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Antonio Banderas, his full name is actually Hose Antonio, but he decided that this way he will look more American. He was born in Spain in august 1960, in a regular family of a middle class, his father was a policeman, and his mother worked as a teacher in one of the local schools. When he was small, he was dreaming of football carrier, because he was one of the best players in the school. But his priority significantly changed after he performed in the “Hair” musical when he was 14, it was such a fantastic show, that he realized that this is what he would like to do in the future. While being under impression he goes to a local acting school, and starts practicing in one of the local theaters. Since 1995- till 1999 Antonio performed in more than ten movies, the most popular of them were: the musical “Evita” which was saying the story of a legendary woman Evita Perron and the role of Evita were performed by Madonna, also he performed in the main role in “The Zorro Mask” with Catherine Zeta Jones. In 1999 he tried himself in a role of a producer, by filming his wife in “The Woman without rules”. The movies left no attention from the critics as Banderas was far from America’s problems of the 1960’s. In 1995 on the filming stage of the movie “Two is too much’ of the Spanish producer Fernando Trueba, he met his future wife, the actress Melanie Griffith, who left her husband Don Johnson for his sake. One year later they got married and she bore him a daughter.

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Here you can learn about the movies Antonio Banderas acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Shrek Forever After - Puss in Boots (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "One Love")	$165M	2010	$70.8M	$238M
Shrek the Third - Puss in Boots (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)")	$160M	2007	$122M	$321M
Shrek 2 - Puss In Boots (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "Livin' La Vida Loca" (1999))	$150M	2004	$108M	$436M
The 13th Warrior - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan	$85M	1999	$10.3M	$32.7M
The Legend of Zorro - Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro	$75M	2005	$16.3M	$45.4M
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever - Jeremiah Ecks	$70M	2002	$7.01M	$14.3M
The Mask of Zorro - Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro	$65M	1998	$22.5M	$93.8M
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles - Armand	$60M	1994		$105M
Evita - Chй, Soundtrack (performer: "Oh, What a Circus" (uncredited), "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" (uncredited), "Eva and Magaldi" (uncredited), "Eva Beware of the City" (uncredited), "Another	$55M	1996	$334K	$50M
Assassins - Miguel Bain	$50M	1995		$30.3M
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Gregorio Cortez	$39M	2002	$16.7M	$85.6M
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - Gregorio Cortez	$39M	2003	$33.4M	$112M
Femme Fatale - Nicolas Bardo	$35M	2002	$2.78M	$6.59M
Spy Kids - Gregorio Cortez	$35M	2001	$26.5M	$113M
Once Upon a Time in Mexico - El Mariachi, Soundtrack (writer: "Y Me Dejastes Tirado En La Calle") (performer: "Y Me Dejastes Tirado En La Calle")	$29M	2003	$23.4M	$55.8M
Original Sin - Luis Antonio Vargas	$26M	2001	$6.4M	$16.3M
Philadelphia - Miguel Alvarez	$26M	1993		$77.3M
Homeland Security - Tommy Lucero/Martinez	$25M	2008
The House of the Spirits - Pedro Tercero Garcнa	$25M	1993		$6.27M
Thick as Thieves - Gabriel Martin	$25M	2009