Diego Luna
Birthplace: Mexico City
Born: 1979-12-29
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter; stage actor; television actor; television producer
Biography from Wikipedia
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ˈluna aleɣˈsandeɾ]; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One (2016) and its prequel series Andor (2022–2025), for which he was nominated twice 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 Elysium, 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 theater productions and produced both film and television projects, many with 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 [es]. In 2025, Time magazine listed Luna as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) — Valentin Arregui
- DC League of Super-Pets (2022) — Chip
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) — Prince Krel Tarron
- Wander Darkly (2020) — Matteo
- A Rainy Day in New York (2019) — Francisco Vega
- Berlin, I Love You (2019) — Drag Queen
- Flatliners (2017) — Ray
- Blood Father (2016) — Jonah
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Cassian Andor
- The Book of Life (2014) — Manolo Sánchez
- Elysium (2013) — Julio
- Casa de mi padre (2012) — Raul
- Contraband (2012) — Gonzalo
- Milk (2008) — Jack Lira
- Rudo y Cursi (2008) — Beto
- Mister Lonely (2007) — Michael Jackson
- Fade to Black (2006)
- Only God Knows (2006)
- Criminal (2004) — Rodrigo
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) — Javier Suarez
- Open Range (2004) — Button
- The Terminal (2004) — Enrique Cruz
- Fidel (2002)
- Frida (2002) — Alejandro 'Alex'
- John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) — Sancho
- Before Night Falls (2000) — Carlos
Directing
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Alfred Molina · 3 films
- Gael García Bernal · 3 films
- José María Yazpik · 3 films
- Alice Braga · 2 films
- Cecilia Suárez · 2 films
- Emile Hirsch · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
