Diego Luna
Acting • Born 1979-12-29
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Luna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
92 credits
Frida
Movie • 2002
Alejandro
Open Range
Movie • 2003
Button
The Terminal
Movie • 2004
Enrique Cruz
Y Tu Mamá También
Movie • 2001
Tenoch Iturbide
Milk
Movie • 2008
Jack Lira
Vampires: Los Muertos
Movie • 2002
Sancho
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Movie • 2004
Javier Suarez
Rudo & Cursi
Movie • 2008
Beto
Perriférico
Movie • 1999
Before Night Falls
Movie • 2000
Carlos
Nicotina
Movie • 2003
Lolo
Walking Vengeance
Movie • 2008
Gabriel
Criminal
Movie • 2004
Rodrigo
Soldiers of Salamina
Movie • 2003
Gastón
Only God Knows
Movie • 2006
Dàmian
Mister Lonely
Movie • 2008
Michael Jackson
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie
Diego (voice)
Elysium
Movie • 2013
Julio
Fade to Black
Movie • 2006
Tommaso Moreno
Casa de Mi Padre
Movie • 2012
Raul
The Night Buffalo
Movie • 2007
Manuel
Contraband
Movie • 2012
Gonzalo
Stories of Disenchantment
Movie • 2005
Amante en Video
Made in Mexico
Movie • 2012
Self
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Dark Cities
Movie • 2002
Fede
A Sweet Scent of Death
Movie • 1999
Ramon
The Book of Life
Movie • 2014
Manolo (voice)
Berlin, I Love You
Movie • 2019
Drag Queen
Crow: The Legend
Movie • 2018
Moth (voice)
Gimme Power
Movie • 2000
Esteban
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie • 2022
Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
I Stay with You
Movie • 2014
Esteban
Blood Father
Movie • 2016
Jonah
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie • 2016
Cassian Andor
El Cometa
Movie • 1999
Victor
A Trickle of Blood
Movie • 1995
León
Amber
Movie • 1994
Muni Frahabarana
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
Movie • 2022
Self
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Movie • 2025
Valentín Arregui / Armando
Flatliners
Movie • 2017
Ray
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Movie • 2004
Self
Carambola
Movie • 2005
El Perro
Fidel
Movie • 2002
Renato Guitart
Never Too Young to Dream
Movie • 2001
Postman
A Wonderful World
Movie • 2006
Reportero en Estocolmo
The Last New Year
Movie • 1992
Casanova
Movie • 2015
Giacomo Casanova
The Bad Batch
Movie • 2017
Jimmy (uncredited)
A Rainy Day in New York
Movie • 2019
Francisco Vega
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
Movie • 2001
Self
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie • 2018
Pedrocito
Wander Darkly
Movie • 2020
Matteo
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Movie • 2017
Self
Coapa Heights
Movie • 1999
Eric
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Movie • 2021
Krel (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
Movie • 2022
Chip (voice)
Mollusk
Movie • 2025
Antonieta
Movie • 1982
(uncredited)
Morena
Movie • 1995
Dos
Water for Life
Movie • 2023
Narrator
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie • 2002
Eleven Days
Movie
Federico Carrasco
México 86
Movie
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
Movie • 2010
Guadalupe Victoria
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Maya and the Three
TV • 2021
Zatz (voice)
Casanova
TV • 2015
Giacomo Casanova
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Inigo Montoya
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Narcos: Mexico
TV • 2018
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
La Máquina
TV • 2024
Andy Lujan
Andor
TV • 2022
Cassian Andor
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
TV • 2018
Krel (voice)
La vida en el espejo
TV • 1999
Eugenio Román Franco
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Presenter
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Mauricio (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Pan y Circo
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
TV • 2010
Guadalupe Victoria
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest Host
Fidel
TV • 2002
Renato Guitart