscing over their near brushes with the big time. When they receive a call to fight in Las Vegas, they jump at ..read more »
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Crazy In Alabama
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black
Director: Antonio Banderas
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Lucille, with only her hatbox and its mysterious contents, travels across America intent on finding fame and fortune in Hollywood. Her twelve-year-old nephew, Peejoe, left behind in Alabama, possesses one explosive secret he has difficulty keeping...
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The 13th Warrior
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif
Director: John McTiernan
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Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first repulsed by ..read more »
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The Mask Of Zorro
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones
Director: Martin Campbell
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Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) recruits Alejandro Murieta (Antonio Banderas) to become his replacement as Zorro, the legendary hero. Together, they infiltrate the circle of Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson), the fiercest of the Spanish tyrants. Armed with his mask, sword, whip and jet-..read more »
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Evita
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Alan Parker
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Madonna tackles the title role in Alan Parker's ambitious recounting of the brief, amazing life of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron. Presented almost entirely in song and narrated by Antonio Banderas as a fictional everyman, the film charts the alternately revered and reviled Evita's rise from ..read more »
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Desperado
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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With DESPERADO, director Robert Rodriguez presents the sequel to his 1992 low-budget action flick, EL MARIACHI. This film continues the story of the brooding no-name Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), whose guitar case is stocked with high-powered weaponry. The musician is in a sleepy Mexican town ..read more »
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The House Of The Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
Director: Billie August
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Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
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Interview With The Vampire
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
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Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
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Of Love and Shadows
(1994)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Betty Kaplan
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Irene Beltran, a young journalist in Cuba, takes on an assignment with magazine photographer Fransisco who is working for the underground revolutionaries. Together they uncover a hideous state crime and fall in love...
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Philadelphia
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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After a solid track record and a much-deserved promotion, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a handsome, upwardly mobile Philadelphia lawyer, loses his high-paying corporate job when he starts developing full-blown AIDS. Though Andrew's firm attributes his dismissal to his supposedly poor performance, he ..read more »
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The Mambo Kings
(1992)
Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Director: Arne Glimcher
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Two ambitious Cuban brothers come to New York to make a name for themselves as musicians during the mambo craze of the 1950's. By day they work hard at manual labour, at night they are transformed; but the pressures of fame threaten to drive them apart. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song (..read more »
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Against The Wind
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Emma Suarez
Director: Paco Perinan
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A man living with his girlfriend finds his life interrupted by the arrival of a former lover... his step-sister. Suddenly life is not as simple and passions are aroused...
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Antonio Banderas caught the world's attention with his portrayal of Ricky, an orphaned mental patient who stalks and kidnaps Marina (Victoria Abril), a porn actress and junkie, in order to make her love him in this decided departure for iconoclastic Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Suspense, ..read more »
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Law Of Desire
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Law Of Desire (1987):
At its core 'Law Of Desire' features a fabulous trio: the famous Madrid director Pablo (Poncela) for whom men are prepared to die, his new love-crazed boyfriend Antonio (Banderas) and Pablo's flamboyant and gorgeous transsexual sister Tina.
Pablo is suffering because ..read more »
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Matador
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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This twisted, brave, funny film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar takes an unflinching look at the link between sex, death, and religion. Antonio Banderas stars as Angel, a sensitive student of matador Diego (Nacho Martinez), whose goring at the horns of a bull has left him obsessed with ..read more »
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Labyrinth of Passion
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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In Labyrinth of Passion, Celia Roth portrays Sexi, a nymphomaniac punk rocker whose gynecologist father (Fernando Vivanco) specializes in artificial insemination. Spanish heartthrob Imanol Arias is Riza Niro, the gay son of the Emperor of Tehran, who has fled his father's island to have some fun in ..read more »
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The Other Man
to Watch Now
(2008)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Abigail Canton, Amanda Drew
Director: Richard Eyre
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Run time: 84 minutes
In this gripping suspense thriller, Oscar nominee Liam Neeson (Taken) is a man obsessed with uncovering the truth surrounding the disappearance of his wife (Oscar nominee Laura Linney). After stumbling across clues that take him to the streets of Milan, he tracks down his wife's charismatic lover (..read more »
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Worthy but moving 19 May 2005
..., given that it downplays that between Hanks and his beautiful lover, played by Antonio Banderas, who hovers in the background offering love and support. I suppose the filmmak...
Evita Rocks The Musical World 7 July 2004
