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Antonio Banderas was born on August10, 1960, in Malaga, Spain
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as a child, he was very active and energetic.
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he liked playing sports and dreamed of begin a professional soccer player.
but at age 14 he he broke his foot in an accident, so it was impossible for him to follow his dream. instead, he began to study acting at the school of dramatic art in malaga. -
when he was 19, antonio moved to madrid and joined an acting group.
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the film director pedro almodovar noticed him and cast him in several spanish movies.
when he appeared in his first american movie, the mambo kings, antonio could not speak much english, so he learned his lines by listening and copying. after that, he studied english intensively -
antonio banderas went on to make a string of hit movies:evita, the mask of zorro, the spy kids trilogy, and shrek 2 (the voice of puss in boots). he met the actress melanie griffith in 1995 when he was in a movie with her.
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they married in may 1996 and soon they had a beautiful daughter, estella del carmen-stella for short
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antonio continues to make hit movie after hit movie.
he and his family have two houses-one in los angeles and the other in spain. he wants his daughter to know spain and united states and to speak both spanish and english.
according to antonio banderas, he and family have the best of two worlds.
