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Diego Luna

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn December 29, 1979 (46 years)
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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Known For

  • Andor
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Y Tu Mamá También
  • Elysium
  • The Terminal
  • The Book of Life
  • Milk
  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
  • Flatliners
  • Narcos: Mexico
  • Open Range

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    Filmography

    2027
    2025
    Kiss of the Spider Woman · as Valentín Arregui / Armando
    2024
    La Máquina (TV Series) · as Andy Lujan
    2023
    Water for Life · as Narrator
    2022
    Andor (TV Series) · as Cassian Andor
    2022
    DC League of Super-Pets · as Chip (voice)
    2021
    Maya and the Three (TV Series) · as Zatz (voice)
    2021
    2020
    Wander Darkly · as Matteo
    2020
    Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Krel
    2020
    Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Inigo Montoya
    2019
    A Rainy Day in New York · as Francisco Vega
    2019
    Berlin, I Love You · as Drag Queen
    2018
    2018
    3Below: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Krel (voice)
    2018
    Narcos: Mexico (TV Series) · as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
    2017
    Flatliners · as Ray
    2016
    The Bad Batch · as Jimmy (uncredited)
    2016
    Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Krel
    2016
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · as Cassian Andor
    2016
    Blood Father · as Jonah
    2015
    Casanova · as Giacomo Casanova
    2015
    Casanova (TV Series) · as Giacomo Casanova
    2014
    If He Hollers · as Esteban
    2014
    The Book of Life · as Manolo (voice)
    2013
    Elysium · as Julio
    2012
    Casa de mi Padre · as Raul
    2012
    Contraband · as Gonzalo
    2010
    Héroes de Carne y Hueso (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2010
    Gritos de Muerte y Libertad (TV Series) · as Guadalupe Victoria
    2008
    Rudo y Cursi · as Beto
    2008
    Milk · as Jack Lira
    2008
    Walking Vengeance · as Gabriel
    2007
    Mister Lonely · as Michael Jackson
    2007
    The Night Buffalo · as Manuel
    2007
    Sexo en el plató · as Tenoch Iturbide
    2006
    Only God Knows · as Dàmian
    2006
    Un mundo maravilloso · as Reportero En Estocolmo
    2006
    Fade to Black · as Tommaso Moreno
    2005
    Historias del desencanto · as Amante En Video
    2005
    American Dad! (TV Series) · as Mauricio (voice)
    2004
    Criminal · as Rodrigo
    2004
    The Terminal · as Enrique Cruz
    2004
    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights · as Javier Suarez
    2003
    Nicotina · as Lolo
    2003
    Open Range · as Button
    2003
    Carambola · as El Perro
    2003
    Soldiers of Salamina · as Gastón
    2002
    Frida · as Alejandro
    2002
    2002
    Dark City · as Fede
    2002
    Fidel · as Renato Guitart
    2002
    Fidel (TV Series) · as Renato Guitart
    2001
    2001
    2001
    Y Tu Mamá También · as Tenoch Iturbide
    2000
    Before Night Falls · as Carlos
    2000
    Todo el poder · as Esteban
    1999
    1999
    La vida en el espejo (TV Series) · as Eugenio Román Franco
    1999
    The Comet · as Victor
    1998
    El amor de mi vida (TV Series) · as Claudio
    1995
    Morena · as Dos
    1995
    The Grand Prize Jackpot (TV Series) · as Quique
    1995
    A Trickle of Blood · as León
    1994
    Ámbar · as Muni Frahabarana
    1992
    El abuelo y yo (TV Series) · as Luis
    1989
    Carrusel (TV Series) · as Cast
    1982
    Antonieta · as (uncredited)

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