Ranking The 30 Best Actors of All-Time

It’s no wonder Javier Bardem chose to pursue a career as an actor. He possess a chameleon-like ability to disappear into his characters. This frequently renders him unrecognizable (save for his piercing eyes). Born the youngest member of a family of actors in Spain, Bardem’s first role came at the age of six with the film El Picaro (aka The Scoundrel). Moving into the 1990s, Bardem’s collaborations with such filmmakers as Pedro Almodóvar and J.J. Bigas Luna saw his popularity as a Spanish screen star growing. He bolstered his status as an international leading man with Milos Foreman’s Goya’s Ghosts in 2006. The following year. his role in No Country for Old Men would bring Bardem the most substantial praise of his career to that point. Bardem’s portrayal of the remorseless, amoral killer Anton Chigurh earned him nearly every award that season (including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor).