Antonio Banderas Net Worth
Introduction
Antonio Banderas is one of the most popular actors, producers, and directors, best known for working in movies like Desperado, The Mask of Zorro, Assassins, and Interview with Vampire. He won many awards in his career for his performance. These awards include Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, European Chainsaw Award, Goya Award, and many others. Apart from his acting, he is a successful businessman as well. Antonio is 61 years old, but he is still working in the movie industry. Antonio Banderas net worth is around $50 million in 2021, most of his wealth comes from his acting and direction. He also owns his wine business and uses that sum for leisure and fun activities with his friends.
Early Life
Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera was born in Malaga, Spain on August 10th, 1960. His father served as a police officer and died in 2008, his mother was a school teacher and then died in 2017. He has two siblings, one brother and a sister, Francisco Javier Banderas and Chloe Banderas. He got two honorary degrees from the University of Malaga and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. Antonio also attended the fashion design classes in Central Saint Martins London.
Personal Life
Antonio Banderas was first married to Ana Leza, a Spanish actress; they divorced in 1996. He then got married to American actress Melanie Griffith, from 1996 to 2015. Antonio and Melanie have one daughter together named Stella Banderas, she was born in 1996. As of 2017, Antonio Banderas is in a relationship with Nicole Kimpel.
Antonio Banderas’s divorce was the main part of his life. The point of disagreement was the real estate property. After the divorce, he promised to cover the expenses of his daughter Stella until the age of 19th. They divided the fortune earned from the entertainment industry till May 31, 2014. From May 1998 to December 2003, they allowed everyone else to keep the money earned from their work. They got Picasso and Porsche, Melanie received six cars while Antonio got only two cars. Antonio agreed to pay Melanie $780000 per year in terms of spousal sport, $65000 per month for some years. Antonio and Melanie sold off their Los Angeles house for $16 million. They tried to sell their Aspen house for $10 million, but no buyer reached them. Eventually, they rented the house for $65000 per month. The Aspen house was later sold for $4 million. Antonio then bought Melanie’s part of the New York City house for $4 million in 2014. He put the same apartment on sale for $8 million in 2018. Antonio Banderas has houses in Spain and Surrey, England. He got $12 million for The Body in 2001 and $4 million for his work in Evita.
Antonio Banderas was raised as catholic, but the actor declared himself agnostic. He underwent benign tumor surgery in 2009. He suffered from a heart attack in 2017 and is coming back from surgery. In 2019, when asked, he said, “It gave me a new perspective of who I was and made me realize some important things. When I say that it is one of the best things to happen in life, people might think I am crazy.” In 2015, he attended the fundraising event for IDF (Israeli Defence Forces), raising almost 31 million dollars for Israeli soldiers.
Career
Antonio Banderas started his acting career in theatre in Spain. He made his TV debut in 1982 with the comedy, Law of Desire (Laberinto de Pasiones). His major acting was in the movie Law of Desire (La ley del Deseo). Antonio initiated his career in the American industry with the movie The Mambo Kings in 1992. He got success in 1995 with the action movie Desperado and another action movie Assassins with Sylvester Stallone and Julianne Moore. His movie The Mask of Zorro also got fame, Antonio appeared in its sequel as well. and thе асtіоn thriller mоvіе Аѕѕаѕѕіnѕ nехt to Ѕуlvеѕtеr Ѕtаllоnе and Јulіаnnе Мооrе. Аntоnіо Ваndеrаѕ’ѕ аnоthеr huge саrееr роіnt wаѕ in the thriller drama mоvіе, Тhе Маѕk of Zorro, which he аlѕо ѕtаrrеd іn іtѕ ѕеquеl Тhе Маѕk оf Zоrrо.
He also appeared in the spy adventure movie Spy Kids and its respective movie series, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Antonio Banderas was also part of an action movie, The Expendables 3. Antonio Banderas is a producer and actor of the thriller action movie Automata in 2014. He is the director and producer of the 2006 romantic film Summer Rain and the director of the comedy movie Crazy in Alabama in 1999.
Antonio Banderas appeared in many movies in 2017 and 2018, like Security, Black Butterfly, biography named The Music of Silence, an action-comedy GunShy, a crime thriller Bullet Head, a biography Lamborghini, an action movie Beyond the Edge. He worked in two dramas, the crime drama Havana Quartet and a biography titled Genius.
Awards & Achievements
Antonio Banderas is the recipient of many awards and nominations. Following is the list of Antonio Banderas’s awards;
● European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor (The Mask of Zorro)
● ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of Feature Film (Crazy in Alabama)
● GLAAD Media Vanguard Award (2004)
● National Film Award (2007)
● European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (Crazy in Alabama)
● ALMA Award for Industry Excellence Award (2002)
● ALMA Award for Favourite Movie Actor (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger)
Net Worth
Antonio Banderas made his fortune by acting, producing, and directing movies. He got 4 million dollars from the movie Evita. His net worth is approximately $50 million. Antonio Banderas is a successful businessman, he runs the wine business in Spain named Anta Banderas. Antonio spent money from that venture on fun activities and on friends. He also has contracts with companies like Marks and Spencer and Nasonex. Banderas has been working with Puig for more than ten years, he likes fragrances. He promoted many perfumes of this brand.
