Gael García Bernal
Born 1978
Known for Coco, Old, Werewolf by Night.
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.
Movie Credits
Nothing Between Us (2026)
Magellan (2025)
Another End (2024)
Cassandro (2023)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Old (2021)
Museo (2018)
Neruda (2016)
You're Killing Me Susana (2016)
Zoom (2016)
Desierto (2015)
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
Rosewater (2014)
The Ardor (2014)
Who Is Dayani Cristal? (2013)
No (2012)
Mammoth (2009)
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
The King (2006)
The Science of Sleep (2006)
Bad Education (2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Dot the I (2003)
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Holland (2025)
Ema (2019)
The Accused (2018)
Coco (2017)
The Loneliest Planet (2012)
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
Even the Rain (2010)
Dreaming of Julia (2003)
Fidel (2002)
Private Lives (2001)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
Amores Perros (2000)
The End of It (2026)
Wasp Network (2020)
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Salt and Fire (2016)
José & Pilar (2010)
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Chevolution (2008)
This One Summer (2022)
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
Blindness (2008)
The Mother (2023)
Babel (2006)
I'm with Lucy (2002)
The Limits of Control (2009)
Breaking the Taboo (2011)
Director by Night (2022)
