Diego Luna

Acting

Diego Luna

Born
(age 46)
Birthplace
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Credits
121 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 98

YearTitleRole
TBA Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin Film Diego (voice)
TBA I, Chihuahua Film Juan (voice)
TBA The Boys: Mexico TV (1 ep)
2028 Tangled Film Hawthorne
2026 Eleven Days Film Federico Carrasco
2026 Mexico 86 Film Martín de la Torre
2026 The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut Film Diego
2025 Mollusk Film
2025 Kiss of the Spider Woman Film Valentín Arregui / Armando
2024 La Máquina TV Andy Lujan (6 ep)
2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 ep)
2023 Water for Life Film Narrator
2022 Andor TV Cassian Andor (24 ep)
2022 Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers Film Self
2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look Film Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022 DC League of Super-Pets Film Chip (voice)
2021 Maya and the Three TV Zatz (voice) (9 ep)
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Film Krel (voice)
2020 Wander Darkly Film Matteo
2020 Pan y Circo TV Self - Host (10 ep)
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride TV Inigo Montoya (1 ep)
2019 Berlin, I Love You Film Drag Queen
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show TV Self (1 ep)
2019 A Rainy Day in New York Film Francisco Vega
2018 3Below: Tales of Arcadia TV Krel (voice) (26 ep)
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Film Pedrocito
2018 Narcos: Mexico TV Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (21 ep)
2018 Crow: The Legend Film Moth (voice)
2018 Mi Marido tiene Más Familia TV Robert Cooper (1 ep)
2017 Flatliners Film Ray
2017 The Bad Batch Film Jimmy (uncredited)
2017 The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Film Self
2016 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia TV Krel (voice) (2 ep)
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Film Cassian Andor
2016 Blood Father Film Jonah
2016 Chelsea TV Self (1 ep)
2015 Casanova TV Giacomo Casanova (1 ep)
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 ep)
2015 Casanova Film Giacomo Casanova
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV Self (2 ep)
2014 I Stay with You Film Esteban
2014 The Book of Life Film Manolo (voice)
2013 Elysium Film Julio
2012 Made in Mexico Film Self
2012 Casa de Mi Padre Film Raul
2012 Contraband Film Gonzalo
2010 Conan TV Self (2 ep)
2010 Morelos, Siervo de la Nación Film Narrator
2010 Gritos D Muerte y Libertad Film Guadalupe Victoria
2010 Gritos de Muerte y Libertad TV Guadalupe Victoria (13 ep)
2008 Rudo & Cursi Film Beto
2008 Milk Film Jack Lira
2008 Walking Vengeance Film Gabriel
2008 Mister Lonely Film Michael Jackson
2007 Spielberg on Spielberg Film Self (archive footage)
2007 The Night Buffalo Film Manuel
2006 The One Show TV Self (1 ep)
2006 A Wonderful World Film Reportero en Estocolmo
2006 Fade to Black Film Tommaso Moreno

Crew credits 30

YearTitleJob
TBA El Día Después: Opinión Ciudadana Film Producer
2026 Ashes Film Director, Writer, Producer
2026 Man Overboard! Film Producer
2026 On the Road Film Producer
2026 Mexico 86 Film Executive Producer
2025 Thesis on a Domestication Film Executive Producer
2025 Kiss of the Spider Woman Film Executive Producer
2025 ASCO: Without Permission Film Executive Producer
2024 La Máquina TV Original Story, Executive Producer (6 ep)
2024 State of Silence Film Executive Producer
2022 Andor TV Executive Producer (24 ep)
2021 Everything Will Be Fine TV Director, Producer, Creator (1 ep)
2020 Pan y Circo TV Director, Creator (10 ep)
2019 Chicuarotes Film Associate Producer
2016 Salt and Fire Film Executive Producer
2016 Mr. Pig Film Screenplay, Director
2015 The Chosen Ones Film Executive Producer
2015 Leagues Film Executive Producer
2014 Cesar Chavez Film Producer, Director
2013 Paraíso Film Executive Producer
2011 Miss Bala Film Executive Producer
2010 Revolución Film Director
2010 Abel Film Director, Writer
2009 Sin Nombre Film Executive Producer
2008 Walking Vengeance Film Executive Producer
2008 I'm Gonna Explode Film Executive Producer
2007 J.C. Chavez Film Director
2007 Cochochi Film Executive Producer
2007 The Night Buffalo Film Co-Producer
2006 Drama/Mex Film Executive Producer
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