Diego Luna

Diego Luna

Born 1979-12-29 (age 46) Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
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Biography

Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander 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

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as Cassian Andor

Dark Cities
Dark Cities

2002

as Fede

Elysium
Elysium

2013

as Julio

The Terminal
The Terminal

2004

as Enrique Cruz

The Book of Life
The Book of Life

2014

as Manolo (voice)

Y Tu Mamá También
Y Tu Mamá También

2001

as Tenoch Iturbide

DC League of Super-Pets
DC League of Super-Pets

2022

as Chip (voice)

Mexico 86
Mexico 86

2026

as Martín de la Torre

Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

as Valentín Arregui / Armando

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Contraband
Contraband

2012

as Gonzalo

Open Range
Open Range

2003

as Button

If Beale Street Could Talk
Frida
Frida

2002

as Alejandro

The Bad Batch
The Bad Batch

2017

as Jimmy (uncredited)

Milk
Milk

2008

as Jack Lira

Flatliners
Flatliners

2017

as Ray

Blood Father
Blood Father

2016

as Jonah

Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls

2000

as Carlos