Diego Luna
Born December 29, 1979 (Age: 46)
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Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
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.
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.
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Filmography
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025
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as Valentín Arregui / Armando
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Age: 45
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
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as Chip (voice)
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Age: 42
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
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as Francisco Vega
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Age: 39
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
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as Pedrocito
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Age: 38
Flatliners
2017
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as Ray
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Age: 37
The Bad Batch
2017
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as Jimmy (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
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as Cassian Andor
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Age: 36
Blood Father
2016
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as Jonah
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Age: 36
The Book of Life
2014
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as Manolo (voice)
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Age: 34
Elysium
2013
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as Julio
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Age: 33
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
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as Raul
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Age: 32
Contraband
2012
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as Gonzalo
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Age: 32
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
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as Guadalupe Victoria
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Age: 30
Milk
2008
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as Jack Lira
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Age: 28
Mister Lonely
2008
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as Michael Jackson
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Age: 28
The Terminal
2004
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as Enrique Cruz
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Age: 24
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004
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as Javier Suarez
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Age: 24
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 24
Nicotina
2003
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as Lolo
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Age: 23
Open Range
2003
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as Button
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Age: 23
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002
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as Sancho
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Age: 22
Frida
2002
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as Alejandro
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Age: 22
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
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as Tenoch Iturbide
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Age: 21
Before Night Falls
2000
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as Carlos
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Age: 20
Gimme Power
2000
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as Esteban
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Age: 20