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Gael Garcia Bernal (Santiago)
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 Name: Gael Garcia BernalDate of Birth: October 30, 1978
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Mexico
Nationality: Mexican
Profession: Actor, Bar Back, Labourer
Gael Garcia Bernal worked as an actor in his native Mexico since childhood, before making his feature film debut in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Academy Award-nominated Amores Perros.
His breakthrough performance in the universally acclaimed film 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, both as Best Actor.
Mr. Bernal's next film role was in another globally celebrated feature, Alfonso Cuáron's Academy Award-nominated Y Tu Mama Tambien, starring opposite his lifelong friend Diego Luna. For their performances, the two friends were jointly voted the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
He subsequently starred in the title role of Carlos Carrera's Academy Award-nominated romantic drama El Crimen Del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro). His performance earned him the Silver Goddess Award for Best Actor from the Mexican Cinema Journalists, as well as a nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association for Most Promising Performer.
Mr. Bernal had an extremely busy year in 2004. In September, he starred in Focus Features' The Motorcycle Diaries directed by the award-winning Brazilian director, Walter Salles. He received rave reviews for his portrayal of the young Che Guevara out of both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. The film earned a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards and was honored by the Motion Picture Club as the Male Star of Tomorrow. Then, in November audiences saw him in the critically-acclaimed La Mala Educacion (Bad Education) helmed by famed Spanish director Pedro Aldomovar. In the film, he took on the challenge of playing three complex characters.
This year, Mr. Bernal will make his London stage debut as the principal character in Federico Garcia Lorca's “Blood Wedding.” Later in the year, he will return to the big screen in James Marsh's independent drama, The King, in which he stars alongside William Hurt as a young man who returns home after being discharged from the Navy, and he just recently wrapped Michel Gondry's anticipated fantasy feature, The Science of Sleep.
4 Career Milestones
1996 Starred in the short film "De Tripas Corazon" which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film
1997 Left Mexico and travelled to London; worked odd jobs before being accepted at the presitigious Central School of Speech and Drama
2000 Co-starred in the critically acclaimed "Amores Perros"
2001 Appeared with Penelope Cruz in "Sin noticias de Dios"
2001 Co-starred with Diego Luna in the international hit "Y Tu Mama"
2001 Starred as Che Guevarra in the English language "Fidel" miniseries for Showtime
2002 Starred as Father Amaro in "The Crime of Father Amaro"
2004 Cast as Che Guevara in "The Motorcyle Diaries" based on the journals of Che Guevara, as he recounts the adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s
2004 Starred in Pedro Almodóvar's "Bad Education" which centers on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends
2006 Plays an intense Mexican-American in his first major English language role in "The King," directed by the British documentary-maker James Marsh
Cast in Michel Gondry's "The Science of Sleep" (lensed 2005)
Spent his youth acting in plays with his thespian parents in Mexico
Will make his directing debut with a low-budget feature film that focuses on class differences in Mexico; Will also star in the film
Will star in Alejandro Gonzalez's "Babel," co-starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett (lensed 2005)
4 Filmography
Actor Credits
Babel (2006) Santiago
O Pasado (2006)
The King (2006) Elvis Valderez
The Science of Sleep (2006) Stephane Miroux
Dot the I (2005) Kit
Bad Education (2004) Angel/ Juan/ Zahara
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
Bendito Infierno (2003) Jack Davenport
Dreaming of Julia (2003) Ricky
I'm With Lucy (2002)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002) Julio Zapata
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002) Father Amaro
Amores Perros (2001) Octavio
Vidas Privadas (2001) Gustavo
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