Illustrated portrait of Gael García BernalFLM.RED

GAEL GARCÍA
BERNAL

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From Mexican cinema to Coco

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker whose work includes Amores perros, The Motorcycle Diaries, Mozart in the Jungle and Coco.

Across languages and forms

Born in Guadalajara, García Bernal acted from childhood. His feature-film work in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores perros (2000) and Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001) brought him international attention.

In The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), he portrayed the young Ernesto Guevara. His collaborations also include films by Pedro Almodóvar and Pablo Larraín.

García Bernal won a Golden Globe for the television series Mozart in the Jungle. He later voiced Héctor in Pixar’s Coco and has worked behind the camera as a director.

The film list below shows works currently available on FLM.RED, not his complete filmography.

Selected performances

2000

Amores perros

He appears in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s feature film.

2004

The Motorcycle Diaries

He portrays a young Ernesto Guevara.

2017

Coco

He voices Héctor in Pixar’s animated film.

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.