Antonio Banderas
Banderas in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
Place of Birth: Málaga, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Date of Birth: 10 August, 1960
Ethnicity: Spanish
Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor, director, and producer. His roles include the films Labyrinth of Passion, Matador, Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, The Mambo Kings, The House of the Spirits, Philadelphia, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Miami Rhapsody, Desperado, Evita, The Mask of Zorro, and its sequel; The 13th Warrior, the Spy Kids franchise, Original Sin, Femme Fatale, Frida, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, in voice role, the Shrek and Puss in Boots universe; Take the Lead, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, The Skin I Live In, Altamira, Pain and Glory, and Uncharted, and television’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself and Genius: Pablo Picasso. In Spain, he has often worked with director Pedro Almodóvar.
Antonio was born in Málaga, Málaga, Spain, the son of Ana Bandera Gallego and José Domínguez Prieto. He has a daughter with his former partner Sonnia Gomez; and a daughter, actress Stella Banderas, with his former wife, American actress Melanie Griffith.
Antonio’s paternal grandfather was named Bartolomé/Bartolomí Domínguez.
Antonio’s paternal grandmother was named Isabel Prieto Vázquez. Isabel was born in Ronda, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.
Antonio’s maternal grandfather was named Rafael Bandera.
Antonio’s maternal grandmother was named Francisca Gallego.
A DNA test of uncertain value whose results were displayed on the show El árbol de tu vida stated that Antonio’s genetic ancestry matches to the following countries:
*50% Spain
*20% Italy
*12% Portugal
*11% Jordan
*7% Mexico
Source: Genealogy of Antonio Banderas – https://www.geni.com
he doesn’t look white. in an interview he did in dubai he said he has arab in him. it might be true cause he doesn’t look white.
Who ever saids his white are blind. he dont look white at all.
did you know antonio play an arab in the movie the 13th warrior. and right now he’s making a movie called black gold which he plays an arab. so what does that tell you.
who cares? eli wallach played tuco the Mexican in the good, the bad, and the ugly. He’s a polish Jew.
Yes and charlize theron played a prostitute murder in a movie.Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh and Irish and she played a woman from Spain in Zorro.
It is called being a actor/actress dumbass.
lopac, i see how all over this site you always claiming south europeans and jews are not white. you try to make points about movies and crap, but i was watching 300 today – the movie based on greeks who are supposed to be some of the darkest in europe. they had actors of all kinds of european origin, including anglo, playing greek men. in x-men, michael fassbender, a non-jewish european, played a jew and jews play WASPS all of the time, so do south europeans. you want to use that stupid stuff as a argument. well, i’m turning it against you
lopac, i see how all over this site you always claiming south europeans and jews are not white. you try to make points about movies and crap, but i was watching 300 today – the movie based on greeks who are supposed to be some of the darkest in europe. they had actors of all kinds of european origin, including anglo, playing greek men. in x-men, michael fassbender, a non-jewish european, played a jew and jews play WASPS all of the time, so do south europeans. you want to use that stupid shit as a argument. well, i’m turning it against you
they had actors of all kinds of european origin, including anglo, playing greek men. in x-men, michael fassbender, a non-jewish european, played a jew and jews play WASPS all of the time, so do south europeans.
I watch Desperado today. He look different from all of the Mexicans in the movie. Like he had tan skin like them but his face structure and features look very different from them. My papa could tell the difference too and he didn’t think Antonio was really Mexican. Come to find out he’s not
He looks like a Mediterranean man.. if he wasnt Spanish, he could easily be Italian or Greek..
He IS Mediterranean
There are barely no “Arab” immigrants in Italy, if you exclude the Moroccans, who are actually North Africans. You are a fraud and anything you say is ridiculous. Nutcase.
I thought he was cuban everbody always said he was a cuban.
Banderas it is european , ( white it is a very confuse term ,) personally I believe that in Europe we have two Caucasian races . Nordic and mediterranean ,( Mediterranean share background with middle est and north africa , greeck , and italian and many french and portoghes )
Antonia Bandera a caucasian mediterranean person ,.
yes he is not blond or blue eyes , since he is from south Europe .
Now if you define be white only for people with very light skin , maybe he is not , since he is skin like many other south european it is more brown .
I am italian , my mother have super withe skin my father too , but i have more brown , olive