| Began acting at the age of 7, when he appeared in the play De Pelicula. |
| After the death of his mother when he was a toddler, he was raised by his father, a set designer in the theater and on films such as 1987's Gaby: A True Story. |
| In his early teens, he worked alongside his best friend Gael Garcia Bernal in the Mexican soap El Abuelo y Yo; the two would later reteam for the 2001 film&nb |
| He and Bernal won the prestigious Marcello Mastroianni Award at the '01 Venice Film Festival for their work in Y Tu Mama Tambien. |