Gael Garcia Bernal Biography

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

The only 1.68 m wide Gael García Bernal started his career at a young age in various plays, together with his parents José Ángel García Bernal and Patricia, also an actor. With fourteen years followed the first Fernsehaufritte, such as 1992 in the Mexican soap El Abuelo y yo in the role of Daniel. 1997 he began his studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and was the first Mexicans, the famous drama school until then had adopted. After three years there had studied, he broke the study of the role of the Octavio in Alejandro González Iñárritus production internationally acclaimed "Amores Perros, which are the first steps for an international career paved. This was followed by the tragicomedy Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life, in the García Bernal next to his longtime friend and colleague, Diego Luna shone, and the controversial Mexican film The scandal temptation of Padre Amaro, the corruption of the Latin American Catholic Church shows. The film was equally praised by critics and verrissen. In any case, that he is in Mexico, despite protests and bomb threats million people in the cinemas and attracted to an absolute Kassenknüller. For García Bernal itself meant the presentation in this film almost excommunication from the Catholic Church by the Vatican, in this film a threat to the Catholic Church, particularly in Central and South America saw. It remained, however, a threat.

2004, Pedro Almodóvars film Poor education in the Gael García Bernal in the role of an ambitious actor can be seen. This takes on the tragic role of his deceased brother to make a career, and in the film-within-a-movie sequences in which his transsexual brother. In the same year mimed García Bernal, in addition to Spanish, English, French and Italian speaking, the Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles and harvested for its presentation great praise. Both films were at the International Film Festival of Cannes. 2006 he was next to Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett to play ensemble by Alejandro González Iñárritus Oscar-nominated drama Babel. 2007 was García Bernal, under the chairmanship of U.S. filmmaker Paul Schrader jury member of the Film Festival of Berlin.

Since 2005, Ambassador Bernal of development aid organization Oxfam. Bernal is particularly active in the Oxfam Make Trade Fair campaign.

Filmography

Year     Title     Role     Notes
2000     Amores perros     Octavio     Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film
2001     Sin Noticias de Dios     Davenport     Goya nominations for Best Film and Best Supporting Actor
Vidas privadas     Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini     
Y tu mamá también     Julio Zapata     Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay
2002     I'm with Lucy     Gabriel     
Fidel     Ernesto "Che" Guevara     
El Crimen del Padre Amaro     Padre Amaro     Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film
2003     Dreaming of Julia     Ricky     Released as Cuban Blood in the US
Dot the I     Kit Winter     Deauville winner for Audience Award
2004     Bad Education     Ángel/Juan/Zahara     Goya nomination for Best Film
The Motorcycle Diaries     Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna     Oscar winner for Best Song, nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay
2005     The King     Elvis     
2006     Babel     Santiago     Oscar winner for Best Score, 7 total nominations including Best Picture
The Science of Sleep     Stéphane     French film, written and directed by Michel Gondry
2007     Déficit     Director     Also producing the movie
El Pasado     Rímini     
2008     Blindness     King of Ward 3     awaiting release
Rudo y Cursi     Toto     post-production
Mammoth     Tom     post-production
2009     The Limits of Control     TBA     post-production

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