Editing Javier Bardem (section)

=== 2000–2011: Breakthrough and acclaim ===
[[File:Javier Bardem (Berlin Film Festival 2007).jpg|thumb|upright|Bardem at the [[57th Berlin International Film Festival|2007 Berlin International Film Festival]]]]
After starring in about two dozen films in his native country, he gained international recognition in [[Julian Schnabel]]'s ''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]'' in 2000, portraying [[Cuba]]n poet [[Reinaldo Arenas]].<ref name="mirror" /> He received praise from his idol [[Al Pacino]]; the message Pacino left on Bardem's answering machine was something he considers one of the most beautiful gifts he has ever received.<ref name="the guardian" /> For that role, he received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the first for a Spaniard. Immediately after, he turned down the role of Danny Witwer in ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' which eventually went to [[Colin Farrell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/trivia|title=Trivia for Minority Report|year=2002|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=29 March 2011|archive-date=4 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504001442/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/trivia|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, in 2002, Bardem starred in Malkovich's directorial debut, ''[[The Dancer Upstairs (film)|The Dancer Upstairs]]''. Malkovich originally had Bardem in mind for the role of the detective's assistant, but the movie's time trying to find financing gave Bardem time to learn English and take on the lead role of the detective. "I will always be grateful to him because he really gave me my very first chance to work in English", Bardem has said of Malkovich.<ref name="rugby" /><ref name="about" />

Bardem won Best Actor at the [[Venice Film Festival]] for his role in ''[[Mar Adentro]]'' (2004), released in the United States as ''[[The Sea Inside]]'', in which he portrayed the [[quadriplegic]] turned [[assisted suicide]] activist [[Ramón Sampedro]]. He made his Hollywood debut in a brief appearance as a crime lord who summons [[Tom Cruise]]'s hitman to do the dirty work of dispatching witnesses in the crime drama ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]''. He stars in [[Miloš Forman]]'s 2006 film ''[[Goya's Ghosts]]'' opposite [[Natalie Portman]], where he plays a twisted monk during the [[Spanish Inquisition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=669 |title=Javier Bardem |last=O'Hara |first=Helen |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=17 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122090310/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=669 |archive-date=22 January 2012 }}</ref>

In 2007, Bardem acted in two film adaptations: the [[Coen brothers]]' ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'', and the adaptation of the [[Colombia]]n novel ''[[Love in the Time of Cholera (film)|Love in the Time of Cholera]]'' with [[Giovanna Mezzogiorno]] by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]. In ''No Country for Old Men'', he played a [[antisocial personality disorder|sociopathic]] assassin, [[Anton Chigurh]]. For that role, he became the first Spaniard to win an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oscars-bardem-idUSN2416492920080225|title=Javier Bardem becomes first Spanish actor to win Oscar|last=Serjeant|first=Jill|date=25 February 2008|work=Reuters|access-date=16 April 2011|archive-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114171539/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oscars-bardem-idUSN2416492920080225|url-status=live}}</ref> He won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award]] for Best Supporting Actor, the [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Critics' Choice Award]] for Best Supporting Actor, and the 2008 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award]] for Best Supporting Actor. 

