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Name
Gael García Bernal

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1978-11-30 (48 years old)

Place of Birth
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2000 Amores Perros as Octavio
2004 Bad Education as Ángel / Juan / Zahara
2006 The Science of Sleep as Stéphane
2006 Babel as Santiago
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro as Padre Amaro
2001 Y Tu Mamá También as Julio Zapata
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries as Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
2023 The Mother as Hector
2025 Holland as Dave Delgado
2006 The King as Elvis Valderez
2008 Rudo & Cursi as Tato
2002 I'm with Lucy as Date 2 - Gabriel
2024 Another End as Sal
2008 Blindness as Bartender / King of Ward Three
2009 The Limits of Control as Mexican
2022 Werewolf by Night as Jack Russell
2009 Mammoth as Leo Vidales
2002 Fidel as Che Guevara
2011 A Little Bit of Heaven as Julian Goldstein
2001 Don't Tempt Me as Jack Davenport
2007 The Past as Rímini
2003 Dot the I as Kit Winter
2012 Casa de Mi Padre as Onza
2012 The Loneliest Planet as Alex
2011 Even the Rain as Sebastián
2010 José & Pilar as Self
2007 Déficit as Cristobal
2004 Traveling with Che Guevara as Che
2012 No as René Saaverdra
2001 Private Lives as Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini
2023 This One Summer as Thiago
2013 Who Is Dayani Cristal? as Himself
2010 Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad as Narrator
2001 The Last Post as Jose Francisco
2014 Rosewater as Maziar Bahari
2007 Saint Death as Narrator
1996 De Tripas, Corazón
2015 Desierto as Moises
2016 You're Killing Me Susana as Eligio
2014 The Ardor as Kaí
Soon Z as Zorro
2012 Vamps as Diego Bardem (uncredited)
2003 Dreaming of Julia as Ricky
2022 Director by Night as Self
2008 Chevolution
2016 Zoom as Edward
2015 Eva Doesn't Sleep as Massera
2016 Salt and Fire as Dr. Fabio Cavani
2004 Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education as Self
2016 Neruda as Oscar Peluchoneau
2020 Perros, amores, accidentes as Self (archive footage)
2011 Breaking the Taboo as Self
2017 Coco as Héctor (voice)
2001 The Eye on the Nape as Pablo
2017 If You Saw His Heart as Daniel
2018 Museo as Juan Núñez
2018 The Kindergarten Teacher as Simon
2001 Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
2018 The Accused as Mario Elmo
2019 Ema as Gastón
2020 Wasp Network as Viramontez
2010 Los Invisibles as Self
2019 It Must Be Heaven as Gael García Bernal
2021 Old as Guy
2023 Cassandro as Saúl "Cassandro"
2010 Letters to Juliet as Victor
Soon Monkey Hill
2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2026 Zero A.D. as Joachim
2025 Magellan as Fernão de Magalhães
2026 The End of It as Diego
2026 Hombre al agua as Camilo
2026 Nothing Between Us as Guillermo
Soon In the Valley of Shadows as Álvar Toledano
2025 Sueño Perro
2024 Gombrowicz or The Immaturity

2021 El Tema ( 1 episode ) as Host
2014 Mozart in the Jungle ( 40 episodes ) as Rodrigo De Souza
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 Maya and the Three ( 9 episodes ) as The Jaguar Brothers (voice)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1992 Vovô e Eu ( 90 episodes ) as Daniel García Medina
2021 Station Eleven ( 10 episodes ) as Arthur Leander
2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Pan y Circo ( 7 episodes ) as Self
2018 Here on Earth ( 8 episodes ) as El Pájaro
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 La Máquina ( 6 episodes ) as Esteban 'La Máquina' Osuna
2019 1994 ( 1 episode ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 LEGO Pixar: BrickToons ( 1 episode ) as Héctor (voice)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2002 Fidel ( 2 episodes ) as Che Guevara
2026 Santita ( 7 episodes ) as Alejandro
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
Soon The Boys: Mexico ( 1 episode )

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