
Diego Luna
Biography
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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Acting (62 movies)

Frida
2002

The Terminal
2004

Open Range
2003

Y Tu Mamá También
2001

Milk
2008

Vampires: Los Muertos
2002

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004

Rudo & Cursi
2008

Perriférico
1999

Before Night Falls
2000

Nicotina
2003

Walking Vengeance
2008

Criminal
2004

Soldiers of Salamina
2003

Only God Knows
2006

Mister Lonely
2008

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2027

Elysium
2013

Fade to Black
2006

Casa de Mi Padre
2012

The Night Buffalo
2007

Contraband
2012

Stories of Disenchantment
2005

Made in Mexico
2012

Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
2010

Dark Cities
2002

A Sweet Scent of Death
1999

The Book of Life
2014

Berlin, I Love You
2019

Crow: The Legend
2018

Todo el poder
2000

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022

I Stay with You
2014

Blood Father
2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016

El Cometa
1999

A Trickle of Blood
1995

Amber
1994

Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022

Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025

Flatliners
2017

Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004

Never Too Young to Dream
2001

Carambola
2005

Fidel
2002

A Wonderful World
2006

Casanova
2015

The Bad Batch
2017

A Rainy Day in New York
2019

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018

Wander Darkly
2020

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017

Coapa Heights
1999

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021

DC League of Super-Pets
2022

Mollusk
2025

Antonieta
1982

Morena
1995

Water for Life
2023

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002

Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
Directing (5 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Drama/Mex | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| I'm Gonna Explode | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Walking Vengeance | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Sin Nombre | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Abel | 2010 | Producer |
| Abel | 2010 | Writer |
| Miss Bala | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Paraíso | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Cesar Chavez | 2014 | Producer |
| Leagues | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| The Chosen Ones | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| Mr. Pig | 2016 | Screenplay |
| Salt and Fire | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| State of Silence | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| ASCO: Without Permission | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| On the Road | 2025 | Producer |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Thesis on a Domestication | 2025 | Producer |




