Diego Luna

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1979-12-29

Place of Birth

Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Luna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2025
Mollusk
2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentín Arregui / Armando
2024
La Máquina as Andy Lujan
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2023
Water for Life as Narrator
2022
Andor as Cassian Andor
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers as Self
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022
DC League of Super-Pets as Chip (voice)
2021
Maya and the Three as Zatz (voice)
2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Krel (voice)
2020
Wander Darkly as Matteo
2020
Pan y Circo as Self - Host
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
2019
Berlin, I Love You as Drag Queen
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
A Rainy Day in New York as Francisco Vega
2018
3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Krel (voice)
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk as Pedrocito
2018
Narcos: Mexico as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018
Crow: The Legend as Moth (voice)
2017
Flatliners as Ray
2017
The Bad Batch as Jimmy (uncredited)
2017
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Cassian Andor
2016
Blood Father as Jonah
2016
Chelsea as Self
2015
Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
I Stay with You as Esteban
2014
The Book of Life as Manolo (voice)
2013
Elysium as Julio
2012
Made in Mexico as Self
2012
Casa de Mi Padre as Raul
2012
Contraband as Gonzalo
2010
Conan as Self
2010
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación as Narrator
2010
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
2008
Rudo & Cursi as Beto
2008
Milk as Jack Lira
2008
Walking Vengeance as Gabriel
2008
Mister Lonely as Michael Jackson
2007
The Night Buffalo as Manuel
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
A Wonderful World as Reportero en Estocolmo
2006
Fade to Black as Tommaso Moreno
2006
Only God Knows as Dàmian
2005
Carambola as El Perro
2005
Stories of Disenchantment as Amante en Video
2005
American Dad! as Mauricio (voice)
2004
Criminal as Rodrigo
2004
The Terminal as Enrique Cruz
2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as Javier Suarez
2004
Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003
Nicotina as Lolo
2003
Open Range as Button
2003
Soldiers of Salamina as Gastón
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host
2002
Vampires: Los Muertos as Sancho
2002
Dark Cities as Fede
2002
Frida as Alejandro
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Fidel as Renato Guitart
2001
Never Too Young to Dream as Postman
2001
Y Tu Mamá También as Tenoch Iturbide
2001
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
2000
Before Night Falls as Carlos
2000
Todo el poder as Esteban
1999
A Sweet Scent of Death as Ramon
1999
La vida en el espejo as Eugenio Román Franco
1999
El Cometa as Victor
1999
Coapa Heights as Eric
1999
Perriférico
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1995
A Trickle of Blood as León
1995
Morena
1994
MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1994
Amber as Muni Frahabarana
1992
The Last New Year
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1982
Antonieta as (uncredited)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Diego (voice)
Eleven Days as Federico Carrasco
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