Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 29, 1979
Place of Birth:
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | La Máquina | Andy Lujan |
| 2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2022 | Andor | Cassian Andor |
| 2021 | Maya and the Three | Zatz (voice) |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Inigo Montoya |
| 2020 | Pan y Circo | Self - Host |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2018 | Narcos: Mexico | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Krel (voice) |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self |
| 2015 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2010 | Gritos de Muerte y Libertad | Guadalupe Victoria |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mauricio (voice) |
| 2004 | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest Host |
| 1999 | La vida en el espejo | Eugenio Román Franco |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |