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Also Known As	José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
Born	August 10, 1960 (age 66) • Málaga • Spain
Notable Works	“Crazy in Alabama”
Notable Family Members	spouse Melanie Griffith
Married To	Ana Leza (1987–1996) • Melanie Griffith (1996–2015)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"La mujer de tu vida" (1990) • "Thick as Thieves" (2009) • "La blanca paloma" (1989) • "Imagining Argentina" (2003) • "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (2010) • "Réquiem por un campesino español" (1985) • "Four Rooms" (1995) • "Si te dicen que caí" (1989) • "La corte de Faraón" (1985) • "Baton Rouge" (1988) • "Philadelphia" (1993) • "Never Talk to Strangers" (1995) • "La ley del deseo" (1987) • "Take the Lead" (2006) • "Fragmentos de interior" (1984) • "The 33" (2015) • "Za granyu realnosti" (2018) • "La piel que habito" (2011) • "Miami Rhapsody" (1995) • "My Mom's New Boyfriend" (2008) • "Black Gold" (2011) • "Justin and the Knights of Valour" (2013) • "¡Dispara!" (1993) • "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios" (1988) • "The Body" (2001) • "Los amantes pasajeros" (2013) • "Spy Kids" (2001) • "The White River Kid" (1999) • "This American Housewife" (2012) • "El señor Galíndez" (1984) • "Original Sin" (2001) • "El caso Almería" (1984) • "Una mujer bajo la lluvia" (1992) • "Assassins" (1995) • "Laberinto de pasiones" (1982) • "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" (2002) • "Puss in Boots" (2011) • "Matador" (1986) • "The Big Bang" (2010) • "Security" (2017) • "Against the Wind" (1990) • "Il giovane Mussolini" (1993) • "Knight of Cups" (2015) • "Haywire" (2011) • "The Other Man" (2008) • "Life Itself" (2018) • "The House of the Spirits" (1993) • "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) • "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" (2015) • "Shrek 2" (2004) • "Two Much" (1995) • "Bordertown" (2007) • "Desperado" (1995) • "Bullet Head" (2017) • "The Expendables 3" (2014) • "Shrek the Third" (2007) • "The 13th Warrior" (1999) • "Frida" (2002) • "El acto" (1989) • "Bajarse al moro" (1989) • "Delirios de amor" (1986) • "Caso cerrado" (1985) • "The Mambo Kings" (1992) • "Cuentos de Borges" (1993) • "Evita" (1996) • "Pain and Glory" (2019) • "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" (2003) • "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" (1994) • "Ruby Sparks" (2012) • "Los zancos" (1984) • "¡Átame!" (1989) • "Terra Nova" (1991) • "Autómata" (2014) • "Black Butterfly" (2017) • "Shrek Forever After" (2010) • "El placer de matar" (1988) • "Genius" (2018) • "27 horas" (1986) • "Acts of Vengeance" (2017) • "Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams" (2002) • "The Legend of Zorro" (2005) • "Pestañas postizas" (1982) • "Y del seguro... líbranos Señor!" (1983) • "The Music of Silence" (2017) • "Puzzle" (1986) • "Gun Shy" (2017) • "Of Love and Shadows" (1994) • "Femme Fatale" (2002) • "Play It to the Bone" (1999) • "Machete Kills" (2013) • "Spy Kids 3: Game Over" (2003) • "The Laundromat" (2019) • "Así como habían sido" (1987) • "Finding Altamira" (2016) • "Dolittle" (2020)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Escena en blanco y negro" (2020) • "El camino de los ingleses" (2006) • "Crazy in Alabama" (1999)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Escena en blanco y negro" (2020)

Top Questions

Where was Antonio Banderas born?

Antonio Banderas was born in Málaga, Spain.

Is Antonio Banderas married?

Melanie Griffith (1996–2015), Ana Leza (1987–1996)

When was Antonio Banderas born?

Antonio Banderas was born on August 10, 1960.

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Antonio Banderas smiling in a black suit and tie against a blurred background with large white shapes, 2015.

Antonio Banderas as Zorro, dressed in black with a mask and cape, brandishes a sword in a dramatic pose inside a stable in The Mask of Zorro.

Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas sit side by side smiling and clapping in a scene from the film Ruby Sparks.

Antonio Banderas, dressed in a cowboy hat and embroidered shirt, stands alert with guns drawn in a dimly lit tunnel in the film Machete Kills.

Antonio Banderas in a suit stands by a window as Isabel Lucas leans in to whisper in his ear in a scene from the film Knight of Cups.

Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo and Nora Navas as Mercedes sit side by side at a table, both looking serious, in a scene from the film Pain and Glory.

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