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Film academy honors Antonio Banderas
The academy praised Banderas, Spain's best known actor, "in recognition of his extraordinary work as an actor and for his work in promoting Spanish culture through his fruitful international film career." Spanish media reported Banderas, 43, had turned down the honor in the past because he thought he was too young. "It may have been the biggest surprise of my career when they told me about the award, which generally is given to people much older then me," Banderas told Spain's Cadena Ser radio. Banderas received the award in his hometown of Malaga on Spain's south coast, also the birthplace of artist Pablo Picasso. He made his big-screen debut in "Labyrinth of Passion" in 1982, one of several appearances in films directed by two-time Oscar winner Pedro Almodovar. Banderas has recently appeared as the voice of Puss in Boots in the animated feature "Shrek 2" and next year will star in the title role in Zorro 2, a sequel to "The Mask of Zorro." His other screen credits include playing Che Guevara in 1996's "Evita" and the boyfriend of a dying AIDS patient in 1993's "Philadelphia."
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Spain's Cinema Academy awarded actor Antonio Banderas a gold medal on
Friday, honoring his rise from the early films of Spanish director Pedro
Almodovar to Hollywood blockbusters. 
