● Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.

● Teamed up with Diego Luna up to form their own production company in their native Mexico. (November 2005)

● Refused to attend the 77th Academy Awards – because Antonio Banderas replaced singer Jorge Drexler to perform at the ceremony. (March, 2005)

● Was on Entertainment Weekly’s IT List 2002, as the It Dynamic Duo with his co-star in Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, Diego Luna.

● Dated actress Natalie Portman (March 2003-May 2004)

● Was named one of People en Espanol’s 25 Most Beautiful 2002 (June 2002 Issue)

● Sometimes credited as: Gael García

● Started acting as a one-year-old and spent most his teen years starring in soap operas.

● Close friend of Diego Luna.

● Was in a commercial for Levi Jeans, the one with the car chasing another car.

● Can speak English, Italian, Spanish and French

● At 17, traveled to Europe and, in 1999, studied dramatic art at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England for three years. He was the first Mexican to be accepted at this prestigious school.

● Said his idols are Klaus Kinski, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Marcello Mastroianni.

● Has been cast twice as the revolutionary guerrilla fighter ‘Ernesto Che Guevara.’ First in the miniseries Fidel (2002) and later in the film DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA (2004).

● As he is Mexican born, he had to be able to do a convincing Spanish accent before Pedro Almodovar would allow him to get his role(s) in the movie LA MALA EDUCACION (2004).

● His favorite actresses are Emily Watson and Juliette Binoche.

● His favorite actor is Javier Bardem and he would love to work with him in the future.