Gael García Bernal
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1978
Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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.
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Filmography
100 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
NR
Zero A.D.
2026
NR
Hombre al agua
2026
4.0
The End of It
2026
5.5
Nothing Between Us
2026
5.1
Santita
2026
6.7
Thesis on a Domestication
2025
NR
Sueño Perro
2025
6.4
Magellan
2025
5.4
Holland
2025
NR
ASCO: Without Permission
2025
6.7
La Máquina
2024
5.7
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
2024
7.4
State of Silence
2024
8.0
Gombrowicz or The Immaturity
2024
6.7
Another End
2024
6.7
Cassandro
2023
6.6
The Mother
2023
5.4
This One Summer
2023
6.4
Director by Night
2022
7.0
Werewolf by Night
2022
7.0
Station Eleven
2021
7.9
Maya and the Three
2021
6.3
Old
2021
NR
El Tema
2021
NR
Perros, amores, accidentes
2020
6.2
Pan y Circo
2020
6.0
Wasp Network
2020
6.5
It Must Be Heaven
2019
6.6
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
2019
6.7
Ema
2019
6.2
Birders
2019
7.8
Chicuarotes
2019
7.7
1994
2019
6.5
A 3 Minute Hug
2018
6.5
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
6.6
The Accused
2018
6.5
Museo
2018
6.1
Here on Earth
2018
4.2
If You Saw His Heart
2017
8.2
Coco
2017
6.6
Zama
2017
4.9
Salt and Fire
2016
6.6
You're Killing Me Susana
2016
6.3
Neruda
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
4.9
Madly
2016
5.9
Zoom
2016
NR
The Empty Classroom
2015
5.2
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
6.3
The Chosen Ones
2015
6.2
Desierto
2015
6.0
Leagues
20155.0
The Visible Hand
2015
6.4
Rosewater
2014
4.8
The Ardor
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.5
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
5.2
Paraíso
2013
6.5
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
2013
5.3
Vamps
2012
7.2
No
2012
5.7
The Loneliest Planet
2012
5.3
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
6.7
Miss Bala
2011
7.1
Breaking the Taboo
2011
6.3
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
7.0
Even the Rain
2011
NR
Los Invisibles
2010
7.3
José & Pilar
2010
NR
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
2010
5.1
Revolución
2010
7.0
Abel
2010
7.0
Letters to Juliet
2010
6.0
The Limits of Control
2009
7.6
Sin Nombre
2009
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
6.2
Mammoth
2009
7.2
Rudo & Cursi
2008
5.4
Walking Vengeance
2008
5.4
8
2008
6.4
I'm Gonna Explode
2008
6.5
Blindness
2008
5.8
Chevolution
2008
NR
The letter
2008
6.2
The Past
2007
10.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
6.1
Saint Death
2007
5.1
Déficit
2007
5.9
Cochochi
2007
7.2
Babel
2006
7.0
The Science of Sleep
2006
6.0
Drama/Mex
2006
6.0
The King
2006
NR
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004
7.4
Bad Education
2004
7.4
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004
6.6
Traveling with Che Guevara
2004
6.0
Dot the I
2003
6.0
Dreaming of Julia
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.7
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
5.4
I'm with Lucy
2002
5.1
Fidel
2002
10.0
Fidel
2002
5.6
Don't Tempt Me
20018.0
The Last Post
2001
7.4
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
7.0
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001
4.4
Private Lives
2001
7.0
The Eye on the Nape
2001
7.6
Amores Perros
2000
4.3
The View
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.3
De Tripas, Corazón
1996
7.9
Vovô e Eu
1992
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Z
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Monkey Hill
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In the Valley of Shadows
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NR
The Boys: Mexico
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