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
The Terminal (2004)
as Enrique Cruz
The Book of Life (2014)
as Manolo (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Cassian Andor
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
as Chip (voice)
Elysium (2013)
as Julio
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
as Tenoch Iturbide
Flatliners (2017)
as Ray
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
as Krel (voice)
Blood Father (2016)
as Jonah
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
as Pedrocito
Mexico 86 (2026)
as Martín de la Torre
Open Range (2003)
as Button
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
Frida (2002)
as Alejandro
The Bad Batch (2017)
as Jimmy (uncredited)
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
as Drag Queen
Contraband (2012)
as Gonzalo
Milk (2008)
as Jack Lira
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
as Javier Suarez
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
as Raul
Wander Darkly (2020)
as Matteo
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Carlos
Criminal (2004)
as Rodrigo
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin (—)
as Diego (voice)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
Tangled (2028)
as Hawthorne
Amber (1994)
as Muni Frahabarana
Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
as Sancho
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
as Beto
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' (2017)
as Self
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Michael Jackson
Walking Vengeance (2008)
as Gabriel
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
Actor
Casanova (2015)
as Giacomo Casanova
The Last New Year (1992)
Actor
Crow: The Legend (2018)
as Moth (voice)
Carambola (2005)
as El Perro
I, Chihuahua (—)
as Juan (voice)
A Sweet Scent of Death (1999)
as Ramon
Only God Knows (2006)
as Dàmian
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers (2022)
as Self
Fade to Black (2006)
as Tommaso Moreno
The Night Buffalo (2007)
as Manuel
Gimme Power (2000)
as Esteban
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut (2026)
as Diego
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' (2001)
as Self
A Trickle of Blood (1995)
as León
Beyond the 'Open Range' (2004)
as Self
Morena (1995)
as Dos
A Wonderful World (2006)
as Reportero en Estocolmo
I Stay with You (2014)
as Esteban
Perriférico (1999)
Actor
Mollusk (2025)
Actor
Never Too Young to Dream (2001)
as Postman
Made in Mexico (2012)
as Self
Fidel (2002)
as Renato Guitart
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad (2010)
as Guadalupe Victoria
Eleven Days (2026)
as Federico Carrasco
Nicotina (2003)
as Lolo
Dark Cities (2002)
as Fede
Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
as Gastón
Stories of Disenchantment (2005)
as Amante en Video
El Cometa (1999)
as Victor
Spielberg on Spielberg (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Coapa Heights (1999)
as Eric
Antonieta (1982)
as (uncredited)
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación (2010)
as Narrator
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
as Francisco Vega
Water for Life (2023)
as Narrator