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Diego Luna

Diego Luna

Born: 1979-12-29 • Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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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Filmography
Mollusk poster
Mollusk
2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman poster
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025 • Valentín Arregui / Armando
Water for Life poster
Water for Life
2023 • Narrator
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers poster
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022 • Self
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look poster
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 • Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
DC League of Super-Pets poster
DC League of Super-Pets
2022 • Chip (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans poster
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021 • Krel (voice)
Wander Darkly poster
Wander Darkly
2020 • Matteo
Berlin, I Love You poster
Berlin, I Love You
2019 • Drag Queen
A Rainy Day in New York poster
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 • Francisco Vega
If Beale Street Could Talk poster
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 • Pedrocito
Crow: The Legend poster
Crow: The Legend
2018 • Moth (voice)
Flatliners poster
Flatliners
2017 • Ray
The Bad Batch poster
The Bad Batch
2017 • Jimmy (uncredited)
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' poster
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 • Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story poster
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Cassian Andor
Blood Father poster
Blood Father
2016 • Jonah
Casanova poster
Casanova
2015 • Giacomo Casanova
I Stay with You poster
I Stay with You
2014 • Esteban
The Book of Life poster
The Book of Life
2014 • Manolo (voice)
Elysium poster
Elysium
2013 • Julio
Made in Mexico poster
Made in Mexico
2012 • Self
Casa de Mi Padre poster
Casa de Mi Padre
2012 • Raul
Contraband poster
Contraband
2012 • Gonzalo
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación poster
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
2010 • Narrator
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad poster
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010 • Guadalupe Victoria
Rudo & Cursi poster
Rudo & Cursi
2008 • Beto
Milk poster
Milk
2008 • Jack Lira
Walking Vengeance poster
Walking Vengeance
2008 • Gabriel
Mister Lonely poster
Mister Lonely
2008 • Michael Jackson
The Night Buffalo poster
The Night Buffalo
2007 • Manuel
A Wonderful World poster
A Wonderful World
2006 • Reportero en Estocolmo
Fade to Black poster
Fade to Black
2006 • Tommaso Moreno
Only God Knows poster
Only God Knows
2006 • Dàmian
Carambola poster
Carambola
2005 • El Perro
Stories of Disenchantment poster
Stories of Disenchantment
2005 • Amante en Video
Criminal poster
Criminal
2004 • Rodrigo
The Terminal poster
The Terminal
2004 • Enrique Cruz
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights poster
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004 • Javier Suarez
Beyond the 'Open Range' poster
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004 • Self
Nicotina poster
Nicotina
2003 • Lolo
Open Range poster
Open Range
2003 • Button
Soldiers of Salamina poster
Soldiers of Salamina
2003 • Gastón
Vampires: Los Muertos poster
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002 • Sancho
Dark Cities poster
Dark Cities
2002 • Fede
Frida poster
Frida
2002 • Alejandro
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema poster
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Fidel poster
Fidel
2002 • Renato Guitart
Never Too Young to Dream poster
Never Too Young to Dream
2001 • Postman
Y Tu Mamá También poster
Y Tu Mamá También
2001 • Tenoch Iturbide
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' poster
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001 • Self
Before Night Falls poster
Before Night Falls
2000 • Carlos
Gimme Power poster
Gimme Power
2000 • Esteban
A Sweet Scent of Death poster
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999 • Ramon
El Cometa poster
El Cometa
1999 • Victor
Perriférico poster
Perriférico
1999
Coapa Heights poster
Coapa Heights
1999 • Eric
A Trickle of Blood poster
A Trickle of Blood
1995 • León
Morena poster
Morena
1995 • Dos
Amber poster
Amber
1994 • Muni Frahabarana
No Image
The Last New Year
1992
Antonieta poster
Antonieta
1982 • (uncredited)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin poster
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
— • Diego (voice)
Eleven Days poster
Eleven Days
— • Federico Carrasco
No Image
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