Gael García Bernal
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Biography
Gael García Bernal (born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries (where he played a young Che Guevara), Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, Babel, Coco, and Old, and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios streaming television series Mozart in the Jungle. He and Diego Luna founded Canana Films in Mexico City.
García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 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. 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.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Chelsea
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
1994
Pan y Circo
Director by Night
Blindness
Maya and the Three
Station Eleven
The Mother
Pixar Popcorn
Wasp Network
Babel
Letters to Juliet
Welcome to Holland
Fidel
Dante's Lunch
Coco
Old
Y Tu Mamá También
Mozart in the Jungle
La Máquina
Family Bands Together
Cassandro
Museo
Werewolf by Night
The Motorcycle Diaries
Production Credits
Originals for Netflix
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