Javier Bardem - Rising success in US

Very few people have never heard of the movie "No Country For Old Men". It was the breakout hit of 2007, and won 4 Oscar's in February (including best supporting actor for Javier Bardem). Javier instantly became my favorite actor after watching his convincing, chilling depiction of serial killer Anton Chigurh in "No Country...". Well, I have a very addictive personality and tend to obsess on things easily. I started going on and on to anyone who would listen about how Javier was the best actor ever known to mankind. I noticed that for every 5 Americans that I would gush about Javier to, only about 2 even knew of Javier at all. For those of you that are thinking, "Well who the heck is he?", here's a picture of Javier playing the role of 'Anton Chigurh':



Creepy huh? Now here's a picture of Javier Bardem just being himself at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year:



Yes, I'm sure you need a fan right now. Even if you're a man. :-) He's smoking hot. But even more than that he's an AMAZING actor. I think he's become more of a celebrity here in the US finally. He's reportedly engaged to Penelope Cruz, easily one of the most beautiful actresses in the world, and a great actress in her own right. And "No Country For Old Men" put him on the map here in the states. Below is video footage of him arriving on the set of Good Morning America last week to talk about his role in the new Woody Allen movie "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". He definitely seems to be on the come up here in the U.S. Good thing is he doesn't appear to give a crap; which is good because it won't go to his head. :-)