Gael García Bernal

Profile Overview

Gael García Bernal (Spanish: [ɡaˈel ɣaɾˈsi.a βeɾˈnal]; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award and an Ariel Award. 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), Cassandro (2023) and Magellan (2025).
On television, he portrayed music conductor Rodrigo De Souza in the series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018) and Shakespearian actor Arthur Leander in the miniseries Station Eleven (2021–2022), and starred as the titular character in the Disney+ Marvel Studios Special Presentation Werewolf by Night (2022). He is set to produce and star in the upcoming series The Boys: Mexico for The Boys franchise along with Diego Luna.
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.