Gael García Bernal
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Gael García Bernal

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Biography

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.

Films Featuring Gael García Bernal

Amores Perros

20007.6

Bad Education

20047.4

The Science of Sleep

20067.0

The Crime of Padre Amaro

20026.7

Babel

20067.2

Y Tu Mamá También

20017.4

The Motorcycle Diaries

20047.4

The Mother

20236.6

Holland

20255.4

The King

20066.0

Rudo & Cursi

20087.2

I'm with Lucy

20025.4

Another End

20246.7

Blindness

20086.5

The Limits of Control

20096.0

Werewolf by Night

20227.0

Mammoth

20096.2

Fidel

20025.1

A Little Bit of Heaven

20116.3

Don't Tempt Me

20015.6

The Past

20076.2

Dot the I

20036.0

Casa de Mi Padre

20125.3

The Loneliest Planet

20125.7

Even the Rain

20117.0

José & Pilar

20107.3

Déficit

20075.1

Traveling with Che Guevara

20046.6

No

20127.2

Private Lives

20014.3

This One Summer

20235.4

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

20136.5

Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad

2010

The Last Post

The Last Post

20018.0

Rosewater

20146.4

Saint Death

20076.1

De Tripas, Corazón

19965.3

Desierto

20156.2

You're Killing Me Susana

20166.6

The Ardor

20144.8

Z

Vamps

20125.3

Dreaming of Julia

20036.0

Director by Night

20226.4

Chevolution

20085.8

Zoom

20165.9

Eva Doesn't Sleep

20155.2

Salt and Fire

20164.9

Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education

2004

Neruda

20166.3

Perros, amores, accidentes

2020

Breaking the Taboo

20117.1

Coco

20178.2

The Eye on the Nape

20017.0

If You Saw His Heart

20174.2

Museo

20186.5

The Kindergarten Teacher

20186.5

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

20017.0

The Accused

20186.6

Ema

20196.7

Wasp Network

20206.1

Los Invisibles

2010

It Must Be Heaven

20196.5

Old

20216.3

Cassandro

20236.7

Letters to Juliet

20107.0

Monkey Hill

Monkey Hill

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

200710.0

Zero A.D.

2026

Magellan

20256.4

The End of It

20264.0

Hombre al agua

2026

Nothing Between Us

20265.4

In the Valley of Shadows

In the Valley of Shadows

Sueño Perro

Gombrowicz or The Immaturity

20248.0