Diego Luna

Diego Luna Alexander (; born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He has appeared in many films, including Y tu mamá también, Open Range, Milk, Rudo y Cursi, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He is one of the founders and owners of Canana Films.
==Early life==
Luna was born in Toluca and raised in Mexico City. His mother, Fiona Alexander, was a British costume designer, of Scottish and English descent.http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/interview-diego-luna She died in a car accident when Luna was two years old. His father, Alejandro Luna, is a theater, film, and opera set designer, who reinforced the importance of theater and the arts in his life. Alejandro would bring Diego to the sets and mentor him in different aspects of art, cultivating a desire to become an actor and uphold the family tradition.
==Career==
After starring in many telenovelas, Luna and Gael García Bernal now own Canana Films (which with Tom Golden's Golden Phoenix Productions, produces a number of television documentaries about the unsolved murders of three hundred women in Ciudad Juárez). In 2012, Luna directed his first film, the biopic Cesar Chávez, about the eponymous founder of the United Farm Workers.Wilkinson, Tracy. "Diego Luna's Cesar Chavez Movie Marches in Mexico." Los Angeles Times. July 1, 2012. Accessed 2012-10-14. In March 2015, he joined the cast of Ana Lily Amirpour's film The Bad Batch. Luna became a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. In Rogue One, he played Cassian Andor, the ally of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones).
Luna gained greater recognition with American audiences while starring as Mexican drug cartel leader Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico, which premiered in November 2018.
==Personal life==
Luna married Camila Sodi in February 2008; they were divorced in March 2013. They have two children: Jerónimo (b. August 12, 2008), and Fiona (b. July 1, 2010), named after Luna's mother.
Luna and García Bernal co-founded Ambulante A.C., an organization and film festival working to bring documentary films to recommended places. The organization received the prestigious Washington Office on Latin America's Human Rights Award in 2011. In January 2015, Luna appeared at the Board of Directors and narrated a video about the obstacles faced by children migrating from their home country and seeking refuge in the US.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1999	A Sweet Scent of Death 	Ramón 	
2000	Before Night Falls 	Carlos 	
2001	Y Tu Mamá También 	Tenoch Iturbide 	
2002	Frida 	Alejandro Gonzalez Arias	
2002	Vampires: Los Muertos 	Sancho 	
2003	Nicotina 	Lolo 	
2003	Soldados de Salamina 	Gastón 	
2003	Open Range 	Button 	
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Javier Suarez 	
2004	The Terminal 	Enrique Cruz 	
2004	Criminal 	Rodrigo 	
2006	Only God Knows 	Damián 	
2006	Fade to Black 	Tommaso Moreno 	
2006	Un mundo maravilloso 	Reportero en Estocolmo 	
2007	El búfalo de la noche 	Manuel 	
2007	Mister Lonely 	Michael Jackson 	
2008	Just Walking 	Gabriel 	
2008	Rudo y Cursi 	Beto 	
2008	Milk 	Jack Lira 	
2012	Contraband 	Gonzalo 	
2012	Casa de Mi Padre 	Raul 	
2013	Elysium 	Julio 	
2014	César Chávez 	 	Director and producerMcClintock, Pamela. "Participant Media Picks Up Diego Luna's Historical Drama 'Chavez' for North America." The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2012. Accessed 2012-10-14.
2014	The Book of Life 	Manolo Sanchez (voice) 	
2016	Blood Father 	Jonah 	
2016	Mr. Pig 	 	Director
2016	The Bad Batch 	Jimmy 	
2016	Rogue One 	Cassian Andor 	
2017	Flatliners 	Ray 	
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk 	Pedrocito 	
2019	Berlin, I Love You 	Drag Queen 	
2019	A Rainy Day in New York 	Francisco Vega 	Post-production
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992 	El abuelo y yo 	Luis 	
1995 	El premio mayor 	Quique Domínguez 	Recurring
1999 	La vida en el espejo	Eugenio Román Franco	Telenovela
2002 	Fidel 	Renato Guitart 	Television film
2010 	Great Migrations 	Narrator 	Miniseries
2013 	American Dad! 	Mauricio (voice) 	Episode: "Poltergasm"
2015 	Casanova 	Giacomo Casanova 	Amazon Studios pilot
2018 	Trollhunters 	Krel (voice) 	Episode: "In Goods Hands"
2018-present	Narcos: Mexico 	Félix Gallardo 	Lead role
2018-present	3 Below 	Krel (voice) 	Lead role
=== Music videos ===
Year	Title 	Artist 	Role
2011	"The One That Got Away"	Katy Perry 	Artist Boyfriend
2018	"El Beso" 	Mon Laferte	Man
==Awards==
Year	Association 	Category 	Work 	Result
2002	Marcello Mastroianni Award 	Best Actor (shared with Gael García Bernal) 	Y tu mamá también 	
2002	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Insult (shared with Gael García Bernal) 	Y tu mamá también 	
2002	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Kiss (shared with Maribel Verdú and Gael García Bernal)	Y tu mamá también 	
2004	MTV Movie Awards 	Favorite Actor, Best Performance and Worst Smoker 	Nicotina 	
2004	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Turn-On Performance 	Nicotina 	
2004	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Performance 	Open Range 	
2009	Cinema Writers Circle Awards 	Best Actor 	Just Walking 	
2009	Goya Awards 	Best Actor 	Just Walking 	
2009	Silver Ariel Award 	Best Actor 	Rudo y Cursi 	
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Best Ensemble 	Milk 	
2009	Critics Choice Award 	Best Ensemble 	Milk 	
2012	Imagen Award 	Best Supporting Actor/Feature Film 	Casa de mi Padre 	
2014	Audience Award 	Narrative Spotlight 	Cesar Chavez 	
2017	Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actor in a Film 	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	
2017	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor 	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	
2018	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble 	If Beale Street Could Talk 	
2018	Seattle Film Critics Society 	Best Ensemble Cast 	If Beale Street Could Talk 	
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