Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal (46)

1978-11-30 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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.

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On Movies

  • Holland
  • Family Bands Together
  • Another End
  • Cassandro
  • The Mother
  • This One Summer
  • Werewolf by Night
  • Old
  • Wasp Network
  • It Must Be Heaven
  • Ema
  • The Kindergarten Teacher
  • The Accused
  • Museo
  • If You Saw His Heart
  • Coco
  • Salt and Fire
  • You're Killing Me Susana
  • Neruda
  • Eva Doesn't Sleep
  • Zoom
  • Desierto
  • Rosewater
  • The Ardor
  • Vamps
  • No
  • The Loneliest Planet
  • Casa de Mi Padre
  • A Little Bit of Heaven
  • Even the Rain
  • Letters to Juliet
  • The Limits of Control
  • Mammoth
  • Rudo & Cursi
  • Blindness
  • The Past
  • Déficit
  • Babel
  • The Science of Sleep
  • The King
  • Bad Education
  • The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Dreaming of Julia
  • Mickey's PhilharMagic
  • Dot the I
  • The Crime of Padre Amaro
  • I'm with Lucy
  • Fidel
  • Don't Tempt Me
  • The Last Post
  • Y Tu Mamá También
  • Private Lives
  • The Eye on the Nape
  • Amores Perros

Movies as Director

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