Gael García Bernal
Biography
Gael García Bernal (born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries (where he played a young Che Guevara), Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, Babel, Coco, and Old, and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios streaming television series Mozart in the Jungle. He and Diego Luna founded Canana Films in Mexico City.
García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 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. 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-11-30
Place of birth
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Cast
Amores Perros
2000
7.62
Bad Education
2004
7.37
The Science of Sleep
2006
6.99
Babel
2006
7.17
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
6.59
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
7.42
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004
7.43
The Mother
2023
6.60
Holland
2025
5.40
The King
2006
6.10
Rudo & Cursi
2008
7.00
I'm with Lucy
2002
5.40
Another End
2024
6.96
Blindness
2008
6.52
The Limits of Control
2009
6.00
Werewolf by Night
2022
6.97
Mammoth
2009
6.18
Fidel
2002
5.20
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
6.40
Don't Tempt Me
2001
5.50
The Past
2007
6.20
Dot the I
2003
6.10
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
5.40
The Loneliest Planet
2012
5.63
Even the Rain
2011
6.93
José & Pilar
2010
7.30
Déficit
2007
5.10
Traveling with Che Guevara
2004
5.80
No
2012
7.19
Private Lives
2001
3.80
This One Summer
2023
5.40
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
2013
6.50
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
2010
0.00
The Last Post
2001
0.00
Rosewater
2014
6.50
Saint Death
2007
5.10
De Tripas, Corazón
1996
5.00
Desierto
2015
6.20
You're Killing Me Susana
2016
6.60
The Ardor
2014
4.80
Z
0.00
Vamps
2012
5.40
Dreaming of Julia
2003
5.60
Director by Night
2022
6.34
Chevolution
2008
5.80
Zoom
2015
5.70
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
5.01
Salt and Fire
2016
4.80
Neruda
2016
6.30
Perros, amores, accidentes
2020
0.00
Breaking the Taboo
2011
7.10
Coco
2017
8.20
The Eye on the Nape
2001
0.00
If You Saw His Heart
2017
4.24
Museo
2018
6.62
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
6.60
The Accused
2018
6.60
Ema
2019
6.80
Wasp Network
2020
6.00
Los Invisibles
2010
0.00
It Must Be Heaven
2019
6.50
Old
2021
6.33
Cassandro
2023
6.69
Letters to Juliet
2010
7.00
Monkey Hill
0.00
Zero A.D.
2025
0.00
Magellan
0.00
Mickey's PhilharMagic
2003
0.00