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Gael García Bernal 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).
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entertainment · Mexican actor and filmmaker (born 1978) · actor · film director · television actor · film actor · screenwriter · also Gael García Bernal, Bernal
Born 30 November 1978 · Q179576
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The Guardian: La Máquina review – Gael García Bernal’s boxing drama feels like it was written by bashing random keys
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García Bernal starred as Ferdinand Magellan in the epic historical drama film Magellan, which was directed by Lav Diaz; the film was an international co-production between the Philippines, Spain, Portugal, Taiwan, and Fr
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The Guardian: La Máquina review – Gael García Bernal’s boxing drama feels like it was written by bashing random keys
The Guardian: Return of the Mexican sex bombs: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna on their boxing comedy La Máquina
Starred alongside close friend and frequent collaborator Diego Luna in the Hulu original miniseries La Máquina as the eponymous character
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The Guardian: Cassandro review – Gael García Bernal is phenomenal as flamboyantly camp Mexican wrestler
The Guardian: Cassandro review – Gael García Bernal lights up the ring as lucha libre’s taboo-busting wrestler
García Bernal starred in the M
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The Guardian: Gael García Bernal: 'The pandemic has taught me that I need something to say'
The Guardian: Museum review – Gael Garcia Bernal's student waster ballasts fun Mexican heist movie
Starred in two movies that were submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Desierto (Mexico) and Neruda (Chile)
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Time magazine named him in the annual Time 100 most influential people list
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Was cast in the lead role of Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios comedy-drama television series Mozart in the Jungle
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Co-directed with Marc Siver four short films in collaboration with Amnesty International
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And in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle
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Born 1978-11-30.
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