Editing Antonio Banderas (section)

=== 1990–1999: Hollywood stardom ===
[[File:Antonio Banderas 3 (49491445488).jpg|thumb|180px|Banderas in 1997]]
In 1991, [[Madonna]] introduced Banderas to Hollywood. (He was an object of her desires in her pseudodocumentary film of one of her concert tours, ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare]]''.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-04-01-0000201017-story.html|title=FOLLOWING MADONNA'S LEAD, HOLLYWOOD REALIZES BANDERAS IS HOT|last=Writer|first=FRANK RIZZO; Courant Staff|website=courant.com|language=en-US|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022152211/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-04-01-0000201017-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following year, still speaking minimal English, he began acting in American films. Despite having to learn all his lines phonetically, Banderas still managed to turn in a critically praised performance as a struggling musician in his first American drama film, ''[[The Mambo Kings]]'' (1992).<ref name="Mambo Kings Review by Roger Ebert">{{Citation | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mambo-kings-1992 | title=The Mambo Kings Review by Roger Ebert }}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' described Banderas as giving a "quietly effective job".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-28-ca-2845-story.html|title= MOVIE REVIEW : Tapping Into Power of 'Mambo'|website= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate= November 17, 2024}}</ref> David Nansen of ''[[Newsweek]]'' declared, "Banderas had to learn English to play this role, but you wouldn't know it: he plumbs all the nuances of charm and self-pity in Nestor's melancholic soul".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newsweek.com/its-juice-counts-195994|title= It's The Juice That Counts|website= November 17, 2024}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' also praised Banderas' performance writing, "he gives a surprisingly confident and subtle performance as the implosive Nestor".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ew.com/article/1992/03/06/mambo-kings-3/|title= The Mambo Kings|website= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate= November 17, 2024}}</ref>

Banderas then broke through to mainstream American audiences in the 1993 [[Jonathan Demme]] film ''[[Philadelphia (movie)|Philadelphia]]'' as the life partner of lawyer [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Denzel Washington]].  Also in 1993, he acted in the [[Bille August]]-directed ''[[The House of the Spirits (film)|The House of the Spirits]],'' an adaptation of the [[Isabel Allende]] [[The House of the Spirits|novel of the same name]]. Banderas acted alongside [[Meryl Streep]], [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Glenn Close]], and [[Winona Ryder]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_house_of_the_spirits|title= The House of the Spirits|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref>
The film's success earned Banderas wide recognition, and the following year, he was given a role in [[Neil Jordan]]'s high-profile [[Interview with the Vampire (film)|adaptation]] of [[Anne Rice]]'s ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994), sharing the screen with [[Brad Pitt]], [[Tom Cruise]], and [[Kirsten Dunst]].<ref name="starpulsebio" /> He starred in several major Hollywood films, including the [[Robert Rodriguez]]-directed [[neo-Western]] [[action film]] ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]'' (1995), alongside [[Salma Hayek]], [[Steve Buscemi]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]]. The film was a financial success.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl55543297/weekend/|title= Desperado|website= BoxOfficeMojo|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "The movie’s greatest visual coup{{Nbsp}}... is Banderas himself. The camera loves this velvet stud as much as it did the young [[Clint Eastwood]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=August 25, 1995 |title=Desperado |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/08/25/desperado/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

That same year, Banderas portrayed the antagonist in the [[Richard Donner]]-directed action film ''[[Assassins (1995 film)|Assassins]]'', co-starring opposite [[Sylvester Stallone]] and [[Julianne Moore]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/assassins|title= Assassins|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> In 1996, he starred alongside [[Madonna]] in the musical film ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'', an adaptation of the stage musical by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]] in which he played the narrator, Che, a role played by [[David Essex]] in the original 1978 West End production. [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "Banderas{{Nbsp}}... does an unexpectedly splendid job as the film's conspiratorial singing narrator."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/25/movies/madonna-chic-pop-star-as-chic-political-star.|title= Madonna, Chic Pop Star, As Chic Political Star|website= [[The New York Times]]|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> For his performance, he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/article/evita-film-wins-3-golden-globe-awards-com-69350|title= Evita Film Wins 3 Golden Globe Awards|website= Playbill|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> He also had success with his role as the masked swordsman [[Zorro]] in the 1998 film ''[[The Mask of Zorro]],'' starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]. [[Roger Ebert]] praised the onscreen chemistry between the two leads, writing, "The best scenes in the movie are between Banderas and Zeta-Jones, who share chemistry and, it turns out, a sense of justice."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mask-of-zorro-1998|title= The Mask of Zorro|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> His performance earned him another [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/antonio-banderas/|title= Antonio Banderas|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref> In 1999, he starred in the historical action film ''[[The 13th Warrior]]'', a movie about a [[Muslim]] caught up in a war between the [[Norsemen|Northman]] and human-eating beasts.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/13th_warrior|title= The 13th Warrior|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= May 31, 2024}}</ref>