Gael García Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal

García Bernal in 2008, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Date of Birth: 30 November, 1978

Ethnicity: Mexican

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is known for starring in the films Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Old. He has also directed the films Déficit (2007), segments of 8 (2008) and Madly, which he also wrote; and Chicuarotes. He has often collaborated with Diego Luna.

Gael is the son of José Ángel García Huerta, an actor and director, and Patricia Bernal Lamarque, an actress and model. His maternal half-siblings are actors Darío Yazbek Bernal and Tamara Yazbek.

He has two children with his former partner, Argentinian actress Dolores Fonzi; and one child with his partner, Mexican journalist Fernanda Aragonés.

Gael’s maternal grandmother is named María Lamarque Sáenz. The surname Lamarque can indicate Southwest French or Basque ancestry.

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44 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    don’t exagerrate man

  2. M says:

    You really have to have trained eye for this, but you can definitely tell he’s not a white Mexican. He clearly has Native influences, particularly in the mouth, eyes, and forehead. He might look white to the untrained eye.

  3. SpaniardIam says:

    Man with his face can be seen on any street in Spain. Therefore it is the typical Spaniard.

  4. Princess says:

    He looks like he could be from Spain, but yet he has something exotic about him. He probably has only about 10-15% Native American. He also looks part Middle Eastern. There are Mexicans of Middle Eastern descent.

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