Diego Luna
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1979-12-29 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Also known as
- Diego Luna Alexander · Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander
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.
Known For
TV Shows (28)
American Dad!
2005
as Mauricio (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
The One Show
2006
as Self
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Andor
2022
as Cassian Andor
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Narcos: Mexico
2018
as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Presenter
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018
as Krel (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Inigo Montoya
Maya and the Three
2021
as Zatz (voice)
La Máquina
2024
as Andy Lujan
Mi Marido tiene Más Familia
2018
as Robert Cooper
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
Casanova
2015
as Giacomo Casanova
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
2010
as Guadalupe Victoria
Pan y Circo
2020
as Self - Host
Fidel
2002
as Renato Guitart
The Boys: Mexico
La vida en el espejo
1999
as Eugenio Román Franco
Movies (69)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Cassian Andor
Elysium
2013
as Julio
Mexico 86
2026
as Martín de la Torre
The Book of Life
2014
as Manolo (voice)
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
as Tenoch Iturbide
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
The Terminal
2004
as Enrique Cruz
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Chip (voice)
Contraband
2012
as Gonzalo
Milk
2008
as Jack Lira
The Last New Year
1992
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
as Krel (voice)
Frida
2002
as Alejandro
The Bad Batch
2017
as Jimmy (uncredited)
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Pedrocito
Open Range
2003
as Button
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
as Raul
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004
as Javier Suarez
Flatliners
2017
as Ray
Blood Father
2016
as Jonah
Wander Darkly
2020
as Matteo
Casanova
2015
as Giacomo Casanova
Tangled
Amber
1994
as Muni Frahabarana
Carambola
2005
as El Perro
Morena
1995
as Dos
Before Night Falls
2000
as Carlos
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002
as Sancho
Perriférico
1999
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Diego (voice)
Berlin, I Love You
2019
as Drag Queen
Criminal
2004
as Rodrigo
Rudo & Cursi
2008
as Beto
Never Too Young to Dream
2001
as Postman
Mollusk
2025
I Stay with You
2014
as Esteban
Spielberg on Spielberg
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
2026
as Diego
A Wonderful World
2006
as Reportero en Estocolmo
I, Chihuahua
as Juan (voice)
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
Stories of Disenchantment
2005
as Amante en Video
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999
as Ramon
Mister Lonely
2008
as Michael Jackson
Fidel
2002
as Renato Guitart
Walking Vengeance
2008
as Gabriel
The Night Buffalo
2007
as Manuel
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
Eleven Days
as Federico Carrasco
Gimme Power
2000
as Esteban
Only God Knows
2006
as Dàmian
Dark Cities
2002
as Fede
Made in Mexico
2012
as Self
A Trickle of Blood
1995
as León
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001
as Self
Coapa Heights
1999
as Eric
Fade to Black
2006
as Tommaso Moreno
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
as Self
Nicotina
2003
as Lolo
Soldiers of Salamina
2003
as Gastón
Crow: The Legend
2018
as Moth (voice)
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
as Guadalupe Victoria
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Francisco Vega
Antonieta
1982
as (uncredited)
El Cometa
1999
as Victor
Water for Life
2023
as Narrator
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
2010
as Narrator
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022
as Self
About Diego Luna
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 Nigh… With 97 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Diego Luna has appeared in 69 films and 28 TV shows.
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Most Popular Diego Luna Movies
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — as Cassian Andor
- Elysium (2013) — as Julio
- Mexico 86 (2026) — as Martín de la Torre
- The Book of Life (2014) — as Manolo (voice)
- Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — as Tenoch Iturbide
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