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antonio banderas was bornon august 10, 1960, in Malaga, Spain. His father worked for the government, and his mother was a teacher. As a child, he was very active and energetic.
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he liked playing sports and dreamed of begin professional soccer player. But at age 14 he broke his foot an accident, so it was impossible for him to follow his dream.
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at the school of dramatic art in malaga
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the film director pedro almodovar notices him and cast him several spanish movies.
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when he appeared in his first american movie, the manmo kings, antonio couldn't speak much english, so he learned his lines by listening and copying. After that, he studied english intensively.
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ntonio banderas went on to make a string of the hit movies: evita, the mask of zorro, the spy kids trilogy, and shrek 2.
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they married in may 1996 and soon they had a beautiful daughter, Estella del Carmen- Stella for short