Diego Luna
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Luna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentín Arregui / Armando
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2022 · Andor as Cassian Andor
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Chip (voice)
- 2021 · Maya and the Three as Zatz (voice)
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Inigo Montoya
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · 3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Krel (voice)
- 2018 · Narcos: Mexico as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
- 2018 · Crow: The Legend as Moth (voice)
- 2017 · Flatliners as Ray
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Cassian Andor
- 2016 · Blood Father as Jonah
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · I Stay with You as Esteban
- 2014 · The Book of Life as Manolo (voice)
- 2013 · Elysium as Julio
- 2012 · Made in Mexico as Self
- 2012 · Casa de Mi Padre as Raul
- 2012 · Contraband as Gonzalo
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2008 · Rudo & Cursi as Beto
- 2008 · Milk as Jack Lira
- 2008 · Mister Lonely as Michael Jackson
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Stories of Disenchantment as Amante en Video
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mauricio (voice)
- 2004 · Criminal as Rodrigo
- 2004 · The Terminal as Enrique Cruz
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Open Range as Button
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host
- 2002 · Frida as Alejandro
- 2001 · Never Too Young to Dream as Postman
- 2001 · Y Tu Mamá También as Tenoch Iturbide
- 1999 · Coapa Heights as Eric
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1994 · MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1982 · Antonieta as (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Eleven Days as Federico Carrasco
- 2025 · Mollusk as
- 2024 · La Máquina as Andy Lujan
- 2023 · Water for Life as Narrator
- 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
- 2021 · Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Krel (voice)
- 2020 · Wander Darkly as Matteo
- 2020 · Pan y Circo as Self - Host
- 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
- 2017 · The Bad Batch as Jimmy (uncredited)
- 2017 · The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
- 2015 · Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
- 2015 · Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
- 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
- 2008 · Walking Vengeance as Gabriel
- 2007 · The Night Buffalo as Manuel
- 2006 · A Wonderful World as Reportero en Estocolmo
- 2006 · Fade to Black as Tommaso Moreno
- 2006 · Only God Knows as Dàmian
- 2005 · Carambola as El Perro
- 2004 · Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as Javier Suarez
- 2004 · Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
- 2003 · Nicotina as Lolo
- 2003 · Soldiers of Salamina as Gastón
- 2002 · Vampires: Los Muertos as Sancho
- 2002 · Dark Cities as Fede
- 2002 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 2002 · Fidel as Renato Guitart
- 2001 · Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
- 2000 · Before Night Falls as Carlos
- 2000 · Todo el poder as Esteban
- Future · Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Diego (voice)
- 1999 · A Sweet Scent of Death as Ramon
- 1999 · La vida en el espejo as Eugenio Román Franco
- 1999 · El Cometa as Victor
- 1999 · Perriférico as
- 1995 · A Trickle of Blood as León
- 1995 · Morena as Dos
- 1994 · Amber as Muni Frahabarana
- Future · México 86 as
- 1992 · The Last New Year as