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Carlos Encinas Bardem (born 7 March 1963) is a Spanish actor and writer. He is often cast in "tough guy" roles, if not outright villains. In addition to his native Spain, he was worked in film and television in Latin America and the United States. He has received three
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nominations, both in acting and screenwriting categories, as well as six Actors and Actresses Union Award nominations (and two wins). Since making his film debut in '' Not Love, Just Frenzy'' in 1996, he has featured in pictures such as '' La zona'' (2007), '' Cell 211'' (2009), ''
Scorpion in Love ''Scorpion in Love'' () is a 2013 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Santiago A. Zannou and starring Álex González, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carlos Bardem, Judith Diakhate and Javier Bardem. It is based on the novel of the same name by ...
'' (2013), and '' González: falsos profetas'' (2013). His television work includes credits in series such as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...
'', ''
Queer You Are ''Queer You Are'' (; ) is a Spanish television series created by Roberto Enríquez ("Bob Pop"), representing a partially fictionalized version of his personal experiences. Directed by Alejandro Marín, the six-episode series stars Gabriel Sánche ...
'', ''
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'', and '' The Chosen One''. He has also penned several novels, displaying a penchant for
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.


Life and career

Carlos Encinas Bardem was born in
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on 7 March 1963. He is the son of actress
Pilar Bardem María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz (14 March 1939 – 17 July 2021) was a Spanish film and television actress. In 1996, she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead''. She was the moth ...
and the elder brother of actors Mónica and
Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career spanning over three decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, tw ...
. He earned a
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in history from the
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and a diploma in foreign relations. He made his feature film debut in '' Not Love, Just Frenzy'' (1996), co-helmed by his cousin
Miguel Bardem Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Life Bardem comes from a well-known family of actors. His father was director Juan Antonio Bardem, and his aunt is actress Pilar Bardem. Pilar's children, Javier, Mónica ...
. A year later, he played a part in Álex de la Iglesia's film ''
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'', which starred his brother Javier. In 1999, Bardem published his first novel, ''Muertes ejemplares'', which was followed by ''Buziana o el peso del alma'' (2002). He won an Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best New Actor for his performance in the Spanish-Mexican co-production '' La zona'' (2007). His portrayal of Apache in '' Cell 211'' (2009) earned him a nomination for the
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. In 2010, he began a relationship with
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. Bardem adapted alongside Santiago Zannou his own novel about the genesis of violence ''Alacrán enamorado'' to screen. He also featured in the film, titled ''
Scorpion in Love ''Scorpion in Love'' () is a 2013 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Santiago A. Zannou and starring Álex González, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carlos Bardem, Judith Diakhate and Javier Bardem. It is based on the novel of the same name by ...
'' (2013), as a boxing coach, and won nominations to the Goya both for Best Adapted Screenplay and for Best Supporting Performance. He described his character as "a deeply human and therefore imperfect character, who lives in permanent defeat, but who finds reasons to get up". He portrayed evangelical pastor and charlatan Elías in Mexican thriller '' González: falsos profetas'' (2013), receiving a nomination for the
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. In 2015, he appeared in
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's comedy '' Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It'' playing Gustavo, the husband of
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's lead character Elvira. Continuing his work in Mexico, he played a
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in comedy-drama series ''
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'', which debuted on Netflix in 2015. Bardem played the part of Benedicto, a mentor of the
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, in the action film ''
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'' (2016). In 2018, he starred in Colombian crime film ''
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'' in the role of Chucho, a mentor of young pickpockets. In 2019, Bardem published his sixth novel, ''Mongo blanco'' (Plaza & Janés), which deals with 19th-century slave trader Pedro Blanco. Bardem reported that the novel's main theme "is evil, evil as a consequence of the evil exercise of power and extreme inequality". Bardem play the villanous Count Flaín of León, an antagonist to Ruy Díaz de Vivar, in the Prime Video series ''
El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...
'', set in 11th-century Iberia. He featured as the authoritarian father of in the former's autofictional series ''
Queer You Are ''Queer You Are'' (; ) is a Spanish television series created by Roberto Enríquez ("Bob Pop"), representing a partially fictionalized version of his personal experiences. Directed by Alejandro Marín, the six-episode series stars Gabriel Sánche ...
'' (2021), in a role in which Bardem's face is not displayed onscreen. Resuming collaboration with Álex de la Iglesia, he played a "narco-satanic" cardinal in the HBO series ''
30 Coins ''30 Coins'' () is a Spanish mystery horror television series created by Álex de la Iglesia for HBO Europe. Directed and written by De la Iglesia and co-written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría, the series follows Father Vergara, an exorcist who ...
''. His 2023 novel ''Badaq'' (Plaza & Janés) is a moral fable and criticism of the Spanish empire dealing with the plight of an Indonesian female
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captured in the island of Pawu and taken to Madrid in the 16th century.


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Bardem is committed to left-wing positions. He has sided in favour of the right to self-determination of the
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and has criticised the inaction of the Spanish political class in the matter since 1975. In the buildup to the
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, he lent public support to the electoral list of United Left.


Filmography


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Television


Accolades


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardem, Carlos 1963 births Living people 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Carlos Male actors from Madrid Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Spanish male novelists