Gael García Bernal
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.
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Gael García Bernal
Filmography
Movies
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29% | No Score Yet | Another End | Sal (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State of Silence | Producer | - | 2024 |
91% |
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Cassandro |
Saúl Armendáriz (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2023 |
43% |
|
The Mother | Hector (Character) | - | 2023 |
90% |
|
Werewolf by Night | Jack Russell (Character) | - | 2022 |
50% |
|
Old | Guy (Character) | $48.2M | 2021 |
88% |
|
Ema | Gastón (Character) | $53.2K | 2019 |
40% |
|
Wasp Network | Gerardo Hernandez (Character) | - | 2019 |
18% |
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Chicuarotes | Director | - | 2019 |
87% |
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Museo |
Juan Nuñez (Character), Executive Producer |
$81.2K | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Lorena, Light-footed Woman | Executive Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Accused | Mario Elmo (Character) | - | 2018 |
20% |
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If You Saw His Heart | Daniel (Character) | - | 2018 |
90% |
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The Kindergarten Teacher | Simon (Character) | - | 2018 |
96% |
|
Zama | Executive Producer | $200.2K | 2017 |
97% |
|
Coco | Héctor (Voice) | $210.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madly |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2016 |
33% |
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Salt and Fire |
Dr. Fabio Cavani (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
72% |
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You're Killing Me Susana | Eligio (Character) | - | 2016 |
92% |
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Neruda | Óscar Peluchonneau (Character) | $938.9K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Eva Doesn't Sleep | Massera (Character) | - | 2016 |
85% |
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The Chosen Ones | Executive Producer | - | 2015 |
64% |
|
Desierto - Border Sniper |
Moises (Character), Executive Producer |
$2.0M | 2015 |
61% |
|
Zoom | Edward (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Empty Classroom |
Unknown (Voice), Producer |
- | 2015 |
39% |
|
Ardor |
Kai (Character), Producer |
$18.6K | 2014 |
76% |
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Rosewater | Maziar Bahari (Character) | $3.1M | 2014 |
38% |
|
Cesar Chavez | Executive Producer | $5.6M | 2014 |
80% |
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Who is Dayani Cristal? |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Paradise | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
93% |
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No | René Saavedra (Character) | $2.3M | 2012 |
42% |
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House of My Father | Onza (Character) | $5.9M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Machete Language | Executive Producer | - | 2011 |
74% |
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The Loneliest Planet | Alex (Character) | $128.5K | 2011 |
4% |
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A Little Bit of Heaven | Julian Goldstein (Character) | $10.0K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breaking the Taboo | Self | - | 2011 |
93% |
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Abel | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
87% |
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Even the Rain | Sebastián (Character) | $558.3K | 2010 |
43% |
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Letters to Juliet | Victor (Character) | $53.0M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 18 Cigarrillos y Medio | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
45% |
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Mammoth | Leo (Character) | $8.5K | 2009 |
43% |
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The Limits of Control | Mexican (Character) | $425.0K | 2009 |
88% |
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Sin nombre | Executive Producer | $2.5M | 2009 |
71% |
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I'm Going to Explode | Executive Producer | - | 2008 |
73% |
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Rudo y Cursi | Tato (Character) | $1.8M | 2008 |
44% |
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Blindness |
Bartender/ |
$3.1M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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8 |
Director, Writer |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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J.C. Chavez | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Deficit |
Cristobal (Character), Director |
- | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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El Pasado | Rímini (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Cochochi | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Déficit |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2007 |
35% |
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Drama/Mex | Executive Producer | $7.7K | 2006 |
68% |
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Babel | Santiago (Character) | $34.3M | 2006 |
71% |
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The Science of Sleep | Stéphane Miroux (Character) | $4.7M | 2006 |
58% |
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The King | Elvis Sandow (Character) | $281.3K | 2005 |
88% |
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Bad Education |
Ángel / |
$5.2M | 2004 |
83% |
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The Motorcycle Diaries | Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna (Character) | $16.8M | 2004 |
25% |
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Dot the I | Kit (Character) | $306.2K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Cuba Libre | Ricky (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El punto sobre la i | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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I'm With Lucy | Gabriel (Character) | - | 2002 |
63% |
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The Crime of Father Amaro | Padre Amaro (Character) | $5.7M | 2002 |
38% |
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No News From God | Davenport (Character) | $77.3K | 2001 |
90% |
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Y tu mamá también | Julio Zapata (Character) | $13.6M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Private Lives | Gustavo "Gana" Bertolini (Character) | - | 2001 |
93% |
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Amores perros | Octavio (Character) | $5.4M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Fidel | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2024 |
90% | 81% | La Máquina |
Esteban (Character), Executive Producer |
2024 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012 2017 2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | 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 | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016-2017 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 48% | 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 |