José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer. He began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins, Evita, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, The Mask of Zorro, and the Spy Kids and Shrek film series.
Antonio Banderas is my most favorite actor (joint first with Matt Damon). Banderas is charming, persuasive, exciting & sexy. Yes, as far as I'm concerned, he oozes sex appeal more than any other actors I've come across. I may be biased though as I often think Spanish are arresting & Latin songs are romantic. He has starred in some high profile movies like The Mambo Kings, Assasins, Evita (as Che alongside Madonna), Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, Frida (both … more
Banderas has danced a fine line in his career, managing to win over guys with action films, ladies with romantic films, and families with the "Spy Kids" franchise and the "Shrek" films.