Famous Spanish People Antonio Banderas
A change is as good as a rest I really like this guy - great actor
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Actor
Born: 10 August 1960
Birthplace: Malaga, Spain
Best known as: Star of The Mask of Zorro
Name at birth: José Antonio Dominguez Banderas
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is a stylish leading man of stage and screen, best known for his role in The Mask of Zorro and, as the voice of Puss in Boots, the Shrek movies. Before making his Hollywood debut in in 1992's The Mambo Kings, Banderas appeared in dozens of Spanish movies, including director Pedro Almodovar's Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990). He received critical praise in the U.S. for Philadelphia (1993, starring Tom Hanks), then proved himself an able action hero in the Robert Rodriguez film Desperado (1995). The Mask of Zorro (1998, with Catherine Zeta-Jones) made him a box office star. One of the busiest actors in filmdom, his movies include Spy Kids and its sequels (2001-03), Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007), The Legend of Zorro (2005) ,Take the Lead (2006), The Other Man (2008) and The Code (2009, with Morgan Freeman).
Extra credit: In 1999 he directed his wife, actress Melanie Griffith, in the movie Crazy in Alabama, and in 2006 he took another turn behind the camera for Summer Rain.
Till we meet again -Regards - edmondsallan
the women just love this handsome actor . My missus thinks he is the greatest -
I think his zorro is a real classic
I use to watch Zorro on tv when I was a kid. Also The Cisco Kid, His side kick was Poncho. I loved to hear them say, "Ohhhhh Cisco,
Ohhhh Poncho... Zorro left his "Z" mark just about everywhere he went. You couldn't turn a corner without seeing the "Z" mark. swish swish swish with his blade and there it was!! Loved that program... I wish they would run the older reruns. Ahhh Nostalgia....
He was born José Antonio DomÃnguez Banderas on 10 August 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.
His father, Jose Dominguez, was a policeman in the Spanish civil guards.
His mother, Doña Ana Banderas, was a school teacher.