Antonio Banderas

Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas was born on 10 August 1960 in Malaga, Spain, in the middle of a brutal regime of tyrannical leader Francisco Franco. It was named in honor of his father, Jose and his mother, beloved brother, Antonio. His mother, Anna, was a school teacher. The birth of his brother, Francisco Javier, better known as Chico, came eighteen months later. Banderas in "as many children, but after 2 caesareans and several miscarriages, they decided two is enough. Ana lives in danger if she thought again. 

The children were raised in the same love and home. Brothers room, and were very close. They spend most of their day on the roof terrace of the game. The study hall was built on the terrace, where their mothers teach them in preparation for school and life. This is where Antonio first showed his great ability to tell stories and entertain his mother and brother. His father, struck by stars, will tell their children about the life of the heavens. Antonio said his father said, "what you see is not quite true. Because many of these stars that we see the death of millions of years, but always easy for us, it is just arrived . 

Antonio knew very early in life he wants to be an actor. Antonio said that his mother wanted to be a banker, but he said, "Mom, look at me, I am not the bank guy. I am convinced, finally, that it was better if I had not succeeded to comply with its recommendations. " After visiting Milos Forman in 1979 hit, "Hair", Antonio, enrolled in drama classes - against her parents' wishes - and develop a group of other young thespians to form his own troupe. The crew traveled to little towns across Spain occur in the streets. In 1981, he moved to Madrid and won a seat on the whole thought of the National Theater of Spain. As a young actor evil, he also worked as a waiter and took small modeling jobs for workers. 

After the show in the theater, was presented by Antonio Pedro Almodí-VAR, a radical young director. Pedro is one of the most scandalous and new talents of the breed of the pioneers of cinema and wanted Antonio to help form a new movie. They combined their efforts and make respectable and controversial films. That was in 1988, struck the woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown "which led international attention Banderas. 

American director, Arne Glimcher, Antonio expressed in "Mambo Kings", although Banderas could not speak English. Antonio was determined to overcome the language barrier, and all his lines phonetically learned. He also took intensive English lessons at the Berlitz school. Guided by a frantic desire to learn and succeed, it is incredibly deep lines that have won him the appreciation of his work. His next flick was "Philadelphia" and the sacrifice of surprise performance Honorable Tom Hanks understanding lover. He plays in a series of films that led to an even greater extent, his incredible talent, such as "House of the Spirits" (1993), "Interview with the Vampire" (1994), "Desperado" (1995) and "killers" (1995). He also showed his incredible talent for dance and song in the musical "Evita" with Madonna. 

In 1995, Melanie Griffith and Antonio looked Flick "Two Much" and became romantic linked. After a whirl wind romance, and to the surprise of many, was married in May 1996. The couple welcomed the birth of their first child, Stella del Carmen, the following September. The family has two bases and at home, as he stated in his article "Melanie and I have two lives, professional and that we developed in Los Angeles, in addition to which it is in the city, where Mélanie was raised, as well as other, more families in our house in Spain where we live, where we do not work. "His desire to make the best of both worlds to her daughter. "I wish it was the star of the Spanish and who speaks both languages very well. And it is clear that it will meet its Anglo-Saxon side," he said.