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Gael García Bernal
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Executive Producer, Actor
Born:
October 30, 1978 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Biography:An actor nearly all his life, the endearingly handsome Gael García Bernal began performing in stage productions with his parents in Guadalajara, Mexico, and later studied at the Central School for Speech and Drama back home in London. Bernal then appeared in several plays, soap operas, and short films before his major feature film debut in Amores Perros, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2000. He gained more attention for Alfonso Cuarón's Y Tu Mamá También, where he starred opposite his real-life close friend, Diego Luna. Appearing as Che Guevara in the TV miniseries Fidel, Bernal was cast to play the revolutionary leader again in the 2003 film The Motorcycle Diaries, and he again earned positive notices for his work. Bernal shored up his art-house cred playing a typically flamboyant leading role for Pedro Almodovar in Bad Education. In 2006 he teamed with Michel Gondry for his... Full Biography
Filmography
Blindness (2008) The Limits of Control (2008) Rudo y Cursi (2008) Mammoth (2008) Drama/Mex (2007) Chávez (2007) Déficit (2007) Babel (2006)
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Baby boy born in Los Angeles to Mexican actors Diego Luna and Camila Sodi
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