Diego Luna

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-12-29 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Luna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Conan

    Conan

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Andor

    Andor

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Narcos: Mexico

    Narcos: Mexico

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • Frida

    Frida

  • Elysium

    Elysium

  • Criminal

    Criminal

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • MTV Europe Music Awards

    MTV Europe Music Awards

  • Berlin, I Love You

    Berlin, I Love You

  • Milk

    Milk

  • The Terminal

    The Terminal

  • 3Below: Tales of Arcadia

    3Below: Tales of Arcadia

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • The Book of Life

    The Book of Life

  • Flatliners

    Flatliners

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    Y Tu Mamá También

  • Maya and the Three

    Maya and the Three

  • Nicotina

    Nicotina

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    DC League of Super-Pets

  • Eleven Days

    Eleven Days

  • Amber

    Amber

  • Contraband

    Contraband

  • Dark Cities

    Dark Cities

  • Crow: The Legend

    Crow: The Legend

  • Open Range

    Open Range

  • Never Too Young to Dream

    Never Too Young to Dream

  • Antonieta

    Antonieta

  • La Máquina

    La Máquina

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

    Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

  • Blood Father

    Blood Father

  • Morena

    Morena

  • I Stay with You

    I Stay with You

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

  • Coapa Heights

    Coapa Heights

  • If Beale Street Could Talk

    If Beale Street Could Talk

  • Casa de Mi Padre

    Casa de Mi Padre

  • The Bad Batch

    The Bad Batch

  • Stories of Disenchantment

    Stories of Disenchantment

  • Rudo & Cursi

    Rudo & Cursi

  • Pan y Circo

    Pan y Circo

  • Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

  • Mollusk

    Mollusk

  • Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

    Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Carambola

    Carambola

  • Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

  • Vampires: Los Muertos

    Vampires: Los Muertos

  • Perriférico

    Perriférico

  • Wander Darkly

    Wander Darkly

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Fidel

    Fidel

  • A Wonderful World

    A Wonderful World

  • The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

    The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

  • The Night Buffalo

    The Night Buffalo

  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

    Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

  • The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

  • Walking Vengeance

    Walking Vengeance

  • Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

    Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

  • México 86

    México 86

  • A Trickle of Blood

    A Trickle of Blood

  • Gimme Power

    Gimme Power

  • Soldiers of Salamina

    Soldiers of Salamina

  • Only God Knows

    Only God Knows

  • Beyond the 'Open Range'

    Beyond the 'Open Range'

  • El Cometa

    El Cometa

  • A Sweet Scent of Death

    A Sweet Scent of Death

  • A Rainy Day in New York

    A Rainy Day in New York

  • La vida en el espejo

    La vida en el espejo

  • Made in Mexico

    Made in Mexico

  • Morelos, Siervo de la Nación

    Morelos, Siervo de la Nación

  • The Last New Year

    The Last New Year

  • Water for Life

    Water for Life

  • Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers

    Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers

  • Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos D Muerte y Libertad