Diego Luna
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 29, 1979 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Credits
- 98
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.
Known for
Filmography
Tangled
2028Movie
Hawthorne
Eleven Days
2026Movie
Federico Carrasco
Mexico 86
2026Movie
Martín de la Torre
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
2026Movie
Diego
Mollusk
2025Movie
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025Movie
Valentín Arregui / Armando
La Máquina
2024TV
Andy Lujan
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023TV
Self
Water for Life
2023Movie
Narrator
Andor
2022TV
Cassian Andor
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022Movie
Self
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022Movie
Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
DC League of Super-Pets
2022Movie
Chip (voice)
Maya and the Three
2021TV
Zatz (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021Movie
Krel (voice)
Wander Darkly
2020Movie
Matteo
Pan y Circo
2020TV
Self - Host
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020TV
Inigo Montoya
Berlin, I Love You
2019Movie
Drag Queen
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
A Rainy Day in New York
2019Movie
Francisco Vega
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018TV
Krel (voice)
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018Movie
Pedrocito
Narcos: Mexico
2018TV
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Crow: The Legend
2018Movie
Moth (voice)
Mi Marido tiene Más Familia
2018TV
Robert Cooper
Flatliners
2017Movie
Ray
The Bad Batch
2017Movie
Jimmy (uncredited)
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017Movie
Self
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
2016TV
Krel (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016Movie
Cassian Andor
Blood Father
2016Movie
Jonah
Chelsea
2016TV
Self
Casanova
2015TV
Giacomo Casanova
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
Casanova
2015Movie
Giacomo Casanova
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
I Stay with You
2014Movie
Esteban
The Book of Life
2014Movie
Manolo (voice)
Elysium
2013Movie
Julio
Made in Mexico
2012Movie
Self
Casa de Mi Padre
2012Movie
Raul
Contraband
2012Movie
Gonzalo
Conan
2010TV
Self
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
2010Movie
Narrator
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010Movie
Guadalupe Victoria
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
2010TV
Guadalupe Victoria
Rudo & Cursi
2008Movie
Beto
Milk
2008Movie
Jack Lira
Walking Vengeance
2008Movie
Gabriel
Mister Lonely
2008Movie
Michael Jackson
Spielberg on Spielberg
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Night Buffalo
2007Movie
Manuel
The One Show
2006TV
Self
A Wonderful World
2006Movie
Reportero en Estocolmo
Fade to Black
2006Movie
Tommaso Moreno
Only God Knows
2006Movie
Dàmian
Carambola
2005Movie
El Perro
Stories of Disenchantment
2005Movie
Amante en Video
American Dad!
2005TV
Mauricio (voice)
Criminal
2004Movie
Rodrigo
The Terminal
2004Movie
Enrique Cruz
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004Movie
Javier Suarez
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004Movie
Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004TV
Self
Nicotina
2003Movie
Lolo
Open Range
2003Movie
Button
Soldiers of Salamina
2003Movie
Gastón
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host, Self
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002Movie
Sancho
Dark Cities
2002Movie
Fede
Frida
2002Movie
Alejandro
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002Movie
Fidel
2002Movie
Renato Guitart
Fidel
2002TV
Renato Guitart
Never Too Young to Dream
2001Movie
Postman
Y Tu Mamá También
2001Movie
Tenoch Iturbide
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001Movie
Self
Before Night Falls
2000Movie
Carlos
Gimme Power
2000Movie
Esteban
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999Movie
Ramon
La vida en el espejo
1999TV
Eugenio Román Franco
El Cometa
1999Movie
Victor
Perriférico
1999Movie
Coapa Heights
1999Movie
Eric
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
A Trickle of Blood
1995Movie
León
Morena
1995Movie
Dos
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994TV
Self - Presenter
Amber
1994Movie
Muni Frahabarana
The Last New Year
1992Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Antonieta
1982Movie
(uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie
Diego (voice)
I, Chihuahua
Movie
Juan (voice)
The Boys: Mexico
TV