Diego Luna
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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
Credits
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Cassian Andor
Elysium (2013)
as Julio
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
as Tenoch Iturbide
Mexico 86 (2026)
as Martín de la Torre
The Terminal (2004)
as Enrique Cruz
The Book of Life (2014)
as Manolo (voice)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
as Chip (voice)
Milk (2008)
as Jack Lira
Contraband (2012)
as Gonzalo
Frida (2002)
as Alejandro
The Last New Year (1992)
Actor
Open Range (2003)
as Button
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
as Krel (voice)
The Bad Batch (2017)
as Jimmy (uncredited)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
as Pedrocito
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
as Raul
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
as Javier Suarez
Flatliners (2017)
as Ray
Blood Father (2016)
as Jonah
Wander Darkly (2020)
as Matteo
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Carlos
Casanova (2015)
as Giacomo Casanova
Carambola (2005)
as El Perro
Amber (1994)
as Muni Frahabarana
Morena (1995)
as Dos
Tangled (—)
Actor
Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
as Sancho
Mollusk (2025)
Actor
Criminal (2004)
as Rodrigo
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
as Beto
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Michael Jackson
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
as Drag Queen
Perriférico (1999)
Actor
A Wonderful World (2006)
as Reportero en Estocolmo
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin (—)
as Diego (voice)
I, Chihuahua (—)
as Juan (voice)
Fidel (2002)
as Renato Guitart
Walking Vengeance (2008)
as Gabriel
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut (2026)
as Diego
Never Too Young to Dream (2001)
as Postman
Spielberg on Spielberg (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Fade to Black (2006)
as Tommaso Moreno
The Night Buffalo (2007)
as Manuel
I Stay with You (2014)
as Esteban
Eleven Days (—)
as Federico Carrasco
Only God Knows (2006)
as Dàmian
Stories of Disenchantment (2005)
as Amante en Video
Gimme Power (2000)
as Esteban
Beyond the 'Open Range' (2004)
as Self
Made in Mexico (2012)
as Self
A Sweet Scent of Death (1999)
as Ramon
Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
as Gastón
Antonieta (1982)
as (uncredited)
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' (2001)
as Self
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad (2010)
as Guadalupe Victoria
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
Dark Cities (2002)
as Fede
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
Actor
A Trickle of Blood (1995)
as León
Crow: The Legend (2018)
as Moth (voice)
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
as Self
Coapa Heights (1999)
as Eric
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
as Francisco Vega
Nicotina (2003)
as Lolo
Water for Life (2023)
as Narrator
El Cometa (1999)
as Victor
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers (2022)
as Self
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación (2010)
as Narrator