Gael Garcia Bernal Profile, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Biography & More

Gael Garcia Bernal was born November 30, 1978 is a Mexican actor and producer. García Bernal is best known for his performances in the films Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, Babel, Coco and Old, and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios streaming TV series. Mozart. in the jungle. He and Diego Luna founded Canana Films in Mexico City.

Garcia Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Motorcycle Diaries in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy TV Series for Mozart in the Jungle. In 2016, Time Magazine named him to Time’s 100 most influential people annual list. In 2020, the New York Times ranked him No.25 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

At fourteen, García Bernal taught the natives of Mexico to read, often working with the Huichol people. At the age of 15, he participated in peaceful demonstrations in support of the Zapatista uprising of 1994.

He began studying philosophy at UNAM, the national university of Mexico, but, during a prolonged student strike, he decided to take a sabbatical to travel through Europe. He then moved to London and became the first Mexican accepted to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

García Bernal was with his partner, Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi, from 2006 to 2014. They met on the set of Vidas privadas in 2001. They never married, according to an interview given by Bernal. On January 8, 2009, their son Lázaro was born in Madrid, Spain. Their daughter, Libertad, was born on April 4, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The couple ended their relationship in September 2014. They divide their time between Buenos Aires and Mexico City.

He described himself as “culturally Catholic but spiritually agnostic”.

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