Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

1978-11-30 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 98 Credits

Biography

Gael García Bernal (Spanish: [ɡaˈel ɣaɾˈsi.aβeɾˈnal]; born 30 November 1978) 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). Gar...

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Magellan

Magellan

2025

as Ferdinand Magellan

Acting

In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King of Portugal, who doesn’t sup...

Zero A.D.

Zero A.D.

2025

as Joachim

Acting

Before kings and empires feared him, a tyrant sought to erase him. A newborn child ignites a prophetic war. A ruthless prince seeks to crush the proph...

Holland

Holland

2025

as Dave Delgado

5.4
Acting

Teacher Nancy's life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and a colleague become suspicious of a secret.

ASCO: Without Permission

ASCO: Without Permission

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

"ASCO: Without Permission" is a genre-defying film that profiles the extraordinary, Los Angeles based, Chicano art group of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who m...

Thesis on a Domestication

Thesis on a Domestication

2024

Producer

10.0
Producing

A successful transgender actress and her lawyer husband decide to adopt a child, defying the conservative community in Argentina. But their attempt fo...

State of Silence

State of Silence

2024

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

A compelling look at the dangerous, continuing risks committed journalists face in Mexico, where reporting on their country’s corruption and “narco po...

Another End

Another End

2024

as Sal

6.8
Acting

Set in a near-future when a new technology exists that can put the consciousness of a dead person back into a living body, in an attempt to ease the g...

Cassandro

Cassandro

2023

as Saúl "Cassandro"

6.6
Acting

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, t...

Cassandro

Cassandro

2023

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, t...

The Mother

The Mother

2023

as Hector

6.6
Acting

A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

This One Summer

This One Summer

2023

as Thiago

5.4
Acting

Every summer, 10-year-old Dune goes with her parents to the south-west coast of France, where she meets her best friend Mathilde. Together, they explo...

Director by Night

Director by Night

2022

as Self

6.4
Acting

Acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino made his directorial debut with Marvel Studios' Special Presentation "Werewolf by Night." This behind-the-scenes ...

Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night

2022

as Jack Russell

7.0
Acting

On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the dea...

Old

Old

2021

as Guy

6.3
Acting

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing th...

Perros, amores, accidentes

Perros, amores, accidentes

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A three-part documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Amores perros.

Wasp Network

Wasp Network

2020

as Viramontez

6.0
Acting

Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a...

It Must Be Heaven

It Must Be Heaven

2019

as Gael García Bernal

6.5
Acting

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

Lorena: Light-Footed Woman

Lorena: Light-Footed Woman

2019

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A young woman of the Tarahumara, well-known for their extraordinary long distance running abilities, wins ultramarathons seemingly out of nowhere desp...

Ema

Ema

2019

as Gastón

6.7
Acting

Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to giv...

Birders

Birders

2019

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

Bird watchers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border share their enthusiasm for protecting and preserving some of the world's most beautiful species.

Chicuarotes

Chicuarotes

2019

Director, Producer

7.8
Directing Producing

Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. W...

A 3 Minute Hug

A 3 Minute Hug

2018

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

As daylight breaks between the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, undocumented migrants and their relatives, divided by a wall, prep...

The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018

as Simon

6.6
Acting

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she beco...

The Accused

The Accused

2018

as Mario Elmo

6.6
Acting

Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect f...

Museo

Museo

2018

as Juan Núñez

6.6
Acting

Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away w...

If You Saw His Heart

If You Saw His Heart

2017

as Daniel

4.2
Acting

Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.

Coco

Coco

2017

as Héctor (voice)

8.2
Acting

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desp...

Zama

Zama

2017

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious locat...

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

as Dr. Fabio Cavani

4.9
Acting

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they ...

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they ...

You're Killing Me Susana

You're Killing Me Susana

2016

as Eligio

6.6
Acting

An actor's world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife has left him.

Neruda

Neruda

2016

as Oscar Peluchoneau

6.3
Acting

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of ...

