Biography
Diego Dionisio Luna AlexanderΒ (Spanish:Β [ΛdjeΙ£oΛlunaΒ aleΙ£ΛsandeΙΎ]; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer, best known for his portrayal ofΒ Cassian AndorΒ inΒ Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryΒ (2016) and theΒ Disney+Β seriesΒ AndorΒ (2022β2025), for which he was nominated for aΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama.
Following an early career in MexicanΒ telenovelas, Luna had his breakthrough in the critically acclaimed 2001 filmΒ Y tu mamΓ‘ tambiΓ©n. During the 2000s, he appeared in both Mexican and American films, includingΒ Frida,Β Open Range,Β Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,Β The Terminal,Β Criminal,Β Milk,Β SΓ³lo quiero caminar, andΒ Rudo y Cursi. In the 2010s, his films included the science fictionΒ film Elysium, the comedyΒ Casa de mi Padre, and the animated musicalΒ The Book of Life. From 2018 to 2020, he starred as the drug traffickerΒ Miguel Γngel FΓ©lix GallardoΒ inΒ Narcos: Mexico.
Luna has appeared in numerous Mexican theatre productions and has produced both film and television projects, many of which featureΒ Gael GarcΓa Bernal. Since 2010, he has directed three feature films:Β Abel,Β Cesar Chavez, andΒ Mr. Pig. He is the creator and director of the 2013Β Fusion TVΒ docu-seriesΒ Back Home, theΒ Amazon StudiosΒ talk showΒ Pan y Circo, which premiered in 2020, and the 2021Β NetflixΒ scripted seriesΒ Everything Will Be Fine. In 2025,Β TimeΒ magazine listed Luna as one ofΒ the world's 100 most influential people.
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Filmography (97)
Mexico 86
2026
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
2026
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025
Mollusk
2025
La MΓ‘quina
2024
Water for Life
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
Andor
2022
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
Maya and the Three
2021
Wander Darkly
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Pan y Circo
2020
Berlin, I Love You
2019
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Crow: The Legend
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Narcos: Mexico
2018
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018
Mi Marido tiene MΓ‘s Familia
2018
Flatliners
2017
The Bad Batch
2017
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
Blood Father
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Chelsea
2016
Casanova
2015
Casanova
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Book of Life
2014
I Stay with You
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Elysium
2013
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
Contraband
2012
Made in Mexico
2012
Morelos, Siervo de la NaciΓ³n
2010
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
2010
Conan
2010
Milk
2008
Rudo & Cursi
2008
Walking Vengeance
2008
Mister Lonely
2008
The Night Buffalo
2007
Spielberg on Spielberg
2007
Only God Knows
2006
Fade to Black
2006
A Wonderful World
2006
The One Show
2006
Stories of Disenchantment
2005
Carambola
2005
American Dad!
2005
The Terminal
2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004
Criminal
2004
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Open Range
2003
Nicotina
2003
Soldiers of Salamina
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Frida
2002
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002
Dark Cities
2002
Fidel
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Fidel
2002
Y Tu MamΓ‘ TambiΓ©n
2001
Never Too Young to Dream
2001
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu MamΓ‘ TambiΓ©n'
2001
Before Night Falls
2000
Gimme Power
2000
PerrifΓ©rico
1999
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999
El Cometa
1999
Coapa Heights
1999
La vida en el espejo
1999
The View
1997
A Trickle of Blood
1995
Morena
1995
Amber
1994
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
The Last New Year
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Antonieta
1982
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Eleven Days
Tangled
I, Chihuahua
The Boys: Mexico