Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2010, e nyere ya ihe nrite nke Best Actor na Cannes Film Festival maka arụmọrụ ya na "Biutiful" nke Alejandro González Iñárritu duziri, onye dere ihe nkiri ahụ na Bardem n'uche. Mgbe ndị Globes na-eleghara ya anya
SAG, Bardem bụ onye a na-atụghị anya ya na Oscar na 25 Jenụwarị 2011, na-aghọ onye mbụ na-asụ asụsụ Spanish na-ahọrọ onye omee kachasị mma. O nwetara Goya Award nke ise ya, oge a maka Best Actor na "Biutiful", na-enyefe mmeri ahụ nye nwunye ya, Penélope Cruz, na nwa ya nwoke amụrụ ọhụrụ. N'ihe dị ka otu oge a, a gwara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nke "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain na Ron Howard na-agbanwe akwụkwọ akụkọ Stephen King's Dark Tower. Ọ bụrụ na o debanyere aha, ọ gaara abụkwa onye na-eme ihe nkiri TV. Mgbe ahụ, Eon Productions nyere ya ọrụ dị ka onye ọjọọ Raoul Silva na ihe nkiri James Bond, "Skyfall". Ebe Universal kpebiri na ha agaghị aga n'ihu na mgbanwe dị oke mkpa nke usoro Stephen King nke akwụkwọ akụkọ asaa, na iji mechie ọtụtụ ọnwa nke ịkọ nkọ, Bardem kwadoro ọrụ ya na "Skyfall" n'oge a gbara ya ajụjụ ọnụ Christiane Amanpour maka ABC's "Nightline".