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García Bernal is "culturally [[Catholic]]" and "spiritually [[agnostic]]".<ref>[http://www2.indiewire.com/people/int_Bernal_Gael_021112.html INTERVIEW: Padre, Padre: Mexico's Native Son Gael Garcia Bernal Stars in the Controversial "The Crime of Father Amaro"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He speaks fluent [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]]; and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[French language|French]] and [[language|Italian]] to some degree. |
García Bernal is "culturally [[Catholic]]" and "spiritually [[agnostic]]".<ref>[http://www2.indiewire.com/people/int_Bernal_Gael_021112.html INTERVIEW: Padre, Padre: Mexico's Native Son Gael Garcia Bernal Stars in the Controversial "The Crime of Father Amaro"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He speaks fluent [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]]; and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[French language|French]] and [[language|Italian]] to some degree. |
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On Thursday January 8, 2009, his girlfriend Argentine actress [[Dolores Fonzi]] gave birth to |
On Thursday January 8, 2009, his girlfriend, Argentine actress [[Dolores Fonzi]] gave birth to García Bernal's son Lázaro in [[Madrid]], Spain.<ref>[[El País]], [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/gente/actor/mexicano/Gael/Garcia/Bernal/sera/padre/diciembre/elppgl/20080805elpepuage_1/Tes''El actor mexicano Gael García Bernal será padre en diciembre''], 5 August 2008, accessed 5th August 2008</ref><ref>[http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/01/09/gael-garcia-bernal-and-dolores-fonzi-welcome-a-son/ Gael Garcia Bernal and [[Dolores Fonzi]] Welcome a Son] Celebrity Baby Blog, January 9, 2009</ref> Their daughter Libertad was born on April 4, 2011 in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticiaaldia.com/2011/04/hija-de-gael-garcia-bernal-libertadnacio-el-lunes-en-buenos-aires/|title=Hija de Gael Garcia nacio en Buenos Aires|date=10 April 2011|publisher=noticiaaldia.com|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref> |
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On September 24, 2010, Gael announced on his official [[Twitter]] account that he and Dolores will be parents for the second time. Their daughter Libertad was born on April 4, 2011 in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticiaaldia.com/2011/04/hija-de-gael-garcia-bernal-libertadnacio-el-lunes-en-buenos-aires/|title=Hija de Gael Garcia nacio en Buenos Aires|date=10 April 2011|publisher=noticiaaldia.com|accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref> |
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Gael García Bernal | |
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_2.jpg) García Bernal at the Guadalajara Film Festival, March 20, 2009 | |
| Born | November 30, 1978 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Gael García Bernal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈel ɣarˈsi.a βerˈnal]; born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor and director.
Early life
García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Angel García, an actor and director.[1] His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was young.[2] He started acting at just a year old and spent most of his teen years starring in telenovelas. Gael studied the International Baccalaureate, with chemistry being unquestionably his favorite subject.[citation needed] When he was fourteen, he taught indigenous peoples in Mexico to read, often working with the Huichol Indians.[3] In his later teens, he took part in peaceful demonstrations during the Chiapas uprising of 1994.[4]
Career
García Bernal was becoming a soap opera heartthrob, but at age of 19, he left Mexico's television world to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, becoming the first person from Mexico to be accepted into the program. In the brief period beforehand, he had begun to study philosophy at UNAM, Mexico's national university, before a strike closed the college and he then left for London. Describing his time in London as 'life forming', he considered acting merely an 'odd job profession' until the Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu offered him a part in Amores Perros. Subsequently, García Bernal starred in some of Mexico's most celebrated recent films, including 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. His debut as a working-class dreamer in the Oscar-nominated Amores Perros, however, was what first grabbed Hollywood's attention.
