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Diego Luna Alexander is a Mexican film actor, television actor, film producer, and film director. Born in Toluca de Lerdo on December 29, 1979, he is a male human who speaks Spanish and English. He began his work period in 1987 and was educated at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Luna resides in Mexico City and is married to Camila Sodi; they have two children. His father is Alejandro Luna, and his sibling is Iván Amozurrutia.
Luna has received the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, the Marcello Mastroianni Award, and recognition in the Time 100 collection. He has been nominated for a Goya Award for Best Actor, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. His professional fields include acting, television production and direction, and motion pictures production and direction.
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Film & TV
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣoˈluna aleɣˈsandeɾ]; born 29 December 1979) 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…
Known for
- The Boys: Mexico2028
- Mexico 86 — Martín de la Torre2026
- The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut — Diego2026
- Kiss of the Spider Woman — Valentín Arregui / Armando2025
- Mollusk2025
- La Máquina — Andy Lujan2024
- Water for Life — Narrator2023
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2023
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look — Self - Cassian Andor / Executive Producer2022
- Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers — Self2022
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1979
- Nationality
- MX
- Role / Field
- Actors, Television producers and directors, Productores de cine, Motion picture producers and directors, Directores de cine, Television production and direction
- Language
- eng, spa
- Gender
- Male
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Key facts
- Born
- Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander , ( 1979-12-29 ) 29 December 1979 (age 46) , Toluca , State of Mexico , Mexico
- Other name
- Alexander García
- Occupations
- Actor director producer
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Spouse
- Camila Sodi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2013 )
- Parents
- Alejandro Luna † (father) Fiona Alexander † (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Diego
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Toluca de Lerdo
- Spouse
- Camila Sodi
- Sibling
- Iván Amozurrutia
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
- Image
- Diego Luna - Andor.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Mexico City
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- Commons category
- Diego Luna
- date of birth
- 1979-12-29
- second family name in Spanish name
- Alexander
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- social media followers
- 2803014
- name in native language
- Diego Luna
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Encyclopedic overview
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander ( Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ˈluna aleɣˈsandeɾ]; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One (2016) and its prequel series Andor (2022–2025), for which he was nominated twice 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 Elysium, 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.
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