Gael García Bernal

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Coco (2017) — Héctor (voice)
2. Old (2021) — Guy
3. Babel (2006) — Santiago
4. Letters to Juliet (2010) — Victor
5. Amores Perros (2000) — Octavio
6. Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — Julio Zapata
7. Werewolf by Night (2022) — Jack Russell
8. The Mother (2023) — Hector
9. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) — Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
10. Blindness (2008) — Bartender / King of Ward Three
11. Bad Education (2004) — Ángel / Juan / Zahara
12. The Science of Sleep (2006) — Stéphane
13. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
14. A Little Bit of Heaven (2011) — Julian Goldstein
15. Holland (2025) — Dave Delgado
16. No (2012) — René Saaverdra
17. Station Eleven (2021) — Arthur Leander
18. Wasp Network (2020) — Viramontez
19. Desierto (2015) — Moises
20. The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) — Simon
21. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
22. Maya and the Three (2021) — The Jaguar Brothers (voice)
23. Casa de Mi Padre (2012) — Onza
24. The Limits of Control (2009) — Mexican
25. The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) — Padre Amaro
26. Vamps (2012) — Diego Bardem (uncredited)
27. Even the Rain (2011) — Sebastián
28. Neruda (2016) — Oscar Peluchoneau
29. Mozart in the Jungle (2014) — Rodrigo De Souza
30. Ema (2019) — Gastón
31. Rudo & Cursi (2008) — Tato
32. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
33. Rosewater (2014) — Maziar Bahari
34. The Accused (2018) — Mario Elmo
35. It Must Be Heaven (2019) — Gael García Bernal
36. Museo (2018) — Juan Núñez
37. Cassandro (2023) — Saúl "Cassandro"
38. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
39. Dot the I (2003) — Kit Winter
40. Mammoth (2009) — Leo Vidales

Directed

1. Chicuarotes (2019) — Director
2. Here on Earth (2018) — Director
3. 8 (2008) — Director
4. Déficit (2007) — Director
5. Revolución (2010) — Director
6. Madly (2016) — Director
7. The Visible Hand (2015) — Director
8. Los Invisibles (2010) — Director
9. The letter (2008) — Director
10. Hombre al agua — Director