Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2010, akapihwa mubairo weBest Actor paCannes Film Festival nekuda kwekuita kwake mu "Biutiful" inotungamirwa naAlejandro González Iñárritu, uyo akanyatsonyora firimu naBardem mupfungwa. Mushure mokuregeredzwa neGlobes neSAG
, Bardem aiva chisingatarisirwi Oscar nominee musi wa25 January 2011, achiva wokutanga zvose Spanish-mutauro Best Actor nominee nokusingaperi. Akakunda mubairo wake wechishanu weGoya, panguva ino weMutambi Akanakisisa mu "Biutiful", achitsaurira kukunda kumudzimai wake, Penélope Cruz, nemwanakomana achangoberekwa. Panenge panguva imwe chete iyi akapiwa basa guru re "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain muRon Howard kushandurwa kweStephen King's Dark Tower novels. Kudai akanga asaina, angadai akaonekwawo munhepfenyuro yeTV. Ipapo Eon Productions yakamupa basa somunhu akaipa Raoul Silva mufirimu raJames Bond, "Skyfall". NeUniversal ichisarudza kusaenderera mberi nekugadziriswa kwakanyanya-kwechinangwa kweStephen King 7-novel nhevedzano, uye kupedza mwedzi yekufungidzira, Bardem akasimbisa zviri pamutemo basa rake mu "Skyfall" panguva yehurukuro naChristiane Amanpour yeABC "Nightline".