Mexican actor, director, and producer. He was born in Guadalajara in 1978 and raised in Mexico City. He later studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Throughout his career, he has worked in film, television, and theater, becoming one of Mexico’s most internationally recognized figures.He has collaborated with directors such as Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Pedro Almodóvar, and Pablo Larraín, among others, and has starred in films including Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, The Motorcycle Diaries, Cassandro, and Magellan.On television, he is best known for his role in the series Mozart in the Jungle, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He also voiced the character Héctor in the animated film Coco.As a director, he has made Déficit, Chicuarotes, and, most recently, Hombre al agua. In 2005, he co-founded the documentary film festival Ambulante with Diego Luna. In 2018, they also founded the production company La Corriente del Golfo.In 2026, he was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by France’s Ministry of Culture in recognition of his contributions to cinema and culture.He currently serves as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his contributions to education and the arts. Special Guests 2026 Carlos Reygadas James Gray Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Special Guests in Other Editions Kleber Mendonça Filho Charlie Kaufman Oliver Laxe Robin Campillo Lucrecia Martel Juliette Binoche Francis Ford Coppola Ira Sachs Liv Tyler Alexander Payne James Ivory Ava DuVernay Leos Carax Kathleen Kennedy Jodie Foster James Ivory Luis Mandoki Jerry Schatzberg Maribel Verdú Laurent Cantet Frank Marshall Claire Denis Barry Jenkins Ciro Guerra en Rosalie Varda J. M. Coetzee Luc Dardenne Robert Redford Alfonso Cuarón Damien Chazelle Paul Weitz Patrice Leconte Julie Bertuccelli Carol Littleton John Bailey Olivier Assayas Lynne Ramsay Al Gore Michel Hazanavicius Bob Rafelson Fred Kelemen Aaron Eckhart Casey Affleck Giada Colagrande Audrey Tautou Isabelle Huppert Tim Roth Rodrigo García Peter Greenaway Pawel Pawlikowski Pierre Rissient Amos Gitai Juliette Binoche Edward James Olmos Robert Rodriguez John Sayles Alejandro Jodorowsky Danny Trejo Bruno Dumont Quentin Tarantino Pablo Larraín José María Prado Whit Stillman Dieter Kosslick Geraldine Chaplin Seifollah Samadian Gregory Nava Sally Potter Abbas Kiarostami Damián Alcázar Demián Bichir Elena Anaya Thierry Frémaux Marisa Paredes Michel Gondry Volker Schlöndorff Luis Valdez Béla Tarr Lucrecia Martel Javier Bardem Edgar Ramírez Fernando Trueba Doris Dörrie Serge Bromberg Terry Gilliam Julio Alemán Kelly Reichardt Jennifer Lawrence Steven Soderbergh Michael Nyman Nicolas Philibert Todd Haynes Stephen Frears Héctor Babenco Gael García Bernal Carlos Reygadas Alejandro González Iñárritu Cristian Mungiu Bertrand Tavernier Arthur Penn Jean-Claude Carrière Guillermo del Toro Mike Hodges Diego Luna Tommy Lee Jones Valeria Sarmiento Raúl Ruiz Gus Van Sant Manoel De Oliveira Fernando Vallejo Julia Ormond Salma Hayek Werner Herzog Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck
Mexican actor, director, and producer. He was born in Guadalajara in 1978 and raised in Mexico City. He later studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Throughout his career, he has worked in film, television, and theater, becoming one of Mexico’s most internationally recognized figures.He has collaborated with directors such as Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Pedro Almodóvar, and Pablo Larraín, among others, and has starred in films including Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, The Motorcycle Diaries, Cassandro, and Magellan.On television, he is best known for his role in the series Mozart in the Jungle, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He also voiced the character Héctor in the animated film Coco.As a director, he has made Déficit, Chicuarotes, and, most recently, Hombre al agua. In 2005, he co-founded the documentary film festival Ambulante with Diego Luna. In 2018, they also founded the production company La Corriente del Golfo.In 2026, he was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by France’s Ministry of Culture in recognition of his contributions to cinema and culture.He currently serves as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his contributions to education and the arts.
