Gael García Bernal
- Acting
- November 30, 1978 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Biography
Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor and filmmaker who acts in both Spanish-language and English-language films and series. He is known for his performances in the films 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
Filmography
- Zero A.D: The Birth of Christ · Joachim
- Man Overboard! · Camilo, Director
- The End of It · Diego
- Nothing Between Us · Guillermo
- Santita · Alejandro
- Each Day in a Moment: 2025 · Self
- Thesis on a Domestication · Producer
- Sueño Perro
- Magellan · Fernão de Magalhães
- Holland · Dave Delgado
- ASCO: Without Permission · Executive producer
- La Máquina · Esteban 'La Máquina' Osuna, Story
- LEGO Pixar: BrickToons · Héctor (Voice)
- State of Silence · Executive producer
- Gombrowicz or The Immaturity
- Another End · Sal
- Cassandro · Saúl "Cassandro", Executive producer
- The Mother · Hector
- This One Summer · Thiago
- Director by Night · Self
- Werewolf by Night · Jack Russell
- Station Eleven · Arthur Leander
- Maya and the Three · The Jaguar Brothers (Voice)
- Old · Guy
- El Tema · Host, Producer
- Perros, amores, accidentes · Self
- Pan y Circo · Self, Producer
- Wasp Network · Viramontez
- It Must Be Heaven · Gael García Bernal
- Lorena: Light-Footed Woman · Executive producer
- Ema · Gastón
- Birders · Executive producer
- Chicuarotes · Director, Producer
- 1994 · Self
- A 3 Minute Hug · Executive producer
- The Kindergarten Teacher · Simon
- The Accused · Mario Elmo
- Museo · Juan Núñez
- Here on Earth · El Pájaro, Director
- If You Saw His Heart · Daniel
- Coco · Héctor (Voice)
- Zama · Executive producer
- Salt and Fire · Dr. Fabio Cavani, Executive producer
- You're Killing Me Susana · Eligio
- Neruda · Oscar Peluchoneau
- Chelsea · Self
- Madly · Director, Story
- Zoom · Edward
- The Empty Classroom · Producer
- Eva Doesn't Sleep · Massera
- The Chosen Ones · Executive producer
- Desierto · Moises, Executive producer
- Leagues · Producer, Creative Director
- The Visible Hand · Director
- Rosewater · Maziar Bahari
- The Ardor · Kaí
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Mozart in the Jungle · Rodrigo De Souza
- Paraíso · Executive producer
- Who Is Dayani Cristal? · Self, Producer
- Vamps · Diego Bardem (uncredited)
- No · René Saaverdra
- The Loneliest Planet · Alex
- Casa de Mi Padre · Onza
- Miss Bala · Executive producer
- Breaking the Taboo · Self
- A Little Bit of Heaven · Julian Goldstein
- Even the Rain · Sebastián
- Los Invisibles · Self, Director
- José & Pilar · Self
- Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad · Narrator
- Revolución · Director
- Abel · Executive producer
- Letters to Juliet · Victor
- The Limits of Control · Mexican
- Sin Nombre · Executive producer
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Mammoth · Leo Vidales
- Rudo & Cursi · Tato