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The New Old Mexico

New York Times - Found 4 hours ago
Its been rumored that the actor Antonio Banderas and the former NBC anchor Stone Phillips have bought or will buy haciendas, but thus far they...

Posted on November 20, 2008, 12:55 pm

Istanbul Journal: Turkey?s Hero, Behind the Bronze Veneer

New York Times - Found Nov. 12, 2008
Daily News, said, ?Actors have grown old waiting for the role,? citing reported efforts by Antonio Banderas, Kevin Costner and Yul Brynner.
Istanbul Journal: Turkey's hero, behind the bronze veneer - International Herald Tribune
Ataturk film draws Turkish crowds, controversy - MSNBC
Turkish president meets with Xinhua chief Li Congjun, stressing ... - People's Daily Online
Turkish Newspaper Makes Waves Taking on Establishment - VOA News
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Posted on November 12, 2008, 7:15 am

Antonio Banderas in talks to play Salvador Dali; Georgia O'Keeffe ...

National Post - Found Nov. 6, 2008
Antonio Banderas is reportedly in talks to play surrealist painter Salvador Dali, according to Variety. Banderas would play the Spanish painter in...
Banderas in talks for 'Dali' role - UPI
Banderas lined up for third Dali movie - Ananova
Antonio Banderas in 'Dali' talks - Variety
Antonio Banderas to Star in Bali - Coming Soon!
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Posted on November 6, 2008, 3:01 am

Stalked: Guilliver's Travels, Antonio Banderas, Mother and Child

Filmstalker - Found Nov. 5, 2008
Antonio Banderas could be Salvador Dali. And Annette Bening and Naomi Watts are on Mother and Child....Visit Filmstalker for the full story.

Posted on November 5, 2008, 11:00 am

Antonio Banderas bemused by nonArabic caveat

Telegraph - Found Oct. 31, 2008
... any need to worry about possible attempts to impose a 'foreign' culture, at least if the experience of Antonio Banderas is anything to go by.

Posted on October 31, 2008, 4:50 am

Wyle: Clooney & La Salle Coming Back to ER

E! Online - Found Nov. 6, 2008
Antonio Banderas is saying hello to Dali, signing on to play the surreal artist in an indie biopic.
Wyle: Clooney & LaSalle Coming Back to E.R. - E! Online
Wyle, Clooney, LaSalle plan return to ER - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
ER: The Complete Tenth Season Is Diagnosed for DVD Release on March ... - MovieWeb
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Posted on November 6, 2008, 12:35 pm

User post: "Sexiest Man Alive:" A whites only club?

Yahoo! Shine - Found 18 hours ago
Terrence Howard, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Edris Elba, Eddie Murphy, Welsley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Tyson...

Posted on November 20, 2008, 10:18 am

Tips for putting sex back into your marriage

Yahoo! Shine - Found Nov. 19, 2008
I told him that he could be Brad Pitt or Antonio Banderas and I still wouldn't feel 'horny'.

Posted on November 19, 2008, 2:49 am

Abu Dhabi scales cultural heights

BBC - Found Nov. 17, 2008
Shimmying down the red carpet this year were the likes of Antonio Banderas, Susan Sarandon, Meg Ryan and Catherine Deneuve.
Inaugural Abu Dhabi Art,Talks and Sensations creates significant ... - AME Info
Abu Dhabi to host World Ophthalmology Congress - AME Info
Europeans Partner with Elite Aviation - Aviation International News
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BBC

Posted on November 17, 2008, 6:09 am

Finding the fizz in Malaga

IOL - Found Nov. 17, 2008
The walls are lined with barrels signed by the celebrity clientele, among them local hero Antonio Banderas and a very young Tony Blair - all...

Posted on November 17, 2008, 10:58 am

Antonio Banderas Biography

Antonio Banderas
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Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas at the Shrek the Third London premiere, June 2007
Born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
August 10, 1960 (1960-08-10) (age 48)
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Occupation actor, director, singer
Years active 1979 — present
Spouse(s) Ana Leza (1987 - 1995)
Melanie Griffith (1996-)

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer. He began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then starred in high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins, Evita, Desperado, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, The Mask of Zorro and the Shrek sequels.

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Early life

Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalucia, southern Spain,Also known as Tony Flags to his english friends the son of doña Ana Banderas, a school teacher, and José Domínguez, a policeman in the Guardia Civil.12 He also has one brother, Francisco. Banderas was raised as a Roman Catholic, and is now a very strong follower of the faith .3 He took his mother's surname as his stage name.4 He initially wanted to play soccer professionally, but his dream ended when he broke his foot at age 14. As a young man, he traveled to Madrid, in order to make a career in the Spanish film industry.

Career in Spain

His acting career began at the age of 19, when he worked in small theaters during the Movida period. He first gained wide attention through a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar, between 1982 and 1990. These included Laberinto de pasiones (1982), Matador (1986), La ley del deseo (1987), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988), and ¡Átame! (1989). His breakthrough role was as the character "Ricky" in ¡Átame! (English-language title: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), which was a minor success in the United States.

Career in Hollywood

He subsequently moved to the U.S. and began appearing in American films; some of his earlier roles there included the 1992 film, The Mambo Kings, as well as a supporting role in the Oscar-winning 1993 film, Philadelphia. He appeared in several major Hollywood releases in 1995, including a starring role in the Robert Rodriguez-directed film, Desperado. In 1996, he starred alongside Madonna in Evita, an adaptation of the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice in which he played the narrator, Che, a role originally played on Broadway by Mandy Patinkin. He also received critical praise for his role as the fictional Mexican masked swordsman, Zorro in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro, for which he was the first Spanish actor to portray the character after over 80 years since Zorro's creation.

He has also frequently collaborated with Dave Rodriguez who cast him in the Spy Kids film trilogy and the final installment in the "Mariachi" trilogy (in which he appeared with Johnny Depp), Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Banderas' sole credit as a director was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife Melanie Griffith.

In 2005, he returned to the musical genre, appearing to great acclaim in the Broadway revival of Maurey Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film , playing the prime role originated by the late Raúl Juliá. Banderas won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical.5 His performance is preserved on the Broadway cast recording released by PS Classics.

His voice role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third made the character popular on the family film circuit. In 2005, he reprised his role as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro, though this was not as successful as the original. In 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high school-set movie in which he played a real-life ballroom dancing teacher. That year, he also received the L.A. Latino International Film Festival's "Gabi" Lifetime Achievement Award, on October 14.6 He hosted Saturday Night Live's 600th episode (in season 31). The musical guest was Mary J. Blige. He performed a voice-over for a computer-animated bee which can be seen in the United States in television commercials for Nasonex,7 an allergy medication, and was seen in the 2007 Christmas advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer, a British retailer.8 He is being considered for the part of Hadrian in the in-production (as of February 2008) film Memoirs of Hadrian.9

Personal life

Banderas divorced his first wife, Ana Leza, and in May 1996 he married actress Melanie Griffith,10 whom he met a year earlier when they shot Two Much.11 They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas , born in 1996, who appeared in the film Crazy in Alabama (1999), in which Griffith starred and which Banderas directed.12

He has invested his movie earnings in Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA.13 He is a long time supporter of the Málaga CF14 and Real Madrid Football Club.15 While he speaks in his native Andalusian Spanish with his family and Spanish press, he switches to the Castilian pronunciation when playing non-Andalusian roles or when dubbing his Hollywood roles.citation needed

Filmography

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