Gael Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal as Angel/Juan/Zahara in Sony Pictures Classics' Bad Education - 2004

Biography

Born 10/30/1978

With good looks that would make any girl's father nervous, Gael Garcia Bernal was an established actor in Mexico before his international breakout in "Amores Perros" (2000). Bernal was born in Guadalajara to actor parents who often included their son in theatrical productions. At 12, he was cast in...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received Venice Film Festival Award for Best Young Actor/Actress
  • In 2000, received Chicago International Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Highlights

  • In 2008, Co-starred with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness"
  • In 2006, Played a young man who learns to manipulate his dreams in Michel Gondry's "The Science of Sleep"
  • In 2006, Cast in "Babel," directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and co-starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett

Family & Companions

  • Natalie Portman: Companion (Dated from 2003-2004; no longer together)
  • Dolores Fonzi: Companion (Met while filming "Vidas Privadas" (2001); have been dating since December 2007)
  • Cecelia Suarez: dated in 2001

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