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Diego Luna

Born 1979-12-29
📍 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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Filmography 95

Mexico 86
as Martín de la Torre
2026
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
as Diego
2026
The One That Got Away (Director's Cut)
as The One That Got Away
2026
Mollusk
2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
2025
La Máquina
as Andy Lujan
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2023
Water for Life
as Narrator
2023
Andor
as Cassian Andor
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
as Self
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
as Chip (voice)
2022
Maya and the Three
as Zatz (voice)
2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Krel (voice)
2021
Wander Darkly
as Matteo
2020
Pan y Circo
as Self - Host
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Inigo Montoya
2020
Berlin, I Love You
as Drag Queen
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
A Rainy Day in New York
as Francisco Vega
2019
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
as Krel (voice)
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Pedrocito
2018
Narcos: Mexico
as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018
Crow: The Legend
as Moth (voice)
2018
Flatliners
as Ray
2017
The Bad Batch
as Jimmy (uncredited)
2017
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Cassian Andor
2016
Blood Father
as Jonah
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
I Stay with You
as Esteban
2014
The Book of Life
as Manolo (voice)
2014
Elysium
as Julio
2013
Made in Mexico
as Self
2012
Casa de Mi Padre
as Raul
2012
Contraband
as Gonzalo
2012
Conan
as Self
2010
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
as Narrator
2010
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
as Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
as Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Rudo & Cursi
as Beto
2008
Milk
as Jack Lira
2008
Walking Vengeance
as Gabriel
2008
Mister Lonely
as Michael Jackson
2008
The Night Buffalo
as Manuel
2007
The One Show
as Self
2006
A Wonderful World
as Reportero en Estocolmo
2006
Fade to Black
as Tommaso Moreno
2006
Only God Knows
as Dàmian
2006
Carambola
as El Perro
2005
Stories of Disenchantment
as Amante en Video
2005
American Dad!
as Mauricio (voice)
2005
Criminal
as Rodrigo
2004
The Terminal
as Enrique Cruz
2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
as Javier Suarez
2004
Beyond the 'Open Range'
as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
Nicotina
as Lolo
2003
Open Range
as Button
2003
Soldiers of Salamina
as Gastón
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Vampires: Los Muertos
as Sancho
2002
Dark Cities
as Fede
2002
Frida
as Alejandro
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Fidel
as Renato Guitart
2002
Fidel
as Renato Guitart
2002
Never Too Young to Dream
as Postman
2001
Y Tu Mamá También
as Tenoch Iturbide
2001
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
as Self
2001
Before Night Falls
as Carlos
2000
Gimme Power
as Esteban
2000
A Sweet Scent of Death
as Ramon
1999
La vida en el espejo
as Eugenio Román Franco
1999
El Cometa
as Victor
1999
Perriférico
1999
Coapa Heights
as Eric
1999
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
A Trickle of Blood
as León
1995
Morena
as Dos
1995
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1994
Amber
as Muni Frahabarana
1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Antonieta
as (uncredited)
1982
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Diego (voice)
Eleven Days
as Federico Carrasco
I, Chihuahua
as Juan (voice)