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Antonio Banderas Biography

Antonio Banderas

Facts of Antonio Banderas

Date of Birth: 1960 , April-10
Birth Nation: Spain
Height: 5 Feet 9 Inch

Quick Timeline of Antonio Banderas

1960 Born in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía
1974 Broke his foot
1982 Debut movie, Labyrinth of Passion
1991 First English movie, Madonna: Truth or Dare
1995 Appeared in Desperado
1987 Married to Ana Leza
1996 Divorced with Ana Leza
1996 Married to Melanie Griffith
1996 First child, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith
2015 Divorced with Melanie Griffith
1999 Won ALMA Awards
2012 Won Behind the Voice Actors Awards
1986 Won Fotogramas de Plata
2005 Honored by a Star on the Walk of Fame

Detail Timeline of Antonio Banderas

August 10 , 1960

Born in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía

Antonio Banderas was from the middle class family born as José Antonio Domínguez Banderas in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain to Ana Banderas Gallego and José Domínguez. He is Spanish and is of Spanish descent.

1974

Broke his foot

Antonio childhood dream was being a professional football one day but this dream came to an end after he broke his foot at the age of 14. That was the end of his football dream but the beginning of the new chapter in his life. 

1982

Debut movie, Labyrinth of Passion

As he was also interested in performing arts and dramas, he joined ARA Theatre-School. After years of hard work, he won a spot at the Spanish National Theatre. In 1982, he made his movie debut from the movie, Laberinto de pasiones.

1991

First English movie, Madonna: Truth or Dare

After gaining some name and fame in Spain as the Spanish actor, he was offered a role to appear in the English movie by Madonna. His debut Hollywood movie was in 1991 movie, Madonna: Truth or Dare. 

1995

Appeared in Desperado

Though he was not that fluent in English, he played his first English movie in 1991 and became known in the world as an actor in 1993 after appearing in the movie, Philadelphia. He also played the lead role in the 1995 movie, Desperado. 

July 27 , 1987

Married to Ana Leza

After making his acting debut from the Spanish movie in 1982, he became popular in the Spain. Few years later, he began dating Ana Leza. Ana Leza is also an actress. After few years of dating they got married on 27th of July 1987. 

1996

Divorced with Ana Leza

Though his first married life lasted for about a decade, he was found infidel at the end of that married life. He was found dating some other actress and this extra affair finally dissolved her first married life in 1996. 

May 14 , 1996

Married to Melanie Griffith

It was from 1995, he began dating Melanie Griffith. Melanie Griffith is an American actress and she is popular in the world for portraying the role in the Brian De Palma's Body Double. They finally got married on 14th of May 1996.

September 24 , 1996

First child, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith

He became father for the first time in his life and that was in 1996. He and his ex wife, Melanie Griffith welcomed their first child together on 24th of September and that time it was a baby girl and they named her Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith. 

July 21 , 2015

Divorced with Melanie Griffith

On 14th of May 1996, he got married for the second time in his life with American actress, Melanie Griffith. They also welcomed their only child the same year they got married. They finalized their divorce on 21st of July 2015.

1999

Won ALMA Awards

Till now, he has been nominated in ALMA Awards for six different times and out of these four different nominations he has been honored for four different times. He won this award for the first time in 1999 and that was for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film.

2012

Won Behind the Voice Actors Awards

In 2012, he got nominated in Behind the Voice Actors Awards for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film, Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film and Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film. He won this award from his later nomination. 

1986

Won Fotogramas de Plata

He has also been honored with several Spanish awards since the beginning of his acting career. In 1986, he won one of the major Spanish award and that was Fotogramas de Plata. He won this award for Best Movie Actor.

October 18 , 2005

Honored by a Star on the Walk of Fame

Once he was honored by the People (USA) magazine for being one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 2005, he also received one of the major awards in Hollywood and that was Star on the Walk of Fame. 

Content

On 27th of July 1987, Antonio got married to Ana Leza. Ana Leza is also an actress. They got divorced in 1996.

On 14th of May 1996, He again got married to American actress, Melanie Griffith. They also welcomed their only child the same year they got married. They finalized their divorce on 21st of July 2015.

Antonio childhood dream was being a professional football one day but this dream came to an end after he broke his foot at the age of 14. As he was also interested in performing arts and dramas, he joined ARA Theatre-School. After years of hard work, he won a spot at the Spanish National Theatre. In 1982, he made his movie debut from the movie, Laberinto de pasiones. Though he was not that fluent in English, he played his first English movie in 1991 and became known in the world as an actor in 1993 after appearing in the movie, Philadelphia. For his role in The Body, he earned the salary of $12,000,000 and his net worth is $45 million dollars.

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