Antonio Banderas to receive Honorary Goya Award

Antonio Banderas

Washington: Antonio Banderas is set to receive the honorary Goya Award by The Spanish Film Academy for "stellar career on both sides of the Atlantic."


Antonio Banderas. Pic/Santa Banta

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the academy's board of directors unanimously voted to award the Spanish star the honor for having "developed a versatile trajectory as an actor.

The academy recognized the actor to have shown his own point of view as a director and having immersed himself in the role of producer to support national values.

The academy called the actor as a hometown-Malaga boy "without borders" and applauded the actor's career punctuated by "risks and commitment".