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!

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Andor

    Andor

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Narcos: Mexico

    Narcos: Mexico

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

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

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    DC League of Super-Pets

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

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

  • The Book of Life

    The Book of Life

  • The Terminal

    The Terminal

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  • Contraband

    Contraband

  • 3Below: Tales of Arcadia

    3Below: Tales of Arcadia

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    Y Tu Mamá También

  • MTV Europe Music Awards

    MTV Europe Music Awards

  • Maya and the Three

    Maya and the Three

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Elysium

    Elysium

  • Eleven Days

    Eleven Days

  • Milk

    Milk

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Flatliners

    Flatliners

  • Wander Darkly

    Wander Darkly

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

    Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

  • Frida

    Frida

  • Coapa Heights

    Coapa Heights

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

  • Berlin, I Love You

    Berlin, I Love You

  • Nicotina

    Nicotina

  • Open Range

    Open Range

  • Antonieta

    Antonieta

  • Dark Cities

    Dark Cities

  • Criminal

    Criminal

  • The Bad Batch

    The Bad Batch

  • Blood Father

    Blood Father

  • Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

    Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

  • La Máquina

    La Máquina

  • Vampires: Los Muertos

    Vampires: Los Muertos

  • Amber

    Amber

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

    Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

  • Walking Vengeance

    Walking Vengeance

  • Morena

    Morena

  • Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

  • A Wonderful World

    A Wonderful World

  • A Sweet Scent of Death

    A Sweet Scent of Death

  • If Beale Street Could Talk

    If Beale Street Could Talk

  • Rudo & Cursi

    Rudo & Cursi

  • Made in Mexico

    Made in Mexico

  • The Night Buffalo

    The Night Buffalo

  • Soldiers of Salamina

    Soldiers of Salamina

  • Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

  • Crow: The Legend

    Crow: The Legend

  • Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

    Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

  • A Trickle of Blood

    A Trickle of Blood

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Perriférico

    Perriférico

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Todo el poder

    Todo el poder

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Only God Knows

    Only God Knows

  • Beyond the 'Open Range'

    Beyond the 'Open Range'

  • Casa de Mi Padre

    Casa de Mi Padre

  • Stories of Disenchantment

    Stories of Disenchantment

  • I Stay with You

    I Stay with You

  • Never Too Young to Dream

    Never Too Young to Dream

  • Pan y Circo

    Pan y Circo

  • México 86

    México 86

  • Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

    Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

  • Fidel

    Fidel

  • La vida en el espejo

    La vida en el espejo

  • Mollusk

    Mollusk

  • El Cometa

    El Cometa

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

    Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers

  • A Rainy Day in New York

    A Rainy Day in New York

  • Carambola

    Carambola

  • Morelos, Siervo de la Nación

    Morelos, Siervo de la Nación

  • The Last New Year

    The Last New Year

  • Water for Life

    Water for Life