Diego Luna
Born: 1979-12-29 in Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Known For: Acting
Biography
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander 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.
Filmography
2026
- Mexico 86 as Martín de la Torre
- On the Road ... (Producer)
- Ashes ... (Director)
- The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut as Diego
2025
- Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentín Arregui / Armando
- Thesis on a Domestication ... (Executive Producer)
- Mollusk
- ASCO: Without Permission ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- La Máquina as Andy Lujan
- State of Silence ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Water for Life as Narrator
2022
- Andor as Cassian Andor
- DC League of Super-Pets as Chip (voice)
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
- Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers as Self
2021
- Maya and the Three as Zatz (voice)
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Krel (voice)
- Everything Will Be Fine ... (Director)
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
- Wander Darkly as Matteo
- Pan y Circo as Self - Host
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Berlin, I Love You as Drag Queen
- Chicuarotes ... (Associate Producer)
- A Rainy Day in New York as Francisco Vega
2018
- Narcos: Mexico as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Krel (voice)
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Pedrocito
- Mi Marido tiene Más Familia as Robert Cooper
- Crow: The Legend as Moth (voice)
2017
- The Bad Batch as Jimmy (uncredited)
- Flatliners as Ray
- The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
2016
- Chelsea as Self
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Cassian Andor
- Blood Father as Jonah
- Mr. Pig ... (Screenplay)
- Salt and Fire ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
- Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
- The Chosen Ones ... (Executive Producer)
- Leagues ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Book of Life as Manolo (voice)
- Cesar Chavez ... (Producer)
- I Stay with You as Esteban
2012
- Contraband as Gonzalo
- Casa de Mi Padre as Raul
- Made in Mexico as Self
2011
- Miss Bala ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Gritos de Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
- Abel ... (Director)
- Gritos D Muerte y Libertad as Guadalupe Victoria
- Revolución ... (Director)
- Morelos, Siervo de la Nación as Narrator
2009
- Sin Nombre ... (Executive Producer)
2008
- Milk as Jack Lira
- Rudo & Cursi as Beto
- Mister Lonely as Michael Jackson
- Walking Vengeance as Gabriel
- I'm Gonna Explode ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- The Night Buffalo as Manuel
- Cochochi ... (Executive Producer)
- J.C. Chavez ... (Director)
- Spielberg on Spielberg as Self (archive footage)
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Only God Knows as Dàmian
- Fade to Black as Tommaso Moreno
- A Wonderful World as Reportero en Estocolmo
- Drama/Mex ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- American Dad! as Mauricio (voice)
- Carambola as El Perro
- Stories of Disenchantment as Amante en Video
2004
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- The Terminal as Enrique Cruz
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as Javier Suarez
- Criminal as Rodrigo
- Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Open Range as Button
- Nicotina as Lolo
- Soldiers of Salamina as Gastón
2002
- Frida as Alejandro
- Vampires: Los Muertos as Sancho
- Fidel as Renato Guitart
- Fidel as Renato Guitart
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
- Dark Cities as Fede
2001
- Y Tu Mamá También as Tenoch Iturbide
- Never Too Young to Dream as Postman
- Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
2000
- Before Night Falls as Carlos
- Gimme Power as Esteban
1999
- Coapa Heights as Eric
- Perriférico
- El Cometa as Victor
- La vida en el espejo as Eugenio Román Franco
- A Sweet Scent of Death as Ramon
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1995
- Morena as Dos
- A Trickle of Blood as León
1994
- MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- Amber as Muni Frahabarana
1992
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1982
- Antonieta as (uncredited)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee