Diego Luna
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1979
- Birthplace
- Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
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.
Filmography
- El Día Después: Opinión Ciudadana
El Día Después: Opinión Ciudadana TBA
Producer
I, Chihuahua TBA
as Juan (voice)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin TBA
as Diego (voice)
Tangled 2028
as Hawthorne
Ashes 2026
Director, Writer, Producer
Man Overboard! 2026
Producer
Eleven Days 2026
as Federico Carrasco
On the Road 2026
Producer
Mexico 86 2026
as Martín de la Torre, Executive Producer
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut 2026
as Diego
Mollusk 2025
Actor
Thesis on a Domestication 2025
Executive Producer
Kiss of the Spider Woman 2025
as Valentín Arregui / Armando, Executive Producer
ASCO: Without Permission 2025
Executive Producer
State of Silence 2024
Executive Producer
Water for Life 2023
as Narrator
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers 2022
as Self
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look 2022
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
DC League of Super-Pets 2022
as Chip (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans 2021
as Krel (voice)
Wander Darkly 2020
as Matteo
Berlin, I Love You 2019
as Drag Queen
A Rainy Day in New York 2019
as Francisco Vega
Chicuarotes 2019
Associate Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk 2018
as Pedrocito
Crow: The Legend 2018
as Moth (voice)
Flatliners 2017
as Ray
The Bad Batch 2017
as Jimmy (uncredited)
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' 2017
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2016
as Cassian Andor
Salt and Fire 2016
Executive Producer
Blood Father 2016
as Jonah
Mr. Pig 2016
Director, Screenplay
The Chosen Ones 2015
Executive Producer
Casanova 2015
as Giacomo Casanova
Leagues 2015
Executive Producer
I Stay with You 2014
as Esteban
The Book of Life 2014
as Manolo (voice)
Cesar Chavez 2014
Producer, Director
Paraíso 2013
Executive Producer
Elysium 2013
as Julio
Made in Mexico 2012
as Self
Casa de Mi Padre 2012
as Raul
Contraband 2012
as Gonzalo
Miss Bala 2011
Executive Producer
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación 2010
as Narrator
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad 2010
as Guadalupe Victoria
Revolución 2010
Director
Abel 2010
Director, Writer
Sin Nombre 2009
Executive Producer
Rudo & Cursi 2008
as Beto
Milk 2008
as Jack Lira
Walking Vengeance 2008
as Gabriel, Executive Producer
I'm Gonna Explode 2008
Executive Producer
Mister Lonely 2008
as Michael Jackson
Spielberg on Spielberg 2007
as Self (archive footage)
J.C. Chavez 2007
Director
Cochochi 2007
Executive Producer
The Night Buffalo 2007
as Manuel, Co-Producer
Drama/Mex 2006
Executive Producer
A Wonderful World 2006
as Reportero en Estocolmo
Fade to Black 2006
as Tommaso Moreno
Only God Knows 2006
as Dàmian
Carambola 2005
as El Perro
Stories of Disenchantment 2005
as Amante en Video
Criminal 2004
as Rodrigo
The Terminal 2004
as Enrique Cruz
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 2004
as Javier Suarez
Beyond the 'Open Range' 2004
as Self
Nicotina 2003
as Lolo
Open Range 2003
as Button
Soldiers of Salamina 2003
as Gastón
Vampires: Los Muertos 2002
as Sancho
Dark Cities 2002
as Fede
Frida 2002
as Alejandro
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema 2002
Actor
Fidel 2002
as Renato Guitart
Never Too Young to Dream 2001
as Postman
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' 2001
as Self
Y Tu Mamá También 2001
as Tenoch Iturbide
Before Night Falls 2000
as Carlos
Gimme Power 2000
as Esteban
A Sweet Scent of Death 1999
as Ramon
El Cometa 1999
as Victor
Coapa Heights 1999
as Eric
Perriférico 1999
Actor
A Trickle of Blood 1995
as León
Morena 1995
as Dos
Amber 1994
as Muni Frahabarana
- The Last New Year
The Last New Year 1992
Actor
Antonieta 1982
as (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.