He is in a long term relationship with fellow actor Penelope Cruz (they started dating in 2007), and the couple have a child (Leo, born on 22 January 2011). There have been reports that the couple are secretly married, in fact the Associated Press claimed that they got married in the Bahamas in a private ceremony in July 2010. It is possible that, if they are married, they prefer not to advertise the fact for reasons of principle: Javier Bardem is opposed to the influence of the church. Although any wedding ceremony they had was probably not a religious one, for many people the institution of marriage has religious meaning and it's possible that they didn't wish to endorse that publicly. But it is also possible that these two famous people prefer to keep their private lives as quiet as possible; or, of course, that they aren't married at all.