Madly

Madly

2016

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.3
Directing Writing

Madly explores love in all its permutations in six short films from a vibrant group of filmmakers representing Japan, Argentina, the UK, the US, India...

The Empty Classroom

The Empty Classroom

2015

Producer

Producing

Eleven award winning directors explore why nearly one out of every two students in Latin America never graduates high school.

Eva Doesn't Sleep

Eva Doesn't Sleep

2015

as Massera

5.2
Acting

In 1952, Argentina's beloved First Lady, Eva Perón, died of cancer at the age of thirty-three. A renowned embalmer was commissioned by the grieving Ju...

Zoom

Zoom

2015

as Edward

5.7
Acting

A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about...

The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ul...

Desierto

Desierto

2015

as Moises

6.2
Acting

A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight fo...

Desierto

Desierto

2015

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight fo...

Leagues

Leagues

2015

Producer, Creative Director

6.0
Producing Directing

Moving between classrooms – static interiors and roaring, raucous exteriors – Leagues explores the subject of academic exclusion in native communities...

The Visible Hand

2015

Director

5.0
Directing

Romina goes to Silvina's to give her a haircut. They met through an online platform that connects people offering and looking for services of all kind...

Rosewater

Rosewater

2014

as Maziar Bahari

6.5
Acting

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country...

The Ardor

The Ardor

2014

as Kaí

4.9
Acting

Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercen...

Paraíso

Paraíso

2013

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

Carmen and Alfredo live a happy, quiet life in the suburbs surrounded by friends and family. After Alfredo receives a promotion, the two move away to ...

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

2013

as Himself

6.5
Acting

An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to s...

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

2013

Producer

6.5
Producing

An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to s...

Vamps

Vamps

2012

as Diego Bardem (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has ...

No

No

2012

as René Saaverdra

7.2
Acting

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will...

The Loneliest Planet

The Loneliest Planet

2012

as Alex

5.6
Acting

Backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains, walking for hours, an engaged couple and their tour guide trade anecdotes and play games to pass the time, unti...

Casa de Mi Padre

Casa de Mi Padre

2012

as Onza

5.4
Acting

Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

Miss Bala

Miss Bala

2011

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

Breaking the Taboo

Breaking the Taboo

2011

as Self

7.1
Acting

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impa...

A Little Bit of Heaven

A Little Bit of Heaven

2011

as Julian Goldstein

6.4
Acting

A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.

Even the Rain

Even the Rain

2011

as Sebastián

7.0
Acting

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privati...

Los Invisibles

Los Invisibles

2010

as Self

Acting

This short documentary reviews the lives and experiences of mexican and centroamerican migrants as they try to reach the US border.

Los Invisibles

Los Invisibles

2010

Director

Directing

This short documentary reviews the lives and experiences of mexican and centroamerican migrants as they try to reach the US border.

José & Pilar

José & Pilar

2010

as Self

7.3
Acting

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and...

Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad

Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad

2010

as Narrator

Acting

Heroes of Flesh and Bones

Revolución

Revolución

2010

Director

5.1
Directing

Made up of 10 short films, 'Revolucion' analyzes through the eyes of the directors what is the revolution today and what it means to the young minds o...

Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet

2010

as Victor

7.0
Acting

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona cour...

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009

as Mexican

6.0
Acting

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlik...

Sin Nombre

Sin Nombre

2009

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigra...

Mammoth

Mammoth

2009

as Leo Vidales

6.2
Acting

While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their ...

Rudo & Cursi

Rudo & Cursi

2008

as Tato

7.0
Acting

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fa...

Walking Vengeance

Walking Vengeance

2008

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

Frantic to be free of Felix, her wealthy but drunken and violent drug-lord husband, Ana tricks her fresh-from-prison sister, Aurora, and two other ex-...

8

8

2008

Director, Writer, Producer

5.2
Directing Writing Producing

8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challen...

Blindness

Blindness

2008

as Bartender / King of Ward Three

6.5
Acting

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of ...

