Javier Bardem
Age:
38
Role:
Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
Synopsis:
Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by dead me and a load of heroin and two million dollars in cash still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones) can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Bardem) the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.
Previous Oscar Wins:
None
Previous Oscar Nominations:
One - 2000 for Before Night Falls
Awards/Nominations for Role:
Javier has had los of success on the award circuit winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes and the Baftas.
Critics:
'And Bardem is best of the lot, his pale, slouching, mop-topped psycho cracking lopsided grins under gleaming eyes.' (Total Film)
'But Bardem’s is the role with flamboyant possibilities a stone-cold killer obsessed with chance, holding lives to the random toss of a quarter. He is the embodiment of evil as blank force made breathtakingly plausible. With his Spanish accent flattened, his voice seems to come from a place not wholly human.' (Empire Magazine)
'He's got a totally weird haircut [but] he's about as perfect a representation of unambiguous evil as the movies have lately offered.' (Time)
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
Other Best Supporting Actor Nominees