A shekara ta 2010, an ba shi lambar yabo mafi kyawun jarumi a bikin Fim na Cannes don aikinsa a "Biutiful" wanda Alejandro González Iñárritu ya jagoranta, wanda ya rubuta fim ɗin musamman tare da Bardem a zuciya. Bayan da aka yi watsi da Globes da kuma
SAG, Bardem shine wanda ba a zata ba a ranar 25 ga Janairu 2011, ya zama farkon ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Mutanen Espanya da aka taɓa zaɓa. Ya lashe kyautar Goya ta 5, a wannan karon don Mafi kyawun Jarumi a cikin "Biutiful", yana sadaukar da nasarar ga matarsa, Penélope Cruz, da ɗan da aka haifa. A wannan lokacin ne aka ba shi babban rawar "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain a cikin daidaitawar Ron Howard na Stephen King's Dark Tower litattafai. Idan da ya sanya hannu, da ya fito a cikin jerin talabijin din kuma. Daga nan Eon Productions ya ba shi rawar da ya taka a matsayin Raoul Silva a cikin fim din James Bond, "Skyfall". Tare da Universal yanke shawarar kada a ci gaba da daidaitawa mai cike da buri na Stephen King jerin litattafai bakwai, da kuma kawo karshen watanni na hasashe, Bardem a hukumance ya tabbatar da rawar da yake takawa a "Skyfall" yayin hira da Christiane Amanpour don ABC's "Nightline".