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Diego Luna

Diego Luna

Actor · Born December 29, 1979 · Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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Andor
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Andor

2022 · 2 Seasons

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.

Acted in 73

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018
  3. Crow: The Legend

    Moth (voice)

  4. Mi Marido tiene Más Familia

    Robert Cooper · 1 episode

  5. 2017
  6. 2016
  7. 2015

    Casanova

    Giacomo Casanova · 1 episode

  8. 2014

    I Stay with You

    Esteban

  9. 2013
  10. 2012
  11. 2010

    Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

    Guadalupe Victoria

  12. Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

    Guadalupe Victoria · 13 episodes

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. Walking Vengeance

    Gabriel

  3. Mister Lonely

    Michael Jackson

  4. 2007

    The Night Buffalo

    Manuel

  5. 2006
  6. Only God Knows

    Dàmian

  7. 2005

    Carambola

    El Perro

  8. Stories of Disenchantment

    Amante en Video

  9. 2004
  10. 2003

    Nicotina

    Lolo

  11. Soldiers of Salamina

    Gastón

  12. 2002
  13. Dark Cities

    Fede

  14. The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    Movie

  15. Fidel

    Renato Guitart

  16. Fidel

    Renato Guitart · 2 episodes

  17. 2001

    Never Too Young to Dream

    Postman

  18. 2000

    Before Night Falls

    Carlos

  19. Gimme Power

    Esteban

1990s

  1. 1999

    A Sweet Scent of Death

    Ramon

  2. La vida en el espejo

    Eugenio Román Franco · 1 episode

  3. El Cometa

    Victor

  4. Perriférico

    Movie

  5. Coapa Heights

    Eric

  6. 1995

    A Trickle of Blood

    León

  7. 1994

1980s

  1. 1982

    Antonieta

    (uncredited)

No release date

  1. Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

    Diego (voice)

  2. I, Chihuahua

    Juan (voice)

  3. The Boys: Mexico

    TV

Produced 24

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    Walking Vengeance

    Executive Producer

  3. I'm Gonna Explode

    Executive Producer

  4. 2007

    Cochochi

    Executive Producer

  5. The Night Buffalo

    Co-Producer

  6. 2006

    Drama/Mex

    Executive Producer

Directed 8

2010s

  1. 2016
  2. 2014

    Cesar Chavez

    Director

  3. 2010

    Revolución

    Director

Wrote 4

Created 2

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