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Gael García Bernal
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 Motorc…
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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.
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2026
Zero A.D.
Movie Joachim
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2026
Hombre al agua
Movie Camilo
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2026
Nothing Between Us
Movie Guillermo
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2026
The End of It
Movie Diego
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2026
Santita
TV show Alejandro
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2025
Thesis on a Domestication
Movie Producer
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2025
Sueño Perro
Movie
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2025
Magellan
Movie Fernão de Magalhães
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2025
Holland
Movie Dave Delgado
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2025
ASCO: Without Permission
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
La Máquina
TV show Esteban 'La Máquina' Osuna
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2024
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
TV show Héctor (voice)
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2024
State of Silence
Movie Executive Producer
- 2024
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2024
Another End
Movie Sal
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2023
Cassandro
Movie Saúl "Cassandro"
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2023
The Mother
Movie Hector
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2023
This One Summer
Movie Thiago
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2022
Director by Night
Movie Self
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2022
Werewolf by Night
Movie Jack Russell
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2021
Station Eleven
TV show Arthur Leander
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2021
Maya and the Three
TV show The Jaguar Brothers (voice)
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2021
Old
Movie Guy
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2021
El Tema
TV show Host
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2020
Perros, amores, accidentes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Pan y Circo
TV show Self
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2020
Wasp Network
Movie Viramontez
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2019
It Must Be Heaven
Movie Gael García Bernal
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2019
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Ema
Movie Gastón
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2019
Birders
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Chicuarotes
Movie Director
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2019
1994
TV show Self
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2018
A 3 Minute Hug
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
The Kindergarten Teacher
Movie Simon
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2018
The Accused
Movie Mario Elmo
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2018
Museo
Movie Juan Núñez
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2018
Here on Earth
TV show El Pájaro
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2017
If You Saw His Heart
Movie Daniel
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2017
Coco
Movie Héctor (voice)
