Diego Luna
Known for: Acting
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
Series
American Dad!
Mauricio (voice)
2005
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Andor
Cassian Andor
2022
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Narcos: Mexico
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Cassian Andor
2016
Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Film
The Book of Life
Manolo (voice)
2014
Series
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Krel (voice)
2018
Series
Maya and the Three
Zatz (voice)
2021
Series
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Series
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Presenter
1994
Film
The Terminal
Enrique Cruz
2004
Film
Elysium
Julio
2013
Film
Y Tu Mamá También
Tenoch Iturbide
2001
Series
La Máquina
Andy Lujan
2024
Series
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Inigo Montoya
2020
Film
DC League of Super-Pets
Chip (voice)
2022
Film
Milk
Jack Lira
2008
Film
Mexico 86
Martín de la Torre
2026
Film
The Bad Batch
Jimmy (uncredited)
2017
Film
Blood Father
Jonah
2016
Film
Open Range
Button
2003
Film
Flatliners
Ray
2017
Film
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentín Arregui / Armando
2025
Film
Tangled
Hawthorne
2028
Film
If Beale Street Could Talk
Pedrocito
2018
Film
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Krel (voice)
2021
Film
Wander Darkly
Matteo
2020
Film
Contraband
Gonzalo
2012
Film
Frida
Alejandro
2002
Film
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Javier Suarez
2004
Film
Berlin, I Love You
Drag Queen
2019
Film
Before Night Falls
Carlos
2000
Film
Casa de Mi Padre
Raul
2012
Series
Pan y Circo
Self - Host
2020
Film
Criminal
Rodrigo
2004
Film
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Diego (voice)
Series
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
2015
Film
Amber
Muni Frahabarana
1994
Film
Mollusk
2025
Film
Vampires: Los Muertos
Sancho
2002
Film
Carambola
El Perro
2005
Series
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Film
Walking Vengeance
Gabriel
2008
Film
Rudo & Cursi
Beto
2008
Film
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
2015
Film
Mister Lonely
Michael Jackson
2008
Series
Mi Marido tiene Más Familia
Robert Cooper
2018
Film
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Film
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022
Film
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
Diego
2026
Film
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Self
2017
Film
Fade to Black
Tommaso Moreno
2006
Series
Fidel
Renato Guitart
2002
Film
I Stay with You
Esteban
2014
Film
Never Too Young to Dream
Postman
2001
Film
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
Self
2001
The Last New Year
1992
Film
Eleven Days
Federico Carrasco
Film
I, Chihuahua
Juan (voice)
Film
Fidel
Renato Guitart
2002
Film
Morena
Dos
1995
Film
Antonieta
(uncredited)
1982
Film
Soldiers of Salamina
Gastón
2003
Film
A Wonderful World
Reportero en Estocolmo
2006
Series
La vida en el espejo
Eugenio Román Franco
1999
Film
Only God Knows
Dàmian
2006
Film
Stories of Disenchantment
Amante en Video
2005
Film
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
Self
2022
Film
Made in Mexico
Self
2012
Film
Crow: The Legend
Moth (voice)
2018
Film
Gimme Power
Esteban
2000
Film
Dark Cities
Fede
2002
Film
A Trickle of Blood
León
1995
Film
The Night Buffalo
Manuel
2007
Film
Coapa Heights
Eric
1999
Film
Perriférico
1999
Film
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Film
El Cometa
Victor
1999
Film
Water for Life
Narrator
2023
Series
The Boys: Mexico
Film
Spielberg on Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
A Sweet Scent of Death
Ramon
1999
Film
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Film
Nicotina
Lolo
2003
Film
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
Narrator
2010
Film
A Rainy Day in New York
Francisco Vega
2019