Javier �ngel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish (Spain) actor. He has garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jam�n, jam�n, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro.

Bardem has been awarded an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, four Goya (Goya Awards) awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Best Actor (Prix dinterpr�tation masculine) at Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) and two Coppa Volpis at Venice (Venice Film Festival) for his work. He is the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Oscar (Academy Award) (Best Actor (Academy Award for Best Actor), 2000, for Before Night Falls) as well as the first to win (Supporting Actor (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), 2007, for No Country for Old Men (No Country for Old Men (film))).