Gael García Bernal
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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.
Known for
Credits
Coco (2017)
as Héctor (voice)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
as Julio Zapata
Old (2021)
as Guy
Babel (2006)
as Santiago
Letters to Juliet (2010)
as Victor
Amores Perros (2000)
as Octavio
Werewolf by Night (2022)
as Jack Russell
The Mother (2023)
as Hector
Blindness (2008)
as Bartender / King of Ward Three
Magellan (2025)
as Fernão de Magalhães
Holland (2025)
as Dave Delgado
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
as Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
The Science of Sleep (2006)
as Stéphane
Bad Education (2004)
as Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Dot the I (2003)
as Kit Winter
Wasp Network (2020)
as Viramontez
Vamps (2012)
as Diego Bardem (uncredited)
Zero A.D. (2026)
as Joachim
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
as Simon
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
as Tato
Cassandro (2023)
as Saúl "Cassandro"
No (2012)
as René Saaverdra
Neruda (2016)
as Oscar Peluchoneau
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
as Onza
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
as Julian Goldstein
Salt and Fire (2016)
as Dr. Fabio Cavani
Desierto (2015)
as Moises
This One Summer (2023)
as Thiago
Another End (2024)
as Sal
The Limits of Control (2009)
as Mexican
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
as Padre Amaro
Fidel (2002)
as Che Guevara
Even the Rain (2011)
as Sebastián
The King (2006)
as Elvis Valderez
Rosewater (2014)
as Maziar Bahari
Ema (2019)
as Gastón
The Past (2007)
as Rímini
Zoom (2016)
as Edward
I'm with Lucy (2002)
as Date 2 - Gabriel
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
as Jack Davenport
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
The Accused (2018)
as Mario Elmo
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
as Gael García Bernal
You're Killing Me Susana (2016)
as Eligio
Mammoth (2009)
as Leo Vidales
The Loneliest Planet (2012)
as Alex
Director by Night (2022)
as Self
Dreaming of Julia (2003)
as Ricky
Private Lives (2001)
as Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini
Chevolution (2008)
Actor
Breaking the Taboo (2011)
as Self
The End of It (2026)
Actor
Monkey Hill (—)
Actor
Z (—)
as Zorro
The Ardor (2014)
as Kaí
José & Pilar (2010)
as Self
Museo (2018)
as Juan Núñez
If You Saw His Heart (2017)
as Daniel
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' (2001)
as Self
Nothing Between Us (2026)
as Guillermo
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
as Massera
De Tripas, Corazón (1996)
Actor
Sueño Perro (—)
Actor
The Eye on the Nape (2001)
as Pablo
Gombrowicz or The Immaturity (2024)
Actor
Who Is Dayani Cristal? (2013)
as Himself
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education (2004)
as Self
Perros, amores, accidentes (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
In the Valley of Shadows (—)
as Álvar Toledano
Déficit (2007)
as Cristobal
Hombre al algua (—)
Actor
The Last Post (2001)
as Jose Francisco
Saint Death (2007)
as Narrator
Traveling with Che Guevara (2004)
as Che
Los Invisibles (2010)
as Self
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad (2010)
as Narrator