Antonio Banderas: His Best Roles Through The Years

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Antonio Banderas in 'The Legend of Zorro' 2005.

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'The Legend of Zorro'

Antonio Banderas is one of the best of the best. His silky suave acting makes him the draw of countless films. He has been nominated for five Golden Globes, a Tony Award, an Academy Award, and two Emmy's!

The Spanish actor has so much to offer and is internationally renowned and praised for his work in both English and Spanish.

One of his most recognizable roles is easily "Zorro" the quick and sensual masked swordsman! His swordwork swoons women everywhere.

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Antonio Banderas in 'Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' 1988.

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'Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'

Antonio has always love to push the envelope, even getting arrested multiple times when he was young for his performances in the theater that broke political censorship rules in Spain. It was these roles that caught the eye of esteemed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar who cast him in Labyrinth of Passion, Law of Desire, Matador, and internationally successful Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Later he starred in Almodóvar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as an insane man who kidnaps and holds a porn star hostage until she reciprocates his love. This was the breakout role that launched him into Hollywood.

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Antonio Banderas and Madonna in 'Evita' 1996.

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'Evita'

Unimaginably sexy Banderas plays "Che" the narrator of the incredibly sensual film. The Andrew Lloyd Webber production Evita centers around Argentina's First Lady Eva Perón (played by Madonna) and her life growing from a lower-class family to prominence in the war-torn country.

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Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in 'Desperado' 1995.

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'Desperado'

Antonio was a perfect fit for Mexican American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. The two would also go on to collaborate on many films.

In Desperado, Antonio plays rugged and sexy "El Mariachi" seeking revenge on a drug lord who killed his lover, armed with a guitar case full of guns. It's a perfect date night film!

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Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas in 'Philadelphia' 1993.

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'Philadelphia'

Antonio is a wonderfully adaptive and open-minded soul. His role in the Academy Award-winning film Philadelphia was not his first nor his last role portraying a gay man.

In Philadelphia, he plays the concerned partner of Tom Hanks' character "Beckett" who teams up with Denzel Washington's character to fight discrimination due to his AIDs diagnosis. The film is powerful and groundbreaking.

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Antonio Banderas in 'Interview With the Vampire' 1994.

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'Interview With the Vampire'

Somehow simultaneously terrifying and seductive, Antonio played 500-year-old vampire leader "Armand" in the hit film Interview with the Vampire with superstars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

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The Cast of 'Spy Kids' 2001.

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'Spy Kids'

Banderas fits another Robert Rodriguez film like a glove! In the fun comedy film centering a Latino family, Antonio plays the patriarch of the Cortez family "Gregorio" who does his best to rescue his children using his experience as a spy!

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Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie in 'Original Sin'.

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'Original Sin'

In one of his most sensual roles, Antonio plays "Luis Antonio Vargas" in the modern adaptation of François Truffaut's Mississipi Mermaid. In the 2001 erotic thriller alongside drop-dead gorgeous Angelina Jolie, the two have incredible on-screen chemistry that is impossible to rip your eyes away from.

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Antonio Banderas in 'Shrek the Third' 2007.

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'Shrek'

Somehow Antonio can even be seductive in the form of an animated cat! Antonio Banderas voices "Puss in Boot" in the English, Spanish, and Italian versions of the Shrek series and is a bit of a parody of his other character "Zorro."

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Antonio Banderas in 'Once Upon A Time In Mexico' 2003.

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'Once Upon A Time In Mexico'

This was the third and final film in Rober Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. The film has an even more wild ensemble cast with Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, and Enrique Iglesias joining in.

Even though Johnny Depp is the star, beautiful Antonio outshines the entire cast!

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Movies with Antonio Banderas are some of the best of the best. He is a highly respected Spanish actor, producer, and director who seduces every viewer through his work. We compiled some of his best roles that you cannot miss!

Movies With Antonio Banderas: His Best Roles

Movies with Antonio Banderas have forever changed the cinematic landscape for the better. Sultry Antonio was born on August 10th, 1960 in Málaga, Spain. He caught the attention of critically acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar while performing in theater productions that got him arrested repeatedly because of political censorship. He burst into Hollywood knowing minimal English and having to learn his lines phonetically.

Now he is a world-renowned actor earning awards for countless works of art like Genius, Dolor y Gloria, and Interview with the Vampire. He has taken on a lot of philanthropic work and has inspired thousands of Hispanic people and has his own Hollywood Walk of Fame Star!

Movies with Antonio Banderas are some of the best of the best so we have compiled a list of the most incredible Antonio Banderas roles that you absolutely have to put on your watch list!