Javier Bardem is having a busy 12 months. Not only has he already shot a live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” but his Spanish dramedy “The Good Boss” made the shortlist for the Academy Award for International Film (selected over Pedro Almodovar’s critically acclaimed “Parallel Mothers” starring his wife, Penelope Cruz, no less).
At the moment, in the U.S. he can be found in theaters and on streaming as the incomparable Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s “Being The Ricardos.” Oh, and did we mention he had a key role this fall in Denis Villeneuve’s global sensation “Dune?” READ MORE: Aaron Sorkin defends “Being the Ricardos” casting and says Javier Bardem playing a Cuban “not demeaning” The 52-year-old actor portrayed Stilgar, a leader of a tribe on the desert planet Arrakis in that Warner Bros.
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