
Diego Luna
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1979-12-29 (45 years old)
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.
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Known For
Acting
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Diego (voice)
Eleven Days
as Federico Carrasco
(2025)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
(2023)
Water for Life
as Narrator
(2022)
DC League of Super-Pets
as Chip (voice)
(2022)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
(2022)
(2021)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Krel (voice)
(2020)
Wander Darkly
as Matteo
(2019)
Berlin, I Love You
as Drag Queen
(2019)
A Rainy Day in New York
as Francisco Vega
(2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Pedrocito
(2018)
Crow: The Legend
as Moth (voice)
(2017)
Flatliners
as Ray
(2017)
The Bad Batch
as Jimmy (uncredited)
(2017)
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Cassian Andor
(2016)
Blood Father
as Jonah
(2015)
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
(2014)
The Book of Life
as Manolo (voice)
(2014)
I Stay with You
as Esteban
(2013)
Elysium
as Julio
(2012)
Contraband
as Gonzalo
(2012)
Casa de Mi Padre
as Raul
(2012)
Made in Mexico
as Self
(2010)
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
as Narrator
(2008)
Milk
as Jack Lira
(2008)
Rudo & Cursi
as Beto
(2008)
Mister Lonely
as Michael Jackson
(2008)
Walking Vengeance
as Gabriel
(2007)
The Night Buffalo
as Manuel
(2006)
Fade to Black
as Tommaso Moreno
(2006)
A Wonderful World
as Reportero en Estocolmo
(2006)
Only God Knows
as Dàmian
(2005)
Carambola
as El Perro
(2005)
Stories of Disenchantment
as Amante en Video
(2004)
The Terminal
as Enrique Cruz
(2004)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
as Javier Suarez
(2004)
Criminal
as Rodrigo
(2004)
Beyond the 'Open Range'
as Self
(2003)
Open Range
as Button
(2003)
Nicotina
as Lolo
(2003)
Soldiers of Salamina
as Gastón
(2002)
Frida
as Alejandro
(2002)
Vampires: Los Muertos
as Sancho
(2002)
Fidel
as Renato Guitart
(2002)
(2002)
Dark Cities
as Fede
(2001)
Y Tu Mamá También
as Tenoch Iturbide
(2001)
(2001)
Never Too Young to Dream
as Postman
(2000)
Before Night Falls
as Carlos
(2000)
Todo el poder
as Esteban
(1999)
A Sweet Scent of Death
as Ramon
(1999)
El Cometa
as Victor
(1999)
Coapa Heights
as Eric
(1999)
(1995)
A Trickle of Blood
as León
(1995)
(1994)
Amber
as Muni Frahabarana
(1992)
(1982)
Antonieta
as (uncredited)
Crew
(2025)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Executive Producer
(2025)
ASCO: Without Permission
Executive Producer
(2024)
State of Silence
Executive Producer
(2024)
Thesis on a Domestication
Producer
(2019)
Chicuarotes
Associate Producer
(2016)
Mr. Pig
Screenplay, Director
(2016)
Salt and Fire
Executive Producer
(2015)
Leagues
Executive Producer
(2015)
The Chosen Ones
Executive Producer
(2014)
Cesar Chavez
Producer, Director
(2013)
Paraíso
Executive Producer
(2011)
Miss Bala
Executive Producer
(2010)
Revolución
Director
(2010)
Abel
Director, Producer, Writer
(2009)
Sin Nombre
Executive Producer
(2008)
Walking Vengeance
Executive Producer
(2007)
J.C. Chavez
Director
(2007)
The Night Buffalo
Co-Producer
(2006)
Drama/Mex
Executive Producer