
Acting
Diego Luna
Also Known As: Diego Luna Alexander, Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander
Birth Date
December 29, 1979
(46 years old)
Place of Birth
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
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Biography
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.
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American Dad!
Mauricio (voice)
2005 • 1 episode

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019 • 1 episode

Conan
Self
2010 • 3 episodes

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015 • 1 episode

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003 • 4 episodes

The View
Self - Guest
1997 • 1 episode

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944 • 1 episode

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988 • 2 episodes

The One Show
Self
2006 • 1 episode

Andor
Cassian Andor
2022 • 24 episodes

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Krel (voice)
2016 • 2 episodes

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016 • 1 episode

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014 • 2 episodes

Narcos: Mexico
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018 • 21 episodes

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015 • 1 episode

Chelsea
Self
2016 • 1 episode

The Terminal
Enrique Cruz
2004

DC League of Super-Pets
Chip (voice)
2022

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Cassian Andor
2016

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004 • 1 episode