ANTONIO BANDERAS

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas, better known to international film fans as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor, director, film producer and singer. Born in 1960, Banderas had early dreams of becoming a football star until an injury sidelined his career aspirations. He began exploring theater and worked in several small troops around Spain, eventually catching the eye of legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar. Almodóvar cast the young actor—then just 22 years of age—in his debut film, "Laberinto de Pasiones" ("Labyrinth of Passion"). The pair would work together on a series of successful films in the 1980s that would put both on the path to international stardom. They reunited in 2011 for "La piel que habito" ("The Skin I Live In").