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Did many people know who he was before NCFOM?


His performance was incredibly chilling to me because I'd never seen or heard of him before. At the time, to me, he WAS Chigurh and it's like he just landed from Mars on a mission to kill people lol. Now that I've seen him in more movies, and found out he's a really svveet guy, his performance doesn't seem as good lol. I guess it should make it seem better, but I liked the mysteriousness about him and the character. I bet if the same role was played by Tom Cruise or someone, not many people would be praising it, no matter how good he was. I think what made his performance that great is cos no one knew who he was. He certainly isn't a household name, but his performance was incredible

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Of course, for his Spanish Movies like "Mar Adentro": it won an Oscar too.

And I love that movie with Nathaly Portman: "Goya´s Ghost"

I wonder why everybody seems to know Bardem only for No Country for Old men

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Bardem was a big star in Spain before he became famous here. He was nominated for an Oscar for Before Night Falls. His film, The Sea Inside, won an Oscar for best foreign film. He has won many acting awards around the world. He is a lot more than the actor from NCFOM.

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He and his family are actors, although his uncle was a director. They are very known in Spain. Despite he got his first nomination 10 years ago many people (specially in the US) didn't pay attention to him until he appeared in NCFOM.

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I've known of him since Before Night Falls and have been watching him ever since.

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I knew him from the Spanish films Goldenballs and Jamon Jamon. He nude in that one plus you get to see a young Penelope Cruz' breasts.

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Less internationally but he's known in his native country and he was even nominated for an Oscar before nights fall

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