Antonio Banderas Biography

Full name: Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera

He and wife, Melanie Griffiths, have one daughter, Stella del Carmen.

First wife was Ana Leza.

Bought a unique motivational gift for current wife, Melanie Griffith, following the triumph over her Vicodin (prescription painkiller) addiction in 2001. It’s a platinum charm bracelet, with the first charm, a Vicodin pill, costing $40 000 (£26 666). He said he hoped it would inspire her to remain sober forever and promised to add another diamond pill for every year she stays off the drug.

Sun sign is Leo, Moon in Aries.

Accidentally knocked over a hive of bees whilst pruning a tree in the garden of his Los Angeles mansion. A scared Banderas fled to the safety of the house and called a local beekeeper to remove the hive.

He has tried his hand at both directing and producing.