Biography
Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor. Born in Málaga, he made his film debut in Pedro Almodóvar's Labyrinth of Passion (1982) and collaborated with the director on several further films, including Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) and The Skin I Live In (2011).
Banderas appeared in Hollywood films such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995) and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He voiced Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise and its spin-offs, and played Santiago Moncada in Uncharted (2022). In 2003 he made his US stage debut in the musical Nine, receiving a Tony Award nomination. His later credits include The Laundromat (2019), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Paddington in Peru (2024) and Babygirl (2024).
