FrameThrower · Actors · Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal
12 films · 985 frames · top-billed in 9 · 2000–2025
Born 30 November 1978 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances 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 has also played music conductor Rodrigo de Souza in the television drama 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 in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 985 frames · top-billed in 9 · 2000–2025
- Golden Globe Awards
- Trophée Chopard
- Marcello Mastroianni Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 985 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 12 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Gael takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Holland
2025 · Dave Delgado
Ema
2019 · Gastón
Coco
2017 · Héctor (voice)
Neruda
2016 · Oscar Peluchoneau
No
2012 · René Saaverdra
The Science Of Sleep
2006 · Stéphane
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004 · Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
Y Tu Mamá También
2001 · Julio Zapata
Amores Perros
2000 · Octavio
Casa De Mi Padre
2012 · Onza
The Limits of Control
2009 · Mexican
Babel
2006 · Santiago
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 985 frames from Gael García Bernal's 12 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.