García Bernal also portrayed Argentine 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 including Pedro Almodóvar, Walter Salles, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Michel Gondry, among others. He recently took on roles in English language films, including the Gondry-directed The Science of Sleep, the Alejandro González Iñárritu-directed Babel, and The King, for which he earned rave reviews.[5] He has been nominated for a BAFTA in 2005 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for The Motorcycle Diaries and, in 2006, was nominated for the Orange Rising Star award which acknowledges new talents in the acting industry.
García Bernal also directed his first feature film, Déficit, which was released in 2007.[6][7] García Bernal is also featured on the 2007 Devendra Banhart album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, contributing vocals on the first track entitled "Cristobal." Bernal was cast for the 2008 film Blindness, an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by José Saramago about a society suffering an epidemic of blindness. Like in the novel, the characters have only descriptions, no names or histories; while director Fernando Meirelles said some actors were intimidated by the concept of playing such characters, "With Gael, he said, 'I never think about the past. I just think what my character wants.'"[8]
Recently, García Bernal starred in Rudo y Cursi with Diego Luna, directed by Carlos Cuarón.
Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna own Canana Productions. The company recently joined with Golden Phoenix Productions owned by Producer Tom Golden of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to jointly produce a number of television documentaries about the unsolved murders of more than 300 women in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
On May 2010, García Bernal did a cameo appearance as himself, playing Cristiano Ronaldo in Ronaldo: The Movie for Nike advertisement "Write The Future".
In 2010, he co-directed with Marc Siver four short films in collaboration with Amnesty International. This tetralogy is called "Los Invisibles" about migrants from Central America in Mexico, their journey, the violence imposed, their hopes and what they can contribute to Mexico, the US and the World. He directed the movie, did the interviews and also is the narrator of this four short movies that can be freely seen on the Amnesty website or on Youtube.[citation needed]
Garcia Bernal narrated Human Planet for Hispanic audiences, which will premiere on Discovery en Español on April 25 2011 and will air on Discovery Channel in Latin America on May 12.[9] For the third time Gael reunites with fellow friend Diego Luna, this time in the American Spanish-language comedy film Casa de Mi Padre opposite Will Ferrell where he plays a feared drug lord.[10]
Personal life
He was raised by his mother and stepfather, the photographer Sergio Yazbek. García Bernal studied at The Edron Academy in Mexico City. García Bernal's parents participated in an annual clown competition which inspired García Bernal as a young child to become the actor he is today.
García Bernal is "culturally Catholic" and "spiritually agnostic".[11] He speaks fluent Spanish and English; and Portuguese, French and Italian to some degree.
On Thursday January 8, 2009, his girlfriend, Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi gave birth to García Bernal's son Lázaro in Madrid, Spain.[12][13] Their daughter Libertad was born on April 4, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[14]
Roles in Academy Award-nominated films
Gael García Bernal has been in six Oscar-nominated films:
- De tripas, corazon - (Best Live-Action Short Film)
- Amores Perros - (Best Foreign Language Film, Mexico)
- El Crimen del Padre Amaro - (Best Foreign Language Film, Mexico)
- Y Tu Mamá También - (Best Original Screenplay)
- The Motorcycle Diaries - (Best Song, Best Adapted Screenplay)
- Babel - (Best Picture, Best Director, Best S. Actress, Best S. Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Score)
Quotations
- "The talent survives and remains while the beauty is diluted."[15]
- "Changes occur that way. Suddenly the bricks fall into place in some sort of chaotic serenity."[16]
- "I'm an actor. I don't need to abide by any ethnicity."[17]
