
Diego Luna
Biography
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣoˈluna aleɣˈsandeɾ]; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer, best known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and the Disney+ series Andor (2022–2025), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama.
Following an early career in Mexican telenovelas, Luna had his breakthrough in the critically acclaimed 2001 film Y tu mamá también. During the 2000s, he appeared in both Mexican and American films, including Frida, Open Range, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, The Terminal, Criminal, Milk, Sólo quiero caminar, and Rudo y Cursi. In the 2010s, his films included the science fiction film Elysium, the comedy Casa de mi Padre, and the animated musical The Book of Life. From 2018 to 2020, he starred as the drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in Narcos: Mexico.
Luna has appeared in numerous Mexican theatre productions and has produced both film and television projects, many of which feature Gael García Bernal. Since 2010, he has directed three feature films: Abel, Cesar Chavez, and Mr. Pig. He is the creator and director of the 2013 Fusion TV docu-series Back Home, the Amazon Studios talk show Pan y Circo, which premiered in 2020, and the 2021 Netflix scripted series Everything Will Be Fine. In 2025, Time magazine listed Luna as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Mollusk
2025Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentín Arregui / Armando
2024La Máquina as Andy Lujan
2023Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2023Water for Life as Narrator
2022Andor as Cassian Andor
2022Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers as Self
2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022DC League of Super-Pets as Chip (voice)
2021Maya and the Three as Zatz (voice)
2021Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Krel (voice)
2020Wander Darkly as Matteo
2020Pan y Circo as Self - Host
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
2019Berlin, I Love You as Drag Queen
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019A Rainy Day in New York as Francisco Vega
20183Below: Tales of Arcadia as Krel (voice)
2018If Beale Street Could Talk as Pedrocito
2018Narcos: Mexico as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018Crow: The Legend as Moth (voice)
2017Flatliners as Ray
2017The Bad Batch as Jimmy (uncredited)
2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Cassian Andor
2016Blood Father as Jonah
2016Chelsea as Self
2015Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014I Stay with You as Esteban
2014The Book of Life as Manolo (voice)
2013Elysium as Julio
2012Made in Mexico as Self
2012Casa de Mi Padre as Raul
2012Contraband as Gonzalo
2010Conan as Self
2010Morelos, Siervo de la Nación as Narrator
2010Gritos D Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
2010Gritos de Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
2008Rudo & Cursi as Beto
2008Milk as Jack Lira
2008Walking Vengeance as Gabriel
2008Mister Lonely as Michael Jackson
2007The Night Buffalo as Manuel
2006The One Show as Self
2006A Wonderful World as Reportero en Estocolmo
2006Fade to Black as Tommaso Moreno
2006Only God Knows as Dàmian
2005Carambola as El Perro
2005Stories of Disenchantment as Amante en Video
2005American Dad! as Mauricio (voice)
2004Criminal as Rodrigo
2004The Terminal as Enrique Cruz
2004Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as Javier Suarez
2004Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003Nicotina as Lolo
2003Open Range as Button
2003Soldiers of Salamina as Gastón
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host
2002Vampires: Los Muertos as Sancho
2002Dark Cities as Fede
2002Frida as Alejandro
2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002Fidel as Renato Guitart
2001Never Too Young to Dream as Postman
2001Y Tu Mamá También as Tenoch Iturbide
2001Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
2000Before Night Falls as Carlos
2000Todo el poder as Esteban
1999A Sweet Scent of Death as Ramon
1999La vida en el espejo as Eugenio Román Franco
1999El Cometa as Victor
1999Coapa Heights as Eric
1999Perriférico
1997The View as Self - Guest
1995A Trickle of Blood as León
1995Morena
1994MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1994Amber as Muni Frahabarana
1992The Last New Year
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1982Antonieta as (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Diego (voice)
—Eleven Days as Federico Carrasco
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