Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2010, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Kaitito Kaitito Pai rawa atu i te Cannes Film Festival mo tana mahi i roto i te "Biutiful" na Alejandro González Iñárritu i whakahaere, nana nei i tuhi te kiriata me Bardem i roto i te hinengaro. I muri i te pōhēhē o te Globe me te
SAG, Ko Bardem te kaitono Oscar ohorere i te 25 o Hanuere 2011, ko ia te tuatahi o nga kaitono o te Kaitono Pai rawa atu i te reo Paniora. I riro i a ia tana Tohu Goya tuarima, i tenei wa mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu i roto i te "Biutiful", i whakatapua te wikitoria ki tana wahine, a Penélope Cruz, me tana tama hou. I tenei wa ano i whakawhiwhia ia ki te mahi rangatira o "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain i roto i te whakahoutanga a Ron Howard mo nga pukapuka Dark Tower a Stephen King. Mehemea i haina ia, kua wheturangitia hoki ia i roto i te raupapa pouaka whakaata. Kātahi ka whakawhiwhia e Eon Productions ki a ia he tūranga hei tangata kino a Raoul Silva i te kiriata a James Bond, "Skyfall". I te whakatau a Universal kia kaua e haere whakamua ki te whakatikatika nui o te raupapa pukapuka e 7 a Stephen King, me te whakamutu i nga marama o te whakapae, i whakapumautia e Bardem tana mahi i roto i te "Skyfall" i roto i te uiui me Christiane Amanpour mo te ABC "Nightline".