Cast & creator
Gael García Bernal
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show
Gael García Bernal 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). 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.
Also known as: Gael Garcia Bernal, Gael García
115
film credits
31
television credits
98
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
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Across film & television
Filmography (146)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
Coco
Héctor (voice)
2017
Chelsea
Self
2016
The Oscars
Self
1953
Mozart in the Jungle
Rodrigo De Souza
2014
Amores Perros
Octavio
2000
Station Eleven
Arthur Leander
2021
Old
Guy
2021
Maya and the Three
The Jaguar Brothers (voice)
2021
Y Tu Mamá También
Julio Zapata
2001
Pan y Circo
Self
2020Pan y Circo
Producer
2020Pan y Circo
Creator
2020
Letters to Juliet
Victor
2010
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Héctor (voice)
2024
Vovô e Eu
Daniel García Medina
1992
Werewolf by Night
Jack Russell
2022
Babel
Santiago
2006
La Máquina
Esteban 'La Máquina' Osuna
2024La Máquina
Original Story
2024La Máquina
Executive Producer
2024
The Mother
Hector
2023
Holland
Dave Delgado
2025
Here on Earth
El Pájaro
2018Here on Earth
Director
2018Here on Earth
Creator
2018
Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ
Joachim
2026
Wasp Network
Viramontez
2020
Bad Education
Ángel / Juan / Zahara
2004
Santita
Alejandro
2026
Blindness
Bartender / King of Ward Three
2008
The Motorcycle Diaries
Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
2004
The Science of Sleep
Stéphane
2006
Magellan
Fernão de Magalhães
2025
Sin Nombre
Executive Producer
2009
Nothing Between Us
Guillermo
2026
A Little Bit of Heaven
Julian Goldstein
2011
Casa de Mi Padre
Onza
2012
Vamps
Diego Bardem (uncredited)
2012
The Limits of Control
Mexican
2009
No
René Saaverdra
2012
Director by Night
Self
2022
Dot the I
Kit Winter
2003
The Kindergarten Teacher
Simon
2018
Don't Tempt Me
Jack Davenport
2001
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Padre Amaro
2002
Another End
Sal
2024
Neruda
Oscar Peluchoneau
2016
Desierto
Moises
2015Desierto
Executive Producer
2015
Cassandro
Saúl "Cassandro"
2023Cassandro
Executive Producer
2023
Even the Rain
Sebastián
2011
This One Summer
Thiago
2023
Ema
Gastón
2019
It Must Be Heaven
Gael García Bernal
2019
Sueño Perro
2025
Rudo & Cursi
Tato
2008
Zama
Executive Producer
2017
Miss Bala
Executive Producer
2011
Hombre al agua
Camilo
2026Hombre al agua
Director
2026Hombre al agua
Writer
2026Hombre al agua
Producer
2026
I'm with Lucy
Date 2 - Gabriel
2002
Mammoth
Leo Vidales
2009
The End of It
Diego
2026
If You Saw His Heart
Daniel
2017
Walking Vengeance
Executive Producer
2008
Salt and Fire
Dr. Fabio Cavani
2016Salt and Fire
Executive Producer
2016
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
1994
Self
2019
You're Killing Me Susana
Eligio
2016
The Accused
Mario Elmo
2018
Breaking the Taboo
Self
2011
Rosewater
Maziar Bahari
2014
The Past
Rímini
2007In the Valley of Shadows
Álvar Toledano
Zoom
Edward
2016
Cochochi
Executive Producer
2007
The Chosen Ones
Executive Producer
2015
Thesis on a Domestication
Producer
2025
Traveling with Che Guevara
Che
2004
Madly
Director
2016Madly
Screenplay
2016Madly
Story
2016
Museo
Juan Núñez
2018
Chicuarotes
Director
2019Chicuarotes
Producer
2019
The letter
Director
2008
Paraíso
Executive Producer
2013
Chevolution
2008
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
Self
2001
A 3 Minute Hug
Executive Producer
2018
8
Director
20088
Producer
20088
Writer
2008
Leagues
Creative Director
2015Leagues
Producer
2015
The Eye on the Nape
Pablo
2001
The King
Elvis Valderez
2006
Fidel
Che Guevara
2002
El Tema
Host
2021El Tema
Creator
2021El Tema
Producer
2021El Tema
Creator
2021
Dreaming of Julia
Ricky
2003
The Ardor
Kaí
2014
Fidel
Che Guevara
2002
The Boys: Mexico
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
Executive Producer
2019
Private Lives
Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini
2001
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Massera
2015
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Himself
2013Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Producer
2013
Revolución
Director
2010
Abel
Executive Producer
2010
ASCO: Without Permission
Executive Producer
2025
Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
Self
2004
De Tripas, Corazón
1996
Déficit
Cristobal
2007Déficit
Director
2007
Gombrowicz or The Immaturity
2024
I'm Gonna Explode
Executive Producer
2008
Drama/Mex
Executive Producer
2006
The Loneliest Planet
Alex
2012
Perros, amores, accidentes
Self (archive footage)
2020
State of Silence
Executive Producer
2024
José & Pilar
Self
2010
The Empty Classroom
Producer
2015
Hidalgo, Frenesí de Libertad
Narrator
2010
Z
Zorro
Birders
Executive Producer
2019
Los Invisibles
Self
2010Los Invisibles
Director
2010Monkey Hill
Saint Death
Narrator
2007The Last Post
Jose Francisco
2001The Visible Hand
Director
2015