Diego Luna
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Diego Luna

Dec 29, 1979 - Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2002FridaAlejandro
Movie2004The TerminalEnrique Cruz
Movie2003Open RangeButton
Movie2001Y Tu Mamá TambiénTenoch Iturbide
Movie2008MilkJack Lira
Movie2002Vampires: Los MuertosSancho
Movie2004Dirty Dancing: Havana NightsJavier Suarez
Movie2008Rudo & CursiBeto
Movie1999Perriférico
Movie2000Before Night FallsCarlos
Movie2003NicotinaLolo
Movie2008Walking VengeanceGabriel
Movie2004CriminalRodrigo
Movie2003Soldiers of SalaminaGastón
Movie2006Only God KnowsDàmian
Movie2008Mister LonelyMichael Jackson
MovieN/ANaya: Legend of the Golden DolphinDiego (voice)
Movie2013ElysiumJulio
Movie2006Fade to BlackTommaso Moreno
Movie2012Casa de Mi PadreRaul
Movie2007The Night BuffaloManuel
Movie2012ContrabandGonzalo
Movie2005Stories of DisenchantmentAmante en Video
Movie2012Made in MexicoSelf
Movie2010Morelos, Siervo de la NaciónNarrator
Movie2002Dark CitiesFede
Movie1999A Sweet Scent of DeathRamon
Movie2014The Book of LifeManolo (voice)
Movie2019Berlin, I Love YouDrag Queen
Movie2018Crow: The LegendMoth (voice)
Movie2000Todo el poderEsteban
Movie2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookSelf - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
Movie2014I Stay with YouEsteban
Movie2016Blood FatherJonah
Movie2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryCassian Andor
Movie1999El CometaVictor
Movie1995A Trickle of BloodLeón
Movie1994AmberMuni Frahabarana
Movie2022Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and ChangemakersSelf
Movie2025Kiss of the Spider WomanValentín Arregui / Armando
Movie2017FlatlinersRay
Movie2004Beyond the 'Open Range'Self
Movie2001Never Too Young to DreamPostman
Movie2002FidelRenato Guitart
Movie2005CarambolaEl Perro
Movie2006A Wonderful WorldReportero en Estocolmo
Movie1992The Last New Year
Movie2015CasanovaGiacomo Casanova
Movie2017The Bad BatchJimmy (uncredited)
Movie2019A Rainy Day in New YorkFrancisco Vega
Movie2001Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'Self
Movie2018If Beale Street Could TalkPedrocito
Movie2020Wander DarklyMatteo
Movie2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'Self
Movie1999Coapa HeightsEric
Movie2021Trollhunters: Rise of the TitansKrel (voice)
Movie2022DC League of Super-PetsChip (voice)
MovieN/AMollusk
Movie1982Antonieta(uncredited)
Movie1995Morena
Movie2023Water for LifeNarrator
Movie2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
MovieN/AEleven DaysFederico Carrasco
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self3
TV Show2021Maya and the ThreeZatz (voice)9
TV Show2015CasanovaGiacomo Casanova1
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2016ChelseaSelf1
TV Show2020Home Movie: The Princess BrideInigo Montoya1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf2
TV Show2018Narcos: MexicoMiguel Ángel Félix Gallardo21
TV Show2024La MáquinaAndy Lujan6
TV Show2022AndorCassian Andor24
TV Show20183Below: Tales of ArcadiaKrel (voice)26
TV Show1999La vida en el espejoEugenio Román Franco1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show1994MTV Europe Music AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf1
TV Show2005American Dad!Mauricio (voice)1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2020Pan y CircoSelf - Host10
TV Show2010Gritos de Muerte y LibertadGuadalupe Victoria14
TV Show2010ConanSelf2
TV Show2006The One ShowSelf1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest Host4

Crew

Media
Movie2014Cesar ChavezProducerProduction
Movie2010RevoluciónDirectorDirecting
Movie2010AbelDirectorDirecting
Movie2010AbelWriterWriting
Movie2010AbelProducerProduction
Movie2007J.C. ChavezDirectorDirecting
Movie2014Cesar ChavezDirectorDirecting
Movie2013ParaísoExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2016Mr. PigDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Mr. PigScreenplayWriting
Movie2015LeaguesExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2007The Night BuffaloCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2015The Chosen OnesExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025Kiss of the Spider WomanExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2024State of SilenceExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2024Thesis on a DomesticationProducerProduction
MovieN/AEl Día Después: Opinión CiudadanaProducerProduction
Movie2025ASCO: Without PermissionExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2006Drama/MexExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2011Miss BalaExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2016Salt and FireExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2019ChicuarotesAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie2009Sin NombreExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2008Walking VengeanceExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022AndorExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021Everything Will Be FineDirectorDirecting
TV Show2021Everything Will Be FineProducerProduction
TV Show2020Pan y CircoDirectorDirecting
TV Show2024La MáquinaOriginal StoryWriting
TV Show2024La MáquinaExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021Everything Will Be FineCreatorCreator
TV Show2020Pan y CircoCreatorCreator