Juan Manuel Bernal
Birthday: Born in 1967-12-22 in Mexico City, Mexico
Deathday: Alive
Juan Manuel Bernal (born as Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez on December 22, 1967 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal,Mexico), is a Mexican actor known for Capadocia (2008), La habitación azul (2002) and Hasta morir (1994).
TV Credits
Capadocia
Character: Federico Márquez
Capadocia is a Mexican HBO Latin America television series. It started on March 2, 2008 and its second season was planned for 2010....
Más allá del puente
Character: Chinino
Alicia Sandoval and Eduardo Fuentes are already married and are happy waiting for the arrival of their first child. This incites Ofelia, Eduardo's mother, to take revenge on Alicia for having taken her son from her. Carolina and Luis Enrique are very much in love and ready to marry as soon as they finish school. Chole also lives happy for the marriage of her daughter, Lupita, with Jacinto, and also eager to have Alicia's son in her arms. ' On the other hand, Rosalía, Jacinto's sister, falls in ...
La cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta
Character: Joaquín Murrieta
Greed took over California because of the gold rush. It made people thirsty for wealth and land. There, in the newly drawn border between Mexico and the US, a lawless war for control, fueled by the anger and xenophobia of the past war, is led by a group of immigrants who join forces to create the myth of the Latin Robin Hood: Joaquín Murrieta....
La calle de las novias
Character: Román Mendoza
La calle de las novias is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca and Zuba Producciones. Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, it stars Silvia Navarro and Juan Manuel Bernal as protagonists....
Bajo el Alma
Character: Armando Bravo
Bajo el Alma is a Mexican telenovela produced by Azteca. It stars Matias Novoa & Barbara de Regil as the protagonists....
Secretos del alma
Character: Carlos Lascurain Rivas
Diana Cervantes is a simple and lukewarm secretary to Andrés Lascurain, since she seeks the love of her life when she is hired, she falls in love with Andrés, enduring the misdeeds and injustices of Denisse, who is committed to Andrés, to be his future wife. Andrés and Diana marry leaving Denisse out of her life, while she is an accomplice and lover of Roberto Meráz, who has a dark past with Andrés and has a desire to take revenge. Andres has a family with his late wife (as believed dead) made u...
Alondra
Character: Rigoberto Escobar
Alondra is a Mexican telenovela shown in 1995, written by Yolanda Vargas Dulché and produced by Carla Estrada, starring with Ana Colchero and the late Beatriz Sheridan. This telenovela contains 78 episodes....
Te Sigo Amando
Character: Alberto Torres-Quintero
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Vivir a Destiempo
Character: Patricio Delgado
Vivir a Destiempo is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco and Jacky Castro for Azteca. It stars Edith González and Ramiro Fumazoni as the protagonists alongside Humberto Zurita, Andrea Noli and Wendy de los Cobos as the main villains. The original story and screenplay is written by Eric Vonn. From February 25 to September 20, 2013 Azteca 13 broadcast Vivir a Destiempo, replacing Los Rey....
Monarca
Character: Joaquín Carranza
After 20 years, Ana María returns to Mexico and vies for control of her family's tequila empire as it threatens to crumble under corruption and secrets....
Así en el barrio como en el cielo
Character: Jesús 'El Gallo' López
By inscrutable vagaries of fate, an immensely rich family becomes moderately poor, and a moderately poor family becomes stupidly rich. In "As in the neighborhood as in the sky" we will follow the adventures of the López López, a family that has a chicken and egg warehouse in the colony, and the Ferrara family, a family that owns a fashion emporium, which allows them to coexist comfortably with the international Jet set....
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Character: Self
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Sitiados: México
Character: Damián
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Movie Credits
Tiempo cautivo
Character:
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Confessions
Character: Vengador
When a young girl from a wealthy Mexico City family disappears, a man arrives to discuss the girl's return, asking for the confession of a family member that has committed a terrible act. One by one, confession by confession, the intruder exposes each member of the family, revealing their deepest and most shocking secrets....
At Midnight
Character: Alejandro Sr.
Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight....
To Love Too Much
Character: Golpeador
Laura and Beatriz are two sisters in search of a dream in common: to run a guest house abroad and live off the rents. Laura travels to Spain to start off the project, and Beatriz remains alone in Mexico waiting for the right moment to catch up to her sister. While Beatriz nurtures the desire of moving away, she begins to feed off dreams and fantasies. In the midst of easy love affairs that earn her enough money to support Laura, Beatriz meets Carlos, a man with whom she travels throughout Mexico...
Tired of Kissing Frogs
Character: Roberto
A romantic comedy about a young interior decorator who, as a result of a romantic disappointment, becomes the female counterpart of Don Juan. The misadventures of the manizer make her rediscover the value of love....
Midaq Alley
Character: Chava
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband....
Rage
Character: Alberto
Alan and his father Alberto flee from the painful loss of his mother. While hiding in a secluded housing unit, Alan discovers hidden messages from his uncle that lead him to believe that his father is a werewolf. His life and his neighbors’ lives are in danger. Alan decides to do something once for all. Destroying the beast does not seem a far-fetched plan in the violent reality he lives day by day....
The Blue Room
Character: Antonio
A couple meet each other often in a motel room....
Recipes to Stay Together
Character: Jorge
"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley....
Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
Character: Ernesto
As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a student photographer and daughter of a high-ranking official, finds herself embroiled in the movement and is swept off her feet by Félix, a working-class architecture student. This film remembers the events that led to one of the darkest chapters in ...