Bardem's rendition of Chigurh's trademark quote, "What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo?" (in response to the convenience store owner's query, "Y'all gettin' any rain up your way?"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miramax.com/watch?v=hnOXNwYTplktmDy5EfKuHf2zIESJslny&t=36|title=Miramax – Watch Video|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702215915/http://www.miramax.com/watch?v=hnOXNwYTplktmDy5EfKuHf2zIESJslny&t=36|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> was named Top HollyWORDIE of 2007 in the annual survey by the [[Global Language Monitor]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/decides/amigo/elpepucul/20080310elpepucul_8/Tes |title="Tú decides, amigo" · |website=El Pais |date=10 March 2008 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516104539/http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/decides/amigo/elpepucul/20080310elpepucul_8/Tes |url-status=live }}</ref> Chigurh was named No. 26 in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' magazine's 2008 "50 Most Vile Villains in Movie History" list.<ref>[https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20186434,00.html 50 Most Vile Movie Villains Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622010901/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20186434,00.html |date=22 June 2013 }}, ''Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved 26 May 2008.</ref> Bardem's life's work was honored at the 2007 [[Gotham Awards]], produced by [[Independent Feature Project]]. In 2014, Belgian psychiatry professor Samuel Leistedt and 10 associates watched 400 movies over the course of three years and identified 126 psychopathic characters: Bardem's rendition of Chigurh was voted the most realistic psychopath.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-psychopaths-study-400-movies-most-realistic-2017-12?r=US&IR=T#anton-chigurh-of-no-country-for-old-men-was-the-most-realistic-psychopath-1 | title=Psychiatrists studied 400 movies to find the most realistic psychopath — here are their 6 key takeaways | website=[[Business Insider]] | access-date=19 April 2023 | archive-date=19 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419190448/https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-psychopaths-study-400-movies-most-realistic-2017-12?r=US&IR=T#anton-chigurh-of-no-country-for-old-men-was-the-most-realistic-psychopath-1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-most-realistic-psychopath/ | title=Anton Chigurh voted "the most realistic psychopath ever" | date=19 January 2022 | access-date=19 April 2023 | archive-date=19 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419190451/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-most-realistic-psychopath/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Samuel J. Leistedt |author2=Paul Linkowski |title=Psychopathy and the Cinema: Fact or Fiction? |journal=[[Journal of Forensic Sciences]] |year=2014 |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=167–174 |doi=10.1111/1556-4029.12359|pmid=24329037 |s2cid=14413385 }}</ref>

[[Francis Ford Coppola]] singled out Bardem as an heir to, and even improvement on, [[Al Pacino]], [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Robert De Niro]], referring to Bardem as ambitious, hungry, unwilling to rest on his laurels and always "excited to do something good."<ref name="the guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/09/baftas2008.baftasfilm|title=I always fight directors|last=Turner|first=Christopher|date=9 February 2008|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 April 2011|archive-date=10 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110172157/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/09/baftas2008.baftasfilm|url-status=live}}</ref> Bardem was attached to play the role of Tetro's mentor in Coppola's film ''[[Tetro]]'', but the director felt the character should be female, so he was replaced by fellow Spaniard [[Carmen Maura]].<ref name="col">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/entertainment/article.asp/aid/8867/cid/13/tcid/1|title=Javier Bardem Interview – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Page 2)|last=Frosty|date=14 August 2008|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=29 March 2011|archive-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329190253/http://www.collider.com/entertainment/article.asp/aid/8867/cid/13/tcid/1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/04/03/javier-bardem-is-replaced-by-a-woman|title=Javier Bardem is Replaced by a Woman!|last=Bartyzel|first=Monika|date=3 April 2008|publisher=[[moviefone]]|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305055333/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/04/03/javier-bardem-is-replaced-by-a-woman|archive-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bardem was originally cast to play fictional filmmaker Guido Contini in the [[Nine (2009 live-action film)|film adaptation]] of the Broadway musical ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' but dropped out due to exhaustion.<ref name="col" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/05/01/javier-bardem-backs-out-of-nine|title=Javier Bardem Backs Out of 'Nine'|last=Bartyzel|first=Monika|date=1 May 2008|publisher=[[moviefone]]|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305055419/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/05/01/javier-bardem-backs-out-of-nine|archive-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The part eventually went to [[Daniel Day-Lewis]].<ref name="BroadwayWorld">[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Daniel_DayLewis_Signed_for_Nine_Film_Rehearsals_to_Start_in_July_Shooting_September_20080601 BroadwayWorld.com "Daniel Day-Lewis Signed for Nine Film; Rehearsals to Start in July; Shooting September" 2008-6-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714013714/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Daniel_DayLewis_Signed_for_Nine_Film_Rehearsals_to_Start_in_July_Shooting_September_20080601 |date=14 July 2011 }}. Retrieved 16 February 2009.</ref> He went on to star alongside [[Penélope Cruz]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]] in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'' (2008) where he earned his fourth [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination.