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