En cualquier parte fuera de este mundo
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Mina
Character: Alejandro
Character study of a stay-at-home daughter, 1930s through the 1950s....
Without Rhyme or Reason
Character: Orlando
Orlando (Juan Manuel Bernal) is a neurotic dubbing director of series B that desqui-ta of all your frustrations and anger with their coworkers. Orlando lives with Sonia (Mariana Gaja), a woman "new age" in quest for inner peace. He, in crisis, stifled by the love of So-nia and tempted by the novelty of another woman, can not desci-FRAR the complicated language of life as a couple of young people, and going from flower to flower revealing its inability of being alone. On the other hand we have to...
Heartbeat
Character: Arturo
The newly separated Leonor comes from the monied class, while sixteen year old aspiring ballerina Emilia does not. They begin a tense pas de deux waiting out Emilia’s pregnancy in a remote country home, isolated from the world and each other....
4 Moons
Character: Hector
Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience....
Life in Silence
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A young musician and single parent battles every day to communicate with his autistic son through music, until one day the kid s mother, shows off after eight years of absence, only to reveal a truth that will change his life as he knew it....
The Fantastic World of Juan Orol
Character: Vendedor Kodak
Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master, “involuntary surrealist” Juan Orol (1897–1988), receives a pitch-perfect tribute in this deft, irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz whose career spanned half a century and nearly 60 films. Abetted by an all-pro cast, del Amo’s brilliant interpretation of Orol’s life exudes a droll underdog charm, and almost every frame is an infectious homage to the golden age of cinema, the wiles of memory, and the art of fantasy....
Perfect Obedience
Character: Padre Ángel de la Cruz
The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his ...
The Cinema Hold Up
Character: Manager
The story of four teenagers: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Childhood friends living in public housing in a rundown area of Mexico City, search to trump idleness. They toy with the idea of robbing a movie theatre. Afflicted by their past and present stance, each find the motivation to complete the deed. The adventure pushes them to face their own realities and jeopardizes the only valuable possession: friendship...
Km 31-2
Character:
A woman is searching for her son who got lost under mysterious circumstances....
Esperanza
Character:
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Medalla al Empeño
Character: Clerk
A pawnbroker clerk meets a very peculiar old man, who brings an Olympic medal to the store to get some money and, at the same time, has a great and exciting story to tell....
Hasta Morir
Character:
A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal...
Two Tragedies
Character: Alberto
There are two tragedies in life: one is not to achieve what the heart wants... the other is to achieve it....
Alta Tensión
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A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money....
Viva High School Musical: Mexico
Character: Cristóbal's Father
Football captain Cristóbal discovers that his neighbor and classmate, Mariana, has changed a lot over the summer. Meanwhile, Luli is still as vain as ever and overshadows her poor brother, Fernando. As a new year begins at High School Mexico (HSM, initially interpreted), the school has announced a "Battle of the Bands" contest hosted by Jesse & Joy. Working against the clock and with limited resources, Cristobal, Mariana, and a few of their peers unite as a band. In a desperate effort, Luli dare...
Traición
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Felix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so see how drawbridges rise for ships to go through. Misela (23), whose romantic partners die if they make her cry, seeks comfort in her mother and wants to know where she is buried. They are father and daughter, and one must betray the other in order to go on living....
Más allá del muro
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A house is to be demolished to make a parking lot. In the process, the children of an orphanage and the old people of an asylum, both neighbors of the house, invade it secretly searching for a new place to stay. In spite of their differences in age and personality, a strange complicity arises between them, creating strong bonds of friendship....
Marioneta
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Belén is a street actress who lies to survive, Ernesto is a Cuban actor searching for an opportunity in Mexico, their encounter will change their lives forever....
You Live for Me
Character: Miguel
A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor....
No existen diferencias
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A voluble hypochondriac and an HIV patient clash. On the phone, Tomás agrees to see his new girlfriend that evening, so he begs off study when Pablo arrives to work on their joint architecture thesis. Before Pablo leaves, Tomás discovers a vial of pills: AZT. Tomas presses Pablo, who admits he is HIV-positive. Tomás throws a fit: how could Pablo be so selfish as to expose him to AIDS! Pablo tells Tomás to relax, but anger follows. Pablo is leaving when Tomás's mom arrives and insists he stay for...
Chicogrande
Character: American doctor
Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century....
Renegade
Character: Jeremy
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny....
The Big Promise
Character: Sergio
A desperate photographer kidnaps his own newborn daughter after his deceased fiance's ex-husband manipulates the law to gain custody of the child....
7 muertes
Character: Norman
After the strange death of her boyfriend and beloved ones, one by one, Clara lives terrified and mistrustful, suspecting revenge from a famous writer she worked with ten years ago. A circle that will only close with the seventh victim....
Sonora: The Devil’s Highway
Character: Sánchez
1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them....
If I Were You
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Claudia and Antonio have been married for 15 years. After so many years of marriage they have lost track of each other. One night, after a strong argument, the unusual alignment of the planets Venus, Earth and Mars causes a magical transformation: Antonio's soul is trapped in the body of Claudia and Claudia's in Antonio's body....
Marionette
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Ernesto, a Cuban actor who decides to audition in Mexico, is stranded in the gigantic city when he fails to achieve a leading role in an important play. Facing the dilemma of returning defeated to his home, he accidentally meets Belén in the subway, a spontaneous actress who tells stories or lies in exchange for some coins....
Infierno Grande
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Based on a real event, where the municipal president, in order to clean the image of his people before a politician's visit, "throws" a group of mentally ill people into the desert....
El Jeremías
Character: Ricardo Lecanda
El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he find...