Gael García Bernal
Acting
1978-11-30 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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.
Filmography
TheatersZero A.D.: The Birth of Christ
2026 · Movie
TheatersMan Overboard!
2026 · Movie
Nothing Between Us
2026 · Movie
The End of It
2026 · Movie
Santita
2026 · Series
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
2026 · Movie
Thesis on a Domestication
2025 · Movie
Sueño Perro
2025 · Movie
Magellan
2025 · Movie
Holland
2025 · Movie
ASCO: Without Permission
2025 · Movie
La Máquina
2024 · Series
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024 · Series
State of Silence
2024 · Movie
FICCIONANDO
2024 · Series
Gombrowicz or The Immaturity
2024 · Movie
Another End
2024 · Movie
Cassandro
2023 · Movie
The Mother
2023 · Movie
This One Summer
2023 · Movie
Director by Night
2022 · Movie
Werewolf by Night
2022 · Movie
Station Eleven
2021 · Series
Maya and the Three
2021 · Series
Old
2021 · Movie
El Tema
2021 · Series
Perros, amores, accidentes
2020 · Movie
Pan y Circo
2020 · Series
Wasp Network
2020 · Movie
It Must Be Heaven
2019 · Movie
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
2019 · Movie
Ema
2019 · Movie
Birders
2019 · Movie
Chicuarotes
2019 · Movie
1994
2019 · Series
A 3 Minute Hug
2018 · Movie
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018 · Movie
The Accused
2018 · Movie
Museo
2018 · Movie
Here on Earth
2018 · Series
If You Saw His Heart
2017 · Movie
Coco
2017 · Movie
Zama
2017 · Movie
Salt and Fire
2016 · Movie
You're Killing Me Susana
2016 · Movie
Neruda
2016 · Movie
Chelsea
2016 · Series
Madly
2016 · Movie
Zoom
2016 · Movie
The Empty Classroom
2015 · Movie
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015 · Movie
The Chosen Ones
2015 · Movie
Desierto
2015 · Movie
Leagues
2015 · Movie
The Visible Hand
2015 · Movie
Rosewater
2014 · Movie
The Ardor
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · Series
Paraíso
2013 · Movie
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
2013 · Movie
Vamps
2012 · Movie
No
2012 · Movie
The Loneliest Planet
2012 · Movie
Casa de Mi Padre
2012 · Movie
Miss Bala
2011 · Movie
Breaking the Taboo
2011 · Movie
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011 · Movie
Even the Rain
2011 · Movie
Los Invisibles
2010 · Movie
José & Pilar
2010 · Movie
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
2010 · Movie
Revolución
2010 · Movie
Abel
2010 · Movie
Letters to Juliet
2010 · Movie
The Limits of Control
2009 · Movie
Sin Nombre
2009 · Movie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
Mammoth
2009 · Movie
Rudo & Cursi
2008 · Movie
Walking Vengeance
2008 · Movie
8
2008 · Movie
I'm Gonna Explode
2008 · Movie
Blindness
2008 · Movie
Chevolution
2008 · Movie
The letter
2008 · Movie
The Past
2007 · Movie
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Movie
Saint Death
2007 · Movie
Déficit
2007 · Movie
Cochochi
2007 · Movie
Babel
2006 · Movie
The Science of Sleep
2006 · Movie
Drama/Mex
2006 · Movie
The King
2006 · Movie
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004 · Movie
Bad Education
2004 · Movie
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004 · Movie
Traveling with Che Guevara
2004 · Movie
Dot the I
2003 · Movie
Dreaming of Julia
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002 · Movie
I'm with Lucy
2002 · Movie
Fidel
2002 · Series
Fidel
2002 · Movie
Don't Tempt Me
2001 · Movie
The Last Post
2001 · Movie
Y Tu Mamá También
2001 · Movie
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001 · Movie
Private Lives
2001 · Movie
The Eye on the Nape
2001 · Movie
Amores Perros
2000 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
De Tripas, Corazón
1996 · Movie
Vovô e Eu
1992 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
In the Valley of Shadows
Movie
The Boys: Mexico
Series
Z
Movie
Monkey Hill
Movie