Gael García Bernal

Known for ActingBorn 1978-11-30 (age 47)Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances in the films Amores perros (2000), Y tu mamá también (2001), Bad Education (2004), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Babel (2006), Coco (2017), Old (2021), and Cassandro (2023). He has also played music conductor Rodrigo de Souza in the television drama series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018) and starred in the Disney+ special Werewolf by Night (2022). García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle. He and fellow actor Diego Luna founded the production company Canana Films in Mexico City. In 2016, Time magazine named him in the annual Time 100 Most Influential People list. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him No. 25 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.Read more

Movies & web series

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Fidel

The Last Post

Coco

Gombrowicz or The Immaturity

Maya and the Three

Chicuarotes

1994

Sin Nombre

Amores Perros

Mozart in the Jungle

State of Silence

El abuelo y yo

The Motorcycle Diaries

Y Tu Mamá También

José & Pilar

Bad Education

No

Station Eleven

Babel

Rudo & Cursi

Breaking the Taboo

Werewolf by Night

Even the Rain

Letters to Juliet

The Science of Sleep

The Eye on the Nape

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

Thesis on a Domestication

Another End

La Máquina

Ema

Cassandro

The Mother

Lorena: Light-Footed Woman

Miss Bala

The Accused

You're Killing Me Susana

The Kindergarten Teacher

Zama

It Must Be Heaven

Museo

I'm Gonna Explode

A 3 Minute Hug

The Crime of Padre Amaro

Traveling with Che Guevara

Director by Night

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