Antonio Banderas

When speaking Spanish, he has an Andalusian accent, but he usually substitutes it with a standard Castilian one when acting. Latest news, however, reports that Bernard will return to the show in February sweeps. He has tried his hand at directing with a film featuring his wife. Bernard held the role for three seasons until his character was written out at the end of season 3. He has shown sympathies for the Spanish Socialist Party. However, throughout all these roles, he hadn't reached any major level of success until 2001 when he joined the cast of the FOX Network's television drama 24, where he played Tony Almeida, a government agent for the CTU. He invested his movie earnings in businesses marketing Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA. He has appeared in feature films such as Vegas: C.O.D., The Killing Jar, and The Colonel's Last Flight.

He is probably the most famous Spanish actor. He has appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen. The Banderas-Griffith family established themselves at Hollywood, where Antonio usually plays Latinos. He has guest starred in roles on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, Maloney, and Silk Stalkings. He divorced his Spanish wife and, in 1996, married American actress Melanie Griffith, whom he had met during the shooting of Two Much. At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution with Frank Langella. He first gained wide attention through a series of films with director Pedro Almodóvar between 1982 and 1990, and is one of the stars of the three Spy Kids movies (2001-2003). He preformed in ACT stage productions:.

As a young man, he went penniless to Madrid to make a career in the Spanish film industry. Born in Chicago, Carlos Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Antonio Banderas (born August 10, 1960), born José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, is a Spanish actor born in Málaga. The Cherry Orchard. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1989). The Diary of Anne Frank. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990). Hamlet.

Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991). As You Like It. The Mambo Kings (1992). Good with William Hurt. The House of the Spirits (1993). Philadelphia (1993).

Interview with the Vampire (1994). Desperado (1995). Assassins (1995). Four Rooms (1995).

Evita (1996). The Mask of Zorro (1998). The 13th Warrior (1999). Spy Kids (2001).

Femme Fatale (2002). Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

Imagining Argentina (2003). Shrek 2 (2004) (voice). Legend of Zorro (2005).