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