Gael García Bernal

Personal context

Summary

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor, director and producer known for films including Amores Perros, Y Tu Mamá También and The Motorcycle Diaries, as well as the series Mozart in the Jungle. His work often engages with Mexican and Latin American politics, migration, inequality and social change. He co-founded the documentary tour Ambulante, co-directed Los Invisibles with Amnesty International about migrants in transit through Mexico, and addressed violence and impunity in Mexico in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He has also criticized anti-immigrant rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s remarks about Mexicans, and has served as an Oxfam ambassador.