Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican actor.

Gael García Bernal has starred in some of Mexico's most celebrated films, beginning with Amores perros (2000), then 2001's Y tu mamá también, and El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002). It was his debut as the working-class street thug in Oscar-nominated Amores perros that first grabbed Hollywood's attention.

Like a Mexican Marlon Brando, García Bernal transmits vulnerability beneath a bad-boy sexuality. He started acting as a one-year-old and spent most his teen years starring in soap operas. But just as he became a soap heartthrob, at age 19, he left Mexico's television world to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK.

His mother, Patricia Bernal , is an actress and former model. His father, José Ángel García , is an actor and director. Gael García Bernal speaks Spanish, Italian, French, and English. García Bernal is also a close friend of actor Diego Luna.

Filmography

• Alatriste (2005)
• The Science of Sleep (2005)
• The King (2005)...Elvis
• La mala educación (2004)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
• Dreaming of Julia (2003)
• Dot the I (2003)
• I'm With Lucy (2002)
• El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002)
• Fidel (series) (2002)
• The Last Post (2001)
• Sin noticias de dios (2001)
• Vidas Privadas (2001)
• El ojo en la nuca (2001)
• Y tu mamá también (2001)
• Cerebro (2000)
• Amores perros (2000)
• De tripas, corazón (1996)
• El abuelo y yo (series) (1992)
• Teresa (series) (1989)

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