- Born
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara to Patricia Bernal, an actress/model & José Ángel García, an actor/director. His stepfather's cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. He began his acting career as a child, working w/ his parents in a variety of plays. At 14, he starred in a soap opera called El abuelo y yo (1992). He appeared in film school exercises and short films, including De tripas, corazón (1996), which was directed by Antonio Urrutia & nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film. He also starred in The Eye on the Nape (2001), a short film directed by Rodrigo Plá. He studied acting at the Central School of Speech & Drama in London. Amores Perros (2000) was his first major feature film, followed by Y tu mamá también (2001), directed by Alfonso Cuarón & filmed by Emmanuel Lubezki.
- IMDb mini biography by: musicbounder@hotmail.com - Gael García Bernal is one of the greatest actors of today, recently gaining critical acclaim & a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Mozart in the Jungle. The series also won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series. In 2017, he received another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in the second season. Having worked as an actor since childhood in Mexico, he made his feature film debut in Amores Perros, which earned him a Silver Ariel Award (Mexico's equivalent of the Oscar) as well as a Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. He has starred in countless films including the globally celebrated feature Y Tu Mamá También & The Motorcycle Diaries. He received a BAFTA & Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in the latter. In 2006, he was recognized by BAFTA again w/ a nomination in the Rising Star category, acknowledging new talent in the acting industry. Other credits include Rosewater, El Ardor, Desierto & Neruda. He earned the Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film for his role in Neruda at the Palm Springs Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Best Motion Picture: Foreign Language Golden Globe. He also voiced a character in Coco & finished production on The Kindergarten Teacher, which premiered at Sundance in 2018. He's directing his second feature film Chicuarotes.
- IMDb mini biography by: Amazon Video X-Ray
- ChildrenCosmo García Aragonés
- Parents
- RelativesDario Yazbek Bernal(Half Sibling)Tamara Yazbek(Half Sibling)
- His skill with accents
- Short stature
- Often stars in movie with severe graphic content
- Stars in films with explicit content
- At age 17, traveled to Europe and, in 1999, studied dramatic arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England for three years. He was the first Mexican to be accepted at this prestigious school.
- His favorite actor is Javier Bardem and would love to work with him in the future.
- As he is Mexican, he had to be able to do a convincing Spanish accent before Pedro Almodóvar would allow him to get his role(s) in the movie Bad Education (2004).
- A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone especial, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don't have to give up the chance to love.
- Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
- Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
- Histories are to educate, so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
- I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.
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