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Gael Garcia Bernal Profile |
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Birth Date: November 30, 1978
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Birth Place: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Birth Name: Gael Garcia Bernal
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican
actor.
García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, to Patricia
Bernal (an actress and former model) and José Ángel García
(an actor and director). His stepfather is Sergio Yasbek,
whom his mother married when he was young. He is also a
close friend of actor Diego Luna. García Bernal started
acting at just a year old and spent most of his teen years
starring in soap operas.
When he was 14 he taught literacy to indigenous peoples in
Mexico, most often with the Huichol Indians. In his later
teens he attended demonstrations and wrote about the Chiapas
people during the uprising of 1994.
García Bernal was becoming a soap opera heartthrob, but at
age 19, he left México's television world to study acting at
the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Subsequently, García Bernal has starred in some of México's
most celebrated recent films, beginning with Amores Perros
(2000), then 2001's Y Tu Mamá También, and El Crimen del
Padre Amaro (2002). He has also done some theatre work,
including a 2005 production of Bodas de Sangre, by Federico
García Lorca, in the Almeida Theatre in London. However, it
was his debut as a working-class street thug in the
Oscar-nominated Amores Perros that first grabbed Hollywood's
attention.
García Bernal also portrayed Argentine-born physician turned
Cubano revolutionary Che Guevara twice, first in the 2002 TV
miniseries Fidel and then, better known, in 2004's The
Motorcycle Diaries, an adaptation of a journal a 23-year-old
Guevara wrote about his travels across South America. García
Bernal has worked for acclaimed directors like Pedro
Almodóvar, Walter Salles, Alejandro González Iñárritu and
Michel Gondry, among others. He has recently taken on roles
in English language films, including the Gondry-directed The
Science of Sleep, the González Iñárritu-directed Babel, and
The King, for which he has earned rave reviews. He has been
nominated for a BAFTA in 2005 for Best Performance by an
Actor in a Leading Role for "The Motorcycle Diaries" and was
nominated again for the Orange Rising Star award which
acknowledges new talents in acting industry.
Gael dated Natalie Portman from March 2003 to April 2004. He
then dated Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi. Just after that
Bernal met an English girl when he was performing Blood
Wedding in London whom he dated for a while. Recently there
has been speculation that Portman and Bernal had gotten back
together, but soon after, they had split and Natalie Portman
had been seen out with stars like Jake Gyllenhaal.
García Bernal is a close friend of Diego Luna, with whom he
has participated in several film projects since the
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Other Information |
Studied acting in London.
Close friend of Diego Luna.
Son of Patricia Bernal and José Ángel García.
Was named one of "People en Español"'s 25 Most Beautiful
2002 (June 2002 Issue)
He can speak English, Italian, Spanish and French
Dated actress Natalie Portman (March 2003-May 2004)
At 17, traveled to Europe and, in 1999, studied dramatic art
at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England
for three years. He was the first Mexican to be accepted at
this prestigious school.
He said his idols are Klaus Kinski, Daniel Day-Lewis, and
Marcello Mastroianni.
Has been cast twice as the revolutionary guerrilla fighter
'Ernesto "Che" Guevara' . First in the miniseries _"Fidel"
(2002) (mini)_ and later in the film Diarios de motocicleta
(2004) (The motorcycle diaries).
Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
As he is Mexican born, he had to be able to do a convincing
Spanish accent before Pedro Almodóvar would allow him to get
his role(s) in the movie Mala educación, La (2004).
Close friends with Argentinian actress Dolores Fonzi
His favorite actor is Javier Bardem and would love to work
with him in the future.
His favorite actresses are Emily Watson and Juliette
Binoche. |
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