- "I was very involved. I helped with sending food, writing and reading about the situation, and demonstrating about it on the marches. It was great. I was young, and it was fun. And I've got to say, I met my first girlfriend – my first real girlfriend - there as well. It was a great place to meet girls!"- Gael on the Chiapas uprising[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Queen of Swords | Churri | TV episode "Honor Thy Father" |
| 2000 | Amores perros | Octavio | |
| 2001 | Sin Noticias de Dios | Davenport | Goya nomination for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Vidas privadas | Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini | |
| 2001 | Y tu mamá también | Julio Zapata | |
| 2001 | El ojo en la nuca | Pablo Urrutia | Honorary Foreign Student Oscar Award |
| 2002 | I'm with Lucy | Gabriel | |
| 2002 | Fidel | Ernesto "Che" Guevara | |
| 2002 | El Crimen del Padre Amaro | Padre Amaro | |
| 2003 | Dreaming of Julia | Ricky | Released as Cuban Blood in the US |
| 2003 | Dot the I | Kit Winter | |
| 2004 | Bad Education | Ángel/Juan/Zahara | |
| 2004 | The Motorcycle Diaries | Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna | |
| 2005 | The King | Elvis | |
| 2006 | Babel | Santiago | |
| 2006 | The Science of Sleep | Stéphane | French film, written and directed by Michel Gondry |
| 2007 | Déficit | Cristobal | Also Director/Producer |
| 2007 | El Pasado | Rímini | |
| 2008 | Blindness | King of Ward 3 | |
| 2008 | Rudo y Cursi | Tatto | |
| 2009 | Mammoth | Leo Vidales | |
| 2009 | The Limits of Control | Mexican | |
| 2009 | 8 - 'The Letter' | - | Producer/Writer/Director Only |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Victor | |
| 2010 | Even the Rain | Sebastián | |
| 2010 | José and Pilar | Self | Doc about José Saramago (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1998) |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Julian Goldstein | |
| 2011 | Casa de Mi Padre | Onza |
References
- ^ "Gael Garcia Bernal: he plays everybody's favorite revolutionary onscreen, but he's not just playacting Interview". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007.
{{cite news}}: Text "Find Articles at BNET.com" ignored (help) - ^ Binoche, Juliette (2004). "Gael Garcia Bernal: he plays everybody's favorite revolutionary onscreen, but he's not just playacting". Interview. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Gael Garcia Bernal". Then It Must Be True. 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b Calhoun, Dave (2006-04-25). "Gael García Bernal interview". Time Out London. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ Louie, Rebecca (2006-05-26). "Gael Garcia Bernal breaks barriers and tackles tough issues". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2006-06-14.
- ^ Miranda, Carolina A. (2007-03-02). "Q&A with Gael Garcia Bernal". Time.
- ^ Gael García Bernal on Directing. youtube.com. 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ "Fall Movie Summer Preview, September: Blindness." Entertainment Weekly, Iss. #1007/1008, August 22/29, 2008, pg.55.
- ^ Benzine, Adam (13 April 2011). "Gael Garcia Bernal to voice Hispanic "Planet"". realscreen. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ Buchanan, Kyle (14 April 2011). "Will Ferrell's Spanish-Language Movie: ¿Qué?". New York Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ INTERVIEW: Padre, Padre: Mexico's Native Son Gael Garcia Bernal Stars in the Controversial "The Crime of Father Amaro"
- ^ El País, El actor mexicano Gael García Bernal será padre en diciembre, 5 August 2008, accessed 5th August 2008
- ^ Gael Garcia Bernal and Dolores Fonzi Welcome a Son Celebrity Baby Blog, January 9, 2009
- ^ "Hija de Gael Garcia nacio en Buenos Aires". noticiaaldia.com. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ "G-Guys - Gael Garcia Bernal". Glamour (UK). Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Sharp, Richard (2003). "New Latin Revolution (Interviews - Gael Garcia Bernal)". Chicago Film. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ Hornik, Susan (2004). "Gael: taking the reins of his career". Latino Leaders: The National Magazine of the Successful American Latino. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
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External links
- Gael García Bernal on Twitter Template:Es icon
- Gael García Bernal at IMDb
- El ojo en la nuca - (Short film on YouTube)
- Gael Garcia Bernal interview for Rudo & Cursi By Alastair Smart, Telegraph, July 8, 2009