Acting · Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico · Born December 29, 1979
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.
MovieMexico 86
2026
as Martín de la Torre
MovieThe One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
2026
as Diego
MovieMollusk
2025
MovieKiss of the Spider Woman
2025
as Valentín Arregui / Armando
TVLa Máquina
2024
as Andy Lujan
TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MovieWater for Life
2023
as Narrator
TVAndor
2022
as Cassian Andor
MovieSoul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022
as Self
MovieAndor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
MovieDC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Chip (voice)
TVMaya and the Three
2021
as Zatz (voice)
MovieTrollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
as Krel (voice)
MovieWander Darkly
2020
as Matteo
TVPan y Circo
2020
as Self - Host
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Inigo Montoya
MovieBerlin, I Love You
2019
as Drag Queen
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieA Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Francisco Vega
TV3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018
as Krel (voice)
MovieIf Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Pedrocito
TVNarcos: Mexico
2018
as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
MovieCrow: The Legend
2018
as Moth (voice)
TVMi Marido tiene Más Familia
2018
as Robert Cooper
MovieFlatliners
2017
as Ray
MovieThe Bad Batch
2017
as Jimmy (uncredited)
MovieThe Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
as Self
MovieRogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Cassian Andor
MovieBlood Father
2016
as Jonah
TVChelsea
2016
as Self
TVCasanova
2015
as Giacomo Casanova
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieCasanova
2015
as Giacomo Casanova
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieI Stay with You
2014
as Esteban
MovieThe Book of Life
2014
as Manolo (voice)
MovieElysium
2013
as Julio
MovieMade in Mexico
2012
as Self
MovieCasa de Mi Padre
2012
as Raul
MovieContraband
2012
as Gonzalo
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieMorelos, Siervo de la Nación
2010
as Narrator
MovieGritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
as Guadalupe Victoria
TVGritos de Muerte y Libertad
2010
as Guadalupe Victoria
MovieRudo & Cursi
2008
as Beto
MovieMilk
2008
as Jack Lira
MovieWalking Vengeance
2008
as Gabriel
MovieMister Lonely
2008
as Michael Jackson
MovieSpielberg on Spielberg
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Night Buffalo
2007
as Manuel
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieA Wonderful World
2006
as Reportero en Estocolmo
MovieFade to Black
2006
as Tommaso Moreno
MovieOnly God Knows
2006
as Dàmian
MovieCarambola
2005
as El Perro
MovieStories of Disenchantment
2005
as Amante en Video
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Mauricio (voice)
MovieCriminal
2004
as Rodrigo
MovieThe Terminal
2004
as Enrique Cruz
MovieDirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004
as Javier Suarez
MovieBeyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
TVOn Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
MovieNicotina
2003
as Lolo
MovieOpen Range
2003
as Button
MovieSoldiers of Salamina
2003
as Gastón
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieVampires: Los Muertos
2002
as Sancho
MovieDark Cities
2002
as Fede
MovieFrida
2002
as Alejandro
MovieThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
MovieFidel
2002
as Renato Guitart
TVFidel
2002
as Renato Guitart
MovieNever Too Young to Dream
2001
as Postman
MovieY Tu Mamá También
2001
as Tenoch Iturbide
MovieBehind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001
as Self
MovieBefore Night Falls
2000
as Carlos
MovieGimme Power
2000
as Esteban
MovieA Sweet Scent of Death
1999
as Ramon
TVLa vida en el espejo
1999
as Eugenio Román Franco
MovieEl Cometa
1999
as Victor
MoviePerriférico
1999
MovieCoapa Heights
1999
as Eric
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
MovieA Trickle of Blood
1995
as León
MovieMorena
1995
as Dos
TVMTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Presenter
MovieAmber
1994
as Muni Frahabarana
The Last New Year
1992
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieAntonieta
1982
as (uncredited)
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieNaya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as Diego (voice)
MovieEleven Days
as Federico Carrasco
Tangled
MovieI, Chihuahua
as Juan (voice)
TVThe Boys: Mexico
