Gael García Bernal
Date of birth: 1978-11-30
Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gael Garcia Bernal, Gael García, Гаэль Гарсиа Берналь, گائل گارسیا برنال
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gael García Bernal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Amores Perros
2000-06-16
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a sup
Bad Education
2004-03-19
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two
The Science of Sleep
2006-06-25
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can sho
Babel
2006-10-26
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlockin
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002-10-01
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge
Y Tu Mamá También
2001-06-08
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004-02-06
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recoun
The Mother
2023-05-04
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before,
Holland
2025-03-09
Teacher Nancy's life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and
The King
2006-05-05
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, who
Rudo & Cursi
2008-12-19
Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough m
I'm with Lucy
2002-09-04
It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that m
Another End
2024-03-21
In a future where consciousness can be transferred, Sal is urged by his sister to try a breakthrough
Blindness
2008-05-14
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to
The Limits of Control
2009-05-01
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While
Werewolf by Night
2022-09-25
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at
Mammoth
2009-01-19
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. B
Fidel
2002-01-27
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011-02-03
A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling
Don't Tempt Me
2001-11-30
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
The Past
2007-10-26
After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and star
Dot the I
2003-01-18
Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carm
Casa de Mi Padre
2012-03-15
Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with M
The Loneliest Planet
2012-05-25
Backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains, walking for hours, an engaged couple and their tour guide tra
Even the Rain
2011-01-05
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Boli
José & Pilar
2010-10-18
A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Sar
Déficit
2007-05-21
Cristóbal is the son of a corrupt politician with great power. Without his parents at home, he decid
Traveling with Che Guevara
2004-01-01
In 1952, Ernesto Guevara, then a medical student aged 23, and his friend Alberto Granado, a biologis
No
2012-08-09
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to cal
Private Lives
2001-03-24
Carmen Uranga is a 42 year-old woman who after 20 years jurisdiction of her native country (Argentin
This One Summer
2023-01-04
Every summer, 10-year-old Dune goes with her parents to the south-west coast of France, where she me
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
2013-01-17
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
2010-09-16
Heroes of Flesh and Bones
The Last Post
2001-08-11
October 1982: War is waged between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. A British soldi
Rosewater
2014-11-07
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newswe
Saint Death
2007-06-26
In Mexico there is a cult that is rapidly growing- the cult of Saint Death. This female grim reaper,
De Tripas, Corazón
1996-01-01
The coming-of-age story of young milkboy Martín (García Bernal). While his friends Jesús (Altomaro)
Desierto
2015-04-12
A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journ
You're Killing Me Susana
2016-08-25
An actor's world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife has left him.
The Ardor
2014-05-14
Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, w
Z
The western frontier reemerges. And as in the past, a hero answers the people's cry for justice.
Vamps
2012-08-25
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in Ne
Dreaming of Julia
2003-10-24
The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.
Director by Night
2022-11-04
Acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino made his directorial debut with Marvel Studios' Special Present
Chevolution
2008-04-01
Examines the history and legacy of the photo Guerrillero Heroico taken by famous Cuban photographer
Zoom
2016-03-31
A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each liv
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015-11-05
In 1952, Argentina's beloved First Lady, Eva Perón, died of cancer at the age of thirty-three. A ren
Salt and Fire
2016-12-07
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004-12-24
A short featurette of behind the scenes footage from Almodóvar’s Bad Education (2004).
Neruda
2016-08-11
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and po
Perros, amores, accidentes
2020-12-15
A three-part documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Amores perros.
Breaking the Taboo
2011-06-03
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on dr
Coco
2017-10-27
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplishe
The Eye on the Nape
2001-01-31
This is the story of Pablo, a young uruguayan exiled in México, whose father was disappeared during
If You Saw His Heart
2017-11-30
Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crim
Museo
2018-08-23
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in t
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018-09-23
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discover
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001-06-08
On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."
The Accused
2018-09-13
Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered.
Ema
2019-09-26
Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Ga
Wasp Network
2020-01-29
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind
Los Invisibles
2010-11-08
This short documentary reviews the lives and experiences of mexican and centroamerican migrants as t
It Must Be Heaven
2019-12-04
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland o
Old
2021-07-21
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is
Cassandro
2023-09-14
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international s
Letters to Juliet
2010-05-13
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of
Monkey Hill
An heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indi
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007-09-30
The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach th
Zero A.D.
A brutal ruler fears a prophecy and orders the death of a child—one who will change history.
Magellan
2025-09-10
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against
Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project
Set in the world of high-end sports card collecting in the 1990s, a retired Baseball pitcher attempt
The End of It
In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire, a former provoca
Sin equipaje
Future mexican comedy