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