Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and director. He is known for his roles in the films Amores Perros (2000), Y Tu Mamá También (2001), Bad Education (2004), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Babel (2006), Coco (2017), Old (2021), and Cassandro (2023). He also played conductor Rodrigo De Souza in the television series Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018) and starred in the Disney+ special Werewolf by Night (2022).

García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries in 2005, and in 2016 he received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle. He and fellow actor Diego Luna founded the production company Canana Films in Mexico City. In 2016, Time magazine named him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him 25th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.