Also Credited As: Gael Garcia
Born: on 10/30/1978 in Guadalajara, Mexico
Job Titles: Actor, Bar Back, Labourer

Significant Others
Companion: Cecelia Suarez. dated in 2001
Companion: Vanessa Bauche. no longer together

Education
Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England

Gael Garcia Bernal Biography
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 the Mexican soap opera "El Abuelo y Yo" alongside future "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (2002) co-star Diego Luna. Four years later, Bernal was cast as a quiet and timid teen whose friends go on a sexual adventure without him in "De tripas, corzon" (1996). The young actor appeared in various short films and theater productions until he left home for England at seventeen.
Halfway through his studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Bernal returned to Mexico to film "Amores Perros" for director Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu. In this portrait of three different people brought together by a fatal car accident, Bernal played Octavio, a kid from a poor neighborhood who enters his Rottweiler in dogfights to raise money so he can run away with his pregnant sister-in-law. The film was nominated for a bevy of awards, including an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and Bernal became an international star. He received plenty of media attention and offers for bigger budget films, but chose to continue his career in his native land.