Actor

Gael García Bernal

Acting

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Acting credits

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

3.1

Moderate attention

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Movies: 97Series: 21Crew credits: 34

TMDB ID: 258

IMDb ID: nm0305558

Known for: Acting

Born: November 30, 1978

Age: 47

Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2026

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.35

Wikidata: Q179576

Also known as

Gael Garcia Bernal • Gael García

Other jobs

Executive Producer (18)Director (9)Producer (6)Original Story (1)

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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.