Chevolution

Chevolution

2008

5.8
Acting

Examines the history and legacy of the photo Guerrillero Heroico taken by famous Cuban photographer Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez. This image has thrived for...

The Past

The Past

2007

as Rímini

6.3
Acting

After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía stays stuck in the past and co...

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007

as Self

10.0
Acting

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges...

Saint Death

Saint Death

2007

as Narrator

6.1
Acting

In Mexico there is a cult that is rapidly growing- the cult of Saint Death. This female grim reaper, considered a saint by followers but Satanic by th...

Déficit

Déficit

2007

as Cristobal

5.1
Acting

Cristóbal is the son of a corrupt politician with great power. Without his parents at home, he decides to have a party with his wealthy friends. In co...

Déficit

Déficit

2007

Director

5.1
Directing

Cristóbal is the son of a corrupt politician with great power. Without his parents at home, he decides to have a party with his wealthy friends. In co...

Babel

Babel

2006

as Santiago

7.2
Acting

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

The Science of Sleep

The Science of Sleep

2006

as Stéphane

7.0
Acting

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Drama/Mex

Drama/Mex

2006

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

Two stories unfold over the same long, hot day in Acapulco. The first involves Fernanda, who is forced to deal with the emergence of her ex-lover. Her...

The King

The King

2006

as Elvis

6.1
Acting

A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian commun...

Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education

Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education

2004

as Self

Acting

A short featurette of behind the scenes footage from Almodóvar’s Bad Education (2004).

Bad Education

Bad Education

2004

as Ángel / Juan / Zahara

7.4
Acting

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

2004

as Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna

7.4
Acting

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado h...

Traveling with Che Guevara

Traveling with Che Guevara

2004

as Che

5.8
Acting

In 1952, Ernesto Guevara, then a medical student aged 23, and his friend Alberto Granado, a biologist of 29, began a long journey through the South Am...

Dreaming of Julia

Dreaming of Julia

2003

as Ricky

5.5
Acting

The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.

Dot the I

Dot the I

2003

as Kit Winter

6.0
Acting

Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to l...

The Crime of Padre Amaro

The Crime of Padre Amaro

2002

as Padre Amaro

6.7
Acting

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an ...

I'm with Lucy

I'm with Lucy

2002

as Date 2 - Gabriel

5.4
Acting

It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had b...

Fidel

Fidel

2002

as Che Guevara

5.0
Acting

Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.

Don't Tempt Me

Don't Tempt Me

2001

as Jack Davenport

5.5
Acting

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

The Last Post

2001

as Jose Francisco

10.0
Acting

October 1982: War is waged between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. A British soldier stumbles upon an Argentinean soldier. They shar...

Y Tu Mamá También

Y Tu Mamá También

2001

as Julio Zapata

7.4
Acting

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

2001

as Self

5.7
Acting

On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."

Private Lives

Private Lives

2001

as Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini

3.8
Acting

Carmen Uranga is a 42 year-old woman who after 20 years jurisdiction of her native country (Argentina), she returns to solve a family problem related ...

The Eye on the Nape

The Eye on the Nape

2001

as Pablo

Acting

This is the story of Pablo, a young uruguayan exiled in México, whose father was disappeared during the military dictatorship.

Amores Perros

Amores Perros

2000

as Octavio

7.6
Acting

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his s...

De Tripas, Corazón

De Tripas, Corazón

1996

5.0
Acting

The coming-of-age story of young milkboy Martín (García Bernal). While his friends Jesús (Altomaro) and Roberto (Mora) are cocky and apparently they h...

Z

Z

N/A

as Zorro

Acting

The western frontier reemerges. And as in the past, a hero answers the people's cry for justice.

Monkey Hill

N/A

Acting

An heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city. In deep denial of the growing scanda...

Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project

N/A

Acting

Set in the world of high-end sports card collecting in the 1990s, a retired Baseball pitcher attempts a comeback as a sports memorabilia agent attempt...

The End of It

N/A

Acting

In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire, a former provocative artist approaching her 250th birthday, decide...