Diego Luna

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-12-29 (45 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!

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Andor

    Andor

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Narcos: Mexico

    Narcos: Mexico

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • The Book of Life

    The Book of Life

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    Y Tu Mamá También

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • MTV Europe Music Awards

    MTV Europe Music Awards

  • The Terminal

    The Terminal

  • Elysium

    Elysium

  • Contraband

    Contraband

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    DC League of Super-Pets

  • Milk

    Milk

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • 3Below: Tales of Arcadia

    3Below: Tales of Arcadia

  • The Bad Batch

    The Bad Batch

  • Wander Darkly

    Wander Darkly

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

    Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

  • If Beale Street Could Talk

    If Beale Street Could Talk

  • Maya and the Three

    Maya and the Three

  • Vampires: Los Muertos

    Vampires: Los Muertos

  • El Cometa

    El Cometa

  • Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

    Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

  • Flatliners

    Flatliners

  • Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

  • Frida

    Frida

  • A Wonderful World

    A Wonderful World

  • Crow: The Legend

    Crow: The Legend

  • Criminal

    Criminal

  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

    Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

  • Open Range

    Open Range

  • A Trickle of Blood

    A Trickle of Blood

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

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

  • Antonieta

    Antonieta

  • La Máquina

    La Máquina

  • Rudo & Cursi

    Rudo & Cursi

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

  • Berlin, I Love You

    Berlin, I Love You

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

  • Pan y Circo

    Pan y Circo

  • Blood Father

    Blood Father

  • Eleven Days

    Eleven Days

  • Coapa Heights

    Coapa Heights

  • Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

  • 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

  • Nicotina

    Nicotina

  • The Night Buffalo

    The Night Buffalo

  • Dark Cities

    Dark Cities

  • Only God Knows

    Only God Knows

  • Made in Mexico

    Made in Mexico

  • Water for Life

    Water for Life

  • Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

  • Amber

    Amber

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Beyond the 'Open Range'

    Beyond the 'Open Range'

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Casa de Mi Padre

    Casa de Mi Padre

  • Stories of Disenchantment

    Stories of Disenchantment

  • Todo el poder

    Todo el poder

  • Soldiers of Salamina

    Soldiers of Salamina

  • A Sweet Scent of Death

    A Sweet Scent of Death

  • La vida en el espejo

    La vida en el espejo

  • Never Too Young to Dream

    Never Too Young to Dream

  • Mollusk

    Mollusk

  • I Stay with You

    I Stay with You

  • Casanova

    Casanova

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

    Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers

  • Carambola

    Carambola

  • Morena

    Morena

  • Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

    Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

  • Fidel

    Fidel

  • A Rainy Day in New York

    A Rainy Day in New York

  • México 86

    México 86

  • Perriférico

    Perriférico

  • The Last New Year

    The Last New Year

  • Morelos, Siervo de la Nación

    Morelos, Siervo de la Nación