Who is Antonio Banderas? This is an actor, singer, director, producer, musician, dancer, winemaker, perfumer, a very handsome man. He has many talents, and his every new undertaking is a confirmation of this.
What does the Russian viewer know about the biography, personal life, career and hobbies of Antonio Banderas. For most fans, knowledge is limited to the list of his acting works. In fact, this handsome man is so multifaceted that it is simply impossible to describe all his talents in one publication.
Biography of actor Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas (full name - Jose Antonio Domingo Banderas) was born on August 10, 1960 in the small Spanish town of Malaga. The family was far from art in any of its manifestations - the boy's dad was an officer of the Spanish National Guard, his mother worked as a teacher in one of the local schools.
The main hobby of Antonio's childhood was football, to which he devoted all his time, often abandoning his studies. He planned to play football all his life, but an accident forced him to abandon his dream.
A new direction was set by chance - the boy got to the musical Hair in the theater of his hometown and literally caught fire on the stage. Parents had to give in to their son's pleas and enroll him in the local school of dramatic art at the theater. At the age of 16, Antonio continues to comprehend the secrets of acting at the Angeles Rubio Dintel studio.
Antonio Banderas's film career
The future Hollywood star Antonio Banderas received his first stage experience with the youth theater troupe of his hometown of Malaga. This period of the actor's life fell on the period of the totalitarian regime of Franco's rule. The troupe has been arrested more than once for bold performances that have not been censored.
At the age of 19, Banderas moved to Madrid, where, almost immediately, he was included in the cast of the National Theater of Spain. But here, too, the talented actor was cramped, and he was actively looking for a way of another self-expression. It was the cinema, where he got under the patronage of the leading Spanish screenwriter and director Pedro Almodovaro at that time.
Success in Spanish cinema brought Antonio Banderas to Hollywood. In 1992 he was invited to star in the movie "Mambo Kings", and then in the movie "House of the Spirits", where his partner was the legendary Meryl Streep. It was a real take-off that lasted for many, many years.
The filmography of Antonio Bandera is extensive, the roles are diverse. The actor himself says that he tried to choose different genre directions in order to exclude accusations from critics that he "takes" the viewer only with his appearance. The most significant and famous films with his participation:
- Interview with a Vampire,
- Desperate,
- Zorro Mask,
- Spy Kids,
- Frida,
- Once upon a time in Mexico
- The skin I live in
- Genius and others.
Antonio Banderas has both dramatic and comic roles in his “piggy bank”. In one of the films, he even played "Doctor Evil". In addition to acting, he can boast of participating in the creation of cult cartoons - "Puss in Boots", "Shrek" and others. Banderas is also successful as a director - two of his films have won prestigious awards at world-class festivals. These are the films "Woman without Rules" and "Summer Rain".
Personal life of Antonio Banderas
There are many rumors about Banderas' personal life. He is credited with having affairs with each of his film partners. Antonio had to refute speculation about relationships with Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone, Malika Sherawat, Madonna and others. Banderas was officially married twice.
In 1986, he married a Spanish woman, Ana Lis. She was an actress and art critic, was fond of Buddhism. The discord in the couple's relationship began after Anya plunged into Buddhism, moving away from everything worldly, and began to be wildly jealous of her husband.
Banderas did not stay alone for a long time. On the set of one of the films, he met Melanie Griffith. In April 1996, the actor divorced Anya Lisa, and in May he officially married Melanie.
And this marriage was not strong. Despite the fact that the couple had a daughter, Melanie “tied up” with drugs and alcohol, practically abandoned the development of her own career, Antonio found a reason for divorce. His interviews began to appear in the press, in which he condemned his wife for numerous plastic surgeries, a periodic return to alcohol. In addition, Melanie, like Anya Lis once, began to be jealous of her husband for "every skirt." And this is not surprising, because the wife looked much older than her husband, the traces of addiction to the bottle were no longer hidden even by the plastic. As a result, in May 2014, Banderas and Griffith officially divorced.
Antonio Banderas today
Now Antonio Banderas has moved away from cinema a little, he is more involved in developing his own business - winemaking and promoting his own perfume line. Journalists note some outrageousness that began to appear in his behavior - the actor either crumples, then shaves off his eyebrows.
There are also changes in Banderas' personal life. He is often seen with Nicole Kempel, a Dutch investment banker.
For 4 years, Antonio stubbornly insisted that they were connected only by friendship, in every possible way denied questions about when the wedding was. But recently it became known that the lovers got engaged. The information that Antonio was waiting for the blessing of his ex-wife for this step is most likely a newspaper "duck". Banderas answers questions about this only with a smile, without confirming or refuting the speculations of the media representatives.
