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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 2004, Vladek is the villain, who leads the Shadow Knights. According to the story, Vladek secretly wrests control of the kingdom from King Mathias, and turns many of the Knights of Morcia into Shadow Knights. The remaining good knights go through a series of trials (each capitalizing on their specific talents) in order to defeat Vladek and free King Mathias. In 2005, Vladek returns with a force of Shadow Knights, and is defeated once again by the good knights of Morcia. Following their adventures, Jayko is made the new King of Morcia, taking Mathias' place. In 2006, the kingdom is threatened again by Vladek, who now seemingly leads the Rogue Knights rather than the Shadow Knights. The story also leaves behind Mathias, Santis, Danju, and Rascus, but introduces 4 new main characters: Sir Kentis, Sir Ardic, Karzon, and Dracus.
