Cast & creator
Diego Luna
Best known for The Kelly Clarkson Show, American Dad!, Conan
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.
Also known as: Diego Luna Alexander, Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2028 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (139)
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Mauricio (voice)
2005
Conan
Self
2010
The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The One Show
Self
2006
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Andor
Cassian Andor
2022Andor
Executive Producer
2022
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Chelsea
Self
2016
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Krel (voice)
2016
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Narcos: Mexico
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2018
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Presenter
1994
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Cassian Andor
2016
The Terminal
Enrique Cruz
2004
The Book of Life
Manolo (voice)
2014
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Krel (voice)
2018
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Inigo Montoya
2020
Elysium
Julio
2013
Maya and the Three
Zatz (voice)
2021
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Y Tu Mamá También
Tenoch Iturbide
2001
Pan y Circo
Self - Host
2020Pan y Circo
Director
2020Pan y Circo
Creator
2020
DC League of Super-Pets
Chip (voice)
2022
On the Road
Producer
2026
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Krel (voice)
2021
Blood Father
Jonah
2016
La Máquina
Andy Lujan
2024La Máquina
Original Story
2024La Máquina
Executive Producer
2024
Flatliners
Ray
2017
If Beale Street Could Talk
Pedrocito
2018
Mexico 86
Martín de la Torre
2026Mexico 86
Executive Producer
2026
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentín Arregui / Armando
2025Kiss of the Spider Woman
Executive Producer
2025
Open Range
Button
2003
Contraband
Gonzalo
2012
Milk
Jack Lira
2008
Frida
Alejandro
2002
The Bad Batch
Jimmy (uncredited)
2017
Berlin, I Love You
Drag Queen
2019
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Javier Suarez
2004
Wander Darkly
Matteo
2020
Sin Nombre
Executive Producer
2009
Casa de Mi Padre
Raul
2012
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
2015
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
Guadalupe Victoria
2010
Everything Will Be Fine
Director
2021Everything Will Be Fine
Producer
2021Everything Will Be Fine
Creator
2021
Criminal
Rodrigo
2004
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer
2022
Before Night Falls
Carlos
2000
Cesar Chavez
Producer
2014Cesar Chavez
Director
2014
Mr. Pig
Screenplay
2016Mr. Pig
Director
2016
Tangled
Hawthorne
2028
Rudo & Cursi
Beto
2008
Mi Marido tiene Más Familia
Robert Cooper
2018
Miss Bala
Executive Producer
2011
Hombre al agua
Producer
2026
Vampires: Los Muertos
Sancho
2002
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Diego (voice)
Amber
Muni Frahabarana
1994
Walking Vengeance
Gabriel
2008Walking Vengeance
Executive Producer
2008
Salt and Fire
Executive Producer
2016
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Self
2017
Ashes
Director
2026Ashes
Writer
2026Ashes
Producer
2026
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
2015
La vida en el espejo
Eugenio Román Franco
1999
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Cochochi
Executive Producer
2007
A Sweet Scent of Death
Ramon
1999
The Chosen Ones
Executive Producer
2015
Carambola
El Perro
2005
Mollusk
2025The Last New Year
1992
I, Chihuahua
Juan (voice)
Thesis on a Domestication
Executive Producer
2025
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
Diego
2026
Mister Lonely
Michael Jackson
2008
Chicuarotes
Associate Producer
2019
Crow: The Legend
Moth (voice)
2018
The Night Buffalo
Manuel
2007The Night Buffalo
Co-Producer
2007
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
Self
2022
Paraíso
Executive Producer
2013
Only God Knows
Dàmian
2006
Morena
Dos
1995
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
Self
2001
Leagues
Executive Producer
2015
Fade to Black
Tommaso Moreno
2006
I Stay with You
Esteban
2014
A Trickle of Blood
León
1995
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Never Too Young to Dream
Postman
2001
Fidel
Renato Guitart
2002
A Wonderful World
Reportero en Estocolmo
2006
Gimme Power
Esteban
2000
Fidel
Renato Guitart
2002
The Boys: Mexico
Dark Cities
Fede
2002
Made in Mexico
Self
2012
Soldiers of Salamina
Gastón
2003
Revolución
Director
2010
J.C. Chavez
Director
2007
Nicotina
Lolo
2003
Abel
Director
2010Abel
Writer
2010
ASCO: Without Permission
Executive Producer
2025
Stories of Disenchantment
Amante en Video
2005
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
Guadalupe Victoria
2010
El Cometa
Victor
1999
Perriférico
1999
Eleven Days
Federico Carrasco
2026El Día Después: Opinión Ciudadana
Producer
Coapa Heights
Eric
1999
I'm Gonna Explode
Executive Producer
2008
Drama/Mex
Executive Producer
2006
State of Silence
Executive Producer
2024
Morelos, Siervo de la Nación
Narrator
2010
Antonieta
(uncredited)
1982
Water for Life
Narrator
2023
Spielberg on Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
2007
A Rainy Day in New York
Francisco Vega
2019