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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. In a career that has lasted over thirty years, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, seven Goya Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. A son of actress Pilar Bardem, he first became known for such Spanish films as Jamón jamón(1992), Boca a boca (1995), Carne trémula(1997), Los lunes al sol (2002), and Mar adentro (2004). He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), a criminal with cancer in Biutiful (2010), and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos (2021). His portrayal of assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' western film No Country for Old Men (2007) won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Bardem has also starred in auteur-driven films such as Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Terrence Malick's drama To the Wonder (2013), Darren Aronofsky's horror film mother! (2017), and Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama Everybody Knows (2018). He also acted in blockbuster films such as the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), the swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(2017), the science fiction epic films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), and Disney's live-action remake The Little Mermaid (2023). On television, he portrayed José Menendez in the Netflix crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024). Bardem married actress Penélope Cruz in 2010, and they have two children together. In January 2018, Bardem became Greenpeace's ambassador for Antarctica's protection. Description above from the Wikipedia article Javier Bardem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In a sprawling, decimated city overrun by nightmarish, virus-infected creatures, *Dying Light* follows Kyle, a former government agent sent in undercover to retrieve critical data from a group of survivors. But when his mission goes awry, he becomes stranded in the heart of the city, forced to navigate a deadly urban landscape full of ruthless gangs, grotesque mutants, and an ever-present threat of darkness. As night falls, the infected grow more dangerous, and Kyle must rely on his survival instincts and reluctant alliances with the survivors to stay alive. Amidst the chaos, Kyle discovers that the virus isn’t just a plague—it’s part of a larger, more sinister conspiracy that could lead to the collapse of the entire world. In his fight to survive, he must balance protecting his newfound allies with uncovering the truth about the origins of the outbreak, all while facing the relentless terrors of a city consumed by infection. As the line between human and monster blurs, the only thing keeping Kyle alive is the fading light of hope.
