Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander is a Mexican actor, director, and producer.
27 Facts About Diego Luna
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Diego Luna is known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Disney+ series Andor, for which he received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama.
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Diego Luna is the creator and director of the 2013 Fusion TV docu-series Back Home, his Amazon Studios talk show Pan y Circo, which premiered in 2020, and the 2021 Netflix scripted series Everything Will Be Fine.
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Diego Luna's mother, Fiona Alexander, was a British costume designer of Scottish and English descent.
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Diego Luna died in a car accident when Luna was two years old.
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Diego Luna's father, Alejandro Luna, was a theater, film, and opera set designer.
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Diego Luna had small roles in the films Todo el poder and Before Night Falls, Luna's first international film.
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Diego Luna starred as Tenoch Iturbide alongside Gael Garcia Bernal in Y tu mama tambien, a Mexican road trip film directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
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Diego Luna starred in the 2003 film Nicotina, which was critically and commercially successful in Mexico.
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Diego Luna subsequently had starring roles in the films Fade to Black and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely, and appeared in the critically acclaimed biopic Milk.
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Diego Luna appeared opposite Katy Perry in her music video for "The One That Got Away;" as of 2022, the music video has nearly 1 billion views on YouTube.
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Diego Luna starred in the animated musical comedy The Book of Life whose soundtrack charted in numerous countries.
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Diego Luna reprised the role in Andor, the Disney+ series centered around the character.
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Diego Luna starred as Mexican drug cartel leader Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico, which premiered in November 2018.
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Diego Luna appeared in the first two seasons of the show.
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Diego Luna had a number of voice acting roles in children's animation, including the 2022 box office hit DC League of Super-Pets; notably, he is part of every installment of Guillermo del Toro's Tales of Arcadia television franchise: Trollhunters, 3Below, Wizards and the film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.
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In 2007, Diego Luna directed his first film, a documentary about Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez.
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In 2012, Diego Luna directed the biopic Cesar Chavez; the film starred Michael Pena as Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers, America Ferrera, and Rosario Dawson.
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In 2020, Diego Luna created the Amazon Prime Video talk show Pan y Circo, which he produced, directed, and hosts; the following year, he received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program.
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Diego Luna created his first scripted television series, the satirical drama Everything Will Be Fine, which was released on Netflix in 2021.
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Diego Luna is an executive producer of his series Andor which premiered in 2022.
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In January 2015, Diego Luna narrated a video of theirs about the obstacles faced by children migrating from their home countries and seeking refuge in the US.
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Diego Luna was a repeat host of the 2000s-era MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica, hosting in 2002,2003, and 2007; he presented an award at the 2006 ceremony.
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Diego Luna has presented at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards, Premio Lo Nuestro 2014,2014 MTV Fandom Awards, 74th Golden Globe Awards, 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, 91st Academy Awards, and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Diego Luna was a jury member at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
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Diego Luna was a member of the 2016 jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Diego Luna married Camila Sodi in February 2008; they divorced in March 2013.