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Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

Highest Rated: 97% Coco (2017)

Lowest Rated: 4% A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

Birthday: Nov 30, 1978

Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico

Having spent a great deal of his adolescence starring in various Mexican telenovelas, actor Gael Garcia Bernal became an international film star with a breakout performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu's gritty thriller, "Amores Perros" (2000). Hot on the heels of that film's critical and box office success, Bernal cemented his status as an international star with "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (2001), opposite life-long friend Diego Luna, and "The Crime of Father Amaro" (2002), which allowed him one of his first romantic leading roles. Though he could have gone Hollywood and become a big celebrity, Bernal chose instead to star in films he was passionate about. Always with his finger on the pulse of social and political issues, he delivered an exquisite performance as a young Che Guevara, who undergoes a transformation while on a road trip, in "The Motorcycle Diaries" (2004). He continued making interesting choices, taking such off-the-wall roles as a drag queen in "Bad Education" (2004) and a shy daydreamer in "The Science of Sleep" (2006). After reuniting with Iñárritu for the critically-acclaimed "Babel" (2006), Bernal remained one of the more interesting and talented performers operating just below Hollywood's radar.

Highest rated movies

93% 80% No
93% 94% Amores perros 92% 69% Neruda 91% 74% Cassandro 90% 67% The Kindergarten Teacher
90% 88% Y tu mamá también
89% 89% Werewolf by Night
88% 85% Even the Rain

Filmography

Movies

Credit
29% No Score Yet Another End Sal (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet State of Silence Producer - 2024
91% 74% Cassandro Saúl Armendáriz (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2023
43% 62% The Mother Hector (Character) - 2023
89% 89% Werewolf by Night Jack Russell (Character) - 2022
50% 53% Old Guy (Character) $48.2M 2021
87% 62% Ema Gastón (Character) $53.2K 2019
40% 38% Wasp Network Gerardo Hernandez (Character) - 2019
18% 72% Chicuarotes Director - 2019
87% 74% Museo Juan Nuñez (Character),
Executive Producer
$81.2K 2018
No Score Yet 64% Lorena, Light-footed Woman Executive Producer - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Accused Mario Elmo (Character) - 2018
20% 38% If You Saw His Heart Daniel (Character) - 2018
90% 67% The Kindergarten Teacher Simon (Character) - 2018
96% 58% Zama Executive Producer $200.2K 2017
97% 94% Coco Héctor (Voice) $210.5M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Madly Director,
Screenwriter
- 2016
33% 15% Salt and Fire Dr. Fabio Cavani (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2016
72% 67% You're Killing Me Susana Eligio (Character) - 2016
92% 69% Neruda Óscar Peluchonneau (Character) $938.9K 2016
No Score Yet 43% Eva Doesn't Sleep Massera (Character) - 2016
85% 75% The Chosen Ones Executive Producer - 2015
63% 46% Desierto - Border Sniper Moises (Character),
Executive Producer
$2.0M 2015
61% 46% Zoom Edward (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Empty Classroom Unknown (Voice),
Producer
- 2015
38% 24% Ardor Kai (Character),
Producer
$18.6K 2014
77% 68% Rosewater Maziar Bahari (Character) $3.1M 2014
39% 60% Cesar Chavez Executive Producer $5.6M 2014
80% 80% Who is Dayani Cristal? Unknown (Character),
Producer
- 2013
No Score Yet 46% Paradise Executive Producer - 2013
93% 80% No René Saavedra (Character) $2.3M 2012
42% 35% House of My Father Onza (Character) $5.9M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Machete Language Executive Producer - 2011
74% 31% The Loneliest Planet Alex (Character) $128.5K 2011
4% 52% A Little Bit of Heaven Julian Goldstein (Character) $10.0K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breaking the Taboo Self - 2011
93% 77% Abel Executive Producer - 2010
88% 85% Even the Rain Sebastián (Character) $558.3K 2010
42% 62% Letters to Juliet Victor (Character) $53.0M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet 18 Cigarrillos y Medio Executive Producer - 2010
45% 63% Mammoth Leo (Character) $8.5K 2009
43% 43% The Limits of Control Mexican (Character) $425.0K 2009
88% 89% Sin nombre Executive Producer $2.5M 2009
71% 59% I'm Going to Explode Executive Producer - 2008
73% 66% Rudo y Cursi Tato (Character) $1.8M 2008
44% 47% Blindness Bartender/King of Ward Three (Character) $3.1M 2008
No Score Yet 20% 8 Director,
Writer
- 2008
No Score Yet 60% J.C. Chavez Executive Producer - 2007
No Score Yet 67% Deficit Cristobal (Character),
Director
- 2007
No Score Yet 75% Cochochi Executive Producer - 2007
No Score Yet 55% El Pasado Rímini (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 18% Déficit Unknown (Character),
Director
- 2007
35% 50% Drama/Mex Executive Producer $7.7K 2006
69% 77% Babel Santiago (Character) $34.3M 2006
70% 81% The Science of Sleep Stéphane Miroux (Character) $4.7M 2006
58% 66% The King Elvis Sandow (Character) $281.3K 2005
88% 86% Bad Education Ángel / Juan / Zahara (Character) $5.2M 2004
83% 92% The Motorcycle Diaries Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna (Character) $16.8M 2004
26% 76% Dot the I Kit (Character) $306.2K 2003
No Score Yet 51% Cuba Libre Ricky (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet El punto sobre la i Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 44% I'm With Lucy Gabriel (Character) - 2002
62% 74% The Crime of Father Amaro Padre Amaro (Character) $5.7M 2002
38% 66% No News From God Davenport (Character) $77.3K 2001
90% 88% Y tu mamá también Julio Zapata (Character) $13.6M 2001
No Score Yet 65% Private Lives Gustavo "Gana" Bertolini (Character) - 2001
93% 94% Amores perros Octavio (Character) $5.4M 2000
No Score Yet 40% Fidel Unknown (Character) - 2000

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 13% The View Guest 2024
90% No Score Yet La Máquina Esteban (Character),
Executive Producer
2024
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2012 2017 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014 2023
100% 90% Maya and the Three Jaguar Triplets (Voice) 2021
45% No Score Yet The Academy Awards Music Performer 2018
95% 90% Mozart in the Jungle Rodrigo (Character) 2014-2016 2018
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2016-2017
41% 61% Chelsea Guest 2016
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2014 2016
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Queen of Swords Unknown (Guest Star) 2000