Acting
Diego Luna
EN, ES, FR cinema · 91 credits
Born
29 December 1979 (age 46)
Birthplace
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Also known as Diego Luna Alexander · Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander
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.
Known for
Filmography
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Diego (voice)
I, Chihuahua
as Juan (voice)
Tangled
as Hawthorne
Eleven Days
as Federico Carrasco
Mexico 86
as Martín de la Torre, Executive Producer
On the Road
Producer
Ashes
Director, Writer, Producer
Man Overboard!
Producer
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentín Arregui / Armando, Executive Producer
ASCO: Without Permission
Executive Producer
Thesis on a Domestication
Executive Producer
State of Silence
Executive Producer
Water for Life
as Narrator
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
DC League of Super-Pets
as Chip (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Krel (voice)
Wander Darkly
as Matteo
Berlin, I Love You
as Drag Queen
A Rainy Day in New York
as Francisco Vega
Chicuarotes
Associate Producer
Crow: The Legend
as Moth (voice)
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Pedrocito
Flatliners
as Ray
The Bad Batch
as Jimmy (uncredited)
Blood Father
as Jonah
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Cassian Andor
Mr. Pig
Screenplay, Director
Salt and Fire
Executive Producer
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
Leagues
Executive Producer
The Chosen Ones
Executive Producer
The Book of Life
as Manolo (voice)
I Stay with You
as Esteban
Cesar Chavez
Producer, Director
Elysium
as Julio
Paraíso
Executive Producer
Casa de Mi Padre
as Raul
Contraband
as Gonzalo
Made in Mexico
as Self
Miss Bala
Executive Producer
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
as Guadalupe Victoria
Revolución
Director
Abel
Director, Writer
Sin Nombre
Executive Producer
Milk
as Jack Lira
Rudo & Cursi
as Beto
Walking Vengeance
as Gabriel, Executive Producer
Mister Lonely
as Michael Jackson
I'm Gonna Explode
Executive Producer
The Night Buffalo
as Manuel, Co-Producer
Spielberg on Spielberg
as Self (archive footage)
J.C. Chavez
Director
Cochochi
Executive Producer
Only God Knows
as Dàmian
Fade to Black
as Tommaso Moreno
A Wonderful World
as Reportero en Estocolmo
Drama/Mex
Executive Producer
Stories of Disenchantment
as Amante en Video
Carambola
as El Perro
The Terminal
as Enrique Cruz
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
as Javier Suarez
Criminal
as Rodrigo
Open Range
as Button
Nicotina
as Lolo
Soldiers of Salamina
as Gastón
Frida
as Alejandro
Vampires: Los Muertos
as Sancho
Dark Cities
as Fede
Fidel
as Renato Guitart
Y Tu Mamá También
as Tenoch Iturbide
Never Too Young to Dream
as Postman
Before Night Falls
as Carlos
Gimme Power
as Esteban
El Cometa
as Victor
Coapa Heights
as Eric
Morena
as Dos
Amber
as Muni Frahabarana
Antonieta
as (uncredited)