Portrait of Diego Luna

Diego Luna

Acting

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.

Born: December 29, 1979

Place of Birth: Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

Filmography

2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman

as Valentín Arregui / Armando

2024
La Máquina

as Andy Lujan

2023
Water for Life

as Narrator

2022
Andor

as Cassian Andor

2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer

2022
2021
Maya and the Three

as Zatz (voice)

2020
Wander Darkly

as Matteo

2020
Pan y Circo

as Self - Host

2020
2019
Berlin, I Love You

as Drag Queen

2019
A Rainy Day in New York

as Francisco Vega

2018
2018
Narcos: Mexico

as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

2018
Crow: The Legend

as Moth (voice)

2017
2017
The Bad Batch

as Jimmy (uncredited)

2016
2016
Blood Father

as Jonah

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2015
Casanova

as Giacomo Casanova

2015
Casanova

as Giacomo Casanova

2014
I Stay with You

as Esteban

2014
The Book of Life

as Manolo (voice)

2013
Elysium

as Julio

2012
2012
2012
Contraband

as Gonzalo

2010
Conan

as Self

2010
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

as Guadalupe Victoria

2010
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

as Guadalupe Victoria

2008
2008
Milk

as Jack Lira

2008
2008
Mister Lonely

as Michael Jackson

2007
2006
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
2003
Nicotina

as Lolo

2003
Open Range

as Button

2003
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest Host

2002
2002
Frida

as Alejandro

2002
Fidel

as Renato Guitart

2001
Y Tu Mamá También

as Tenoch Iturbide

2000
2000
Todo el poder

as Esteban

1999
La vida en el espejo

as Eugenio Román Franco

1999
El Cometa

as Victor

1999
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1995
1995
1994
MTV Europe Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

1994
Amber

as Muni Frahabarana

1988
1982
Antonieta

as (uncredited)

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee