
About
Diego Luna
Overview
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 |
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2025 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Actor | Valentín Arregui / Armando | N/A N/A |
2024 | La Máquina | Actor | Andy Lujan | 69 Fair |
2023 | Water for Life | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2022 | Andor | Actor | Cassian Andor | 82 Very good |
2022 | Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2022 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Actor | Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Actor | Chip (voice) | 68 Fair |
2021 | Maya and the Three | Actor | Zatz (voice) | 76 Good |
2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Actor | Krel (voice) | 65 Fair |
2020 | Wander Darkly | Actor | Matteo | 58 Average |
2020 | Pan y Circo | Actor | Self - Host | 68 Fair |
2019 | Berlin, I Love You | Actor | Drag Queen | 57 Average |
2019 | A Rainy Day in New York | Actor | Francisco Vega | 63 Fair |
2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Actor | Krel (voice) | 72 Good |
2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Actor | Pedrocito | 66 Fair |
2018 | Crow: The Legend | Actor | Moth (voice) | 58 Average |
2017 | Flatliners | Actor | Ray | 56 Average |
2017 | The Bad Batch | Actor | Jimmy (uncredited) | 54 Average |
2017 | The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Actor | Cassian Andor | 74 Good |
2016 | Blood Father | Actor | Jonah | 61 Fair |
2015 | Casanova | Actor | Giacomo Casanova | 70 Good |
2015 | Casanova | Actor | Giacomo Casanova | 58 Average |
2014 | I Stay with You | Actor | Esteban | 58 Average |
2014 | The Book of Life | Actor | Manolo (voice) | 72 Good |
2013 | Elysium | Actor | Julio | 64 Fair |
2012 | Made in Mexico | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2012 | Casa de Mi Padre | Actor | Raul | 56 Average |
2012 | Contraband | Actor | Gonzalo | 62 Fair |
2010 | Morelos, Siervo de la Nación | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2010 | Gritos de Muerte y Libertad | Actor | Guadalupe Victoria | 68 Fair |
2008 | Rudo & Cursi | Actor | Beto | 62 Fair |
2008 | Milk | Actor | Jack Lira | 69 Fair |
2008 | Walking Vengeance | Actor | Gabriel | 58 Average |
2008 | Mister Lonely | Actor | Michael Jackson | 59 Average |
2007 | The Night Buffalo | Actor | Manuel | 58 Average |
2006 | A Wonderful World | Actor | Reportero en Estocolmo | 61 Fair |
2006 | Fade to Black | Actor | Tommaso Moreno | 58 Average |
2006 | Only God Knows | Actor | Dàmian | 58 Average |
2005 | Carambola | Actor | El Perro | 59 Average |
2005 | Stories of Disenchantment | Actor | Amante en Video | 59 Average |
2004 | Criminal | Actor | Rodrigo | 59 Average |
2004 | The Terminal | Actor | Enrique Cruz | 72 Good |
2004 | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights | Actor | Javier Suarez | 61 Fair |
2004 | Beyond the 'Open Range' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Nicotina | Actor | Lolo | 59 Average |
2003 | Open Range | Actor | Button | 67 Fair |
2003 | Soldiers of Salamina | Actor | Gastón | 59 Average |
2002 | Vampires: Los Muertos | Actor | Sancho | 56 Average |
2002 | Dark Cities | Actor | Fede | 58 Average |
2002 | Frida | Actor | Alejandro | 71 Good |
2002 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Actor | 58 Average |
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2002 | Fidel | Actor | Renato Guitart | 58 Average |
2001 | Never Too Young to Dream | Actor | Postman | 58 Average |
2001 | Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2001 | Y Tu Mamá También | Actor | Tenoch Iturbide | 70 Good |
2000 | Before Night Falls | Actor | Carlos | 61 Fair |
2000 | Todo el poder | Actor | Esteban | 59 Average |
1999 | A Sweet Scent of Death | Actor | Ramon | 58 Average |
1999 | La vida en el espejo | Actor | Eugenio Román Franco | 68 Fair |
1999 | El Cometa | Actor | Victor | 58 Average |
1999 | Coapa Heights | Actor | Eric | 59 Average |
1999 | Perriférico | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1995 | A Trickle of Blood | Actor | León | 59 Average |
1995 | Morena | Actor | 58 Average |
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1994 | Amber | Actor | Muni Frahabarana | 59 Average |
1992 | The Last New Year | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1982 | Antonieta | Actor | (uncredited) | 58 Average |
Eleven Days | Actor | Federico Carrasco | N/A N/A |
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Mollusk | Actor | N/A N/A |
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México 86 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | Actor | Diego (voice) | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2020 | Pan y Circo | Directing | Director | 68 Fair |
2016 | Mr. Pig | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2014 | Cesar Chavez | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2010 | Revolución | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2010 | Abel | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2007 | J.C. Chavez | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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2024 | La Máquina | Writing | Original Story | 69 Fair |
2016 | Mr. Pig | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2010 | Abel | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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2025 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2025 | ASCO: Without Permission | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | Thesis on a Domestication | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | La Máquina | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2024 | State of Silence | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2022 | Andor | Production | Executive Producer | 82 Very good |
2021 | Everything Will Be Fine | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
2019 | Chicuarotes | Production | Associate Producer | 64 Fair |
2016 | Salt and Fire | Production | Executive Producer | 57 Average |
2015 | The Chosen Ones | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2015 | Leagues | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2014 | Cesar Chavez | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2013 | Paraíso | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2011 | Miss Bala | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
2010 | Abel | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2009 | Sin Nombre | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
2008 | Walking Vengeance | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2007 | The Night Buffalo | Production | Co-Producer | 58 Average |
2006 | Drama/Mex | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
México 86 | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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El Día Después: Opinión Ciudadana | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |