Gael García Bernal
Biography
Gael García Bernal (Spanish: [ɡaˈel ɣaɾˈsi.aβeɾˈnal]; born 30 November 1978) 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.
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Acting (66 movies)
Amores Perros
2000
Bad Education
2004
The Science of Sleep
2006
Babel
2006
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004
The Mother
2023
Holland
2025
The King
2006
Rudo & Cursi
2008
I'm with Lucy
2002
Another End
2024
Blindness
2008
The Limits of Control
2009
Werewolf by Night
2022
Mammoth
2009
Fidel
2002
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
Don't Tempt Me
2001
The Past
2007
Dot the I
2003
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
The Loneliest Planet
2012
Even the Rain
2011
José & Pilar
2010
Déficit
2007
Traveling with Che Guevara
2004
No
2012
Private Lives
2001
This One Summer
2023
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
2013
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
2010
Rosewater
2014
Saint Death
2007
De Tripas, Corazón
1996
Desierto
2015
You're Killing Me Susana
2016
The Ardor
2014
Vamps
2012
Dreaming of Julia
2003
Director by Night
2022
Chevolution
2008
Zoom
2016
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
Salt and Fire
2016
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004
Neruda
2016
Perros, amores, accidentes
2020
Breaking the Taboo
2011
Coco
2017
The Eye on the Nape
2001
If You Saw His Heart
2017
Museo
2018
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001
The Accused
2018
Ema
2019
Wasp Network
2020
Los Invisibles
2010
It Must Be Heaven
2019
Old
2021
Cassandro
2023
Letters to Juliet
2010
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
Magellan
2025
Directing (8 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Drama/Mex | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| I'm Gonna Explode | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| 8 | 2008 | Producer |
| 8 | 2008 | Writer |
| Walking Vengeance | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Sin Nombre | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Miss Bala | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Who Is Dayani Cristal? | 2013 | Producer |
| Paraíso | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Leagues | 2015 | Producer |
| Desierto | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| The Chosen Ones | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| The Empty Classroom | 2015 | Producer |
| Madly | 2016 | Screenplay |
| Salt and Fire | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Zama | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| A 3 Minute Hug | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Chicuarotes | 2019 | Producer |
| Birders | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Lorena: Light-Footed Woman | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Cassandro | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| State of Silence | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| ASCO: Without Permission | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Thesis on a Domestication | 2025 | Producer |