Diego Luna
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Born | Diego Luna Alexander December 29, 1979[1] Toluca, Mexico |
Other names | Alexander García |
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Years active | 1982–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Alejandro Luna Fiona Alexander |
Diego Luna Alexander (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈluna aleksanˈdeɾ]; born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. Following a career in Mexican telenovelas, he has appeared in films including Y tu mamá también, Open Range, Milk, Rudo y Cursi, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, The Terminal, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He plays drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in Narcos: Mexico.
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.[2][3][4] She died in a car accident when Luna was two years old.[5] 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.[6]
Career
Acting
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Luna acted in his first play at age seven. As a child actor, he appeared in several telenovelas.[7]
Luna starred as Tenoch Iturbide in Y Tu Mamá También (2001), a Mexican road trip movie.[7] This role brought him international stardom.[7]
In 2002, Luna starred in Vampires: Los Muertos and the Oscar-winning Frida. He also appeared in Open Range (2003), "" The Terminal"(2004) alongside Tom Hanks, Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2 (2004) (a Cuban-based sequel to 'Dirty Dancing'), Criminal (2004), Only God Knows (2006), Fade to Black (2006), Mister Lonely (2007), Rudo y Cursi (2008), Just Walking (2008), Milk (2008), and Elysium (2013).[citation needed]
In March 2015, Luna joined the cast of Ana Lily Amirpour's film The Bad Batch.[8]
In Rogue One (2016), he played Cassian Andor,[9] the ally of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones). He will reprise the role in an upcoming Disney+ series centered around the character.
Luna starred as Mexican drug cartel leader Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico,[10] which premiered in November 2018.[11]
Other work
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After starring in many telenovelas,[citation needed] Luna and Gael García Bernal created Canana Films in 2005.[12]
In 2012, Luna directed his first film, the biopic Cesar Chávez, about the eponymous founder of the United Farm Workers.[13]
Luna became a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.[14][better source needed]
Luna and García Bernal co-founded Ambulante A.C., an organization and film festival working to bring documentary films to recommended places.[15] The organization received the prestigious Washington Office on Latin America's Human Rights Award in 2011.[16][better source needed] In January 2015, Luna narrated a video about the obstacles faced by children migrating from their home countries and seeking refuge in the US.[17][18][better source needed]
In October 2019 Luna and García Bernal announced they were joining the Creative Advisory Board for TV and Film development company EXILE Content along with Adam Grant.[19]
Personal life
Luna married Camila Sodi in February 2008; they were divorced in March 2013.[20] They have two children: Jerónimo (b. August 12, 2008),[21] and Fiona (b. July 1, 2010), named after Luna's mother.[22]
Filmography
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Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
2010 | Abel | Director | |
2012 | Contraband | Gonzalo | |
2012 | Casa de Mi Padre | Raul | [23] |
2013 | Elysium | Julio | |
2014 | César Chávez | — | Director and producer[24] |
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 | |
2020 | Wander Darkly | Matteo |
Television
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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: Tales of Arcadia | Krel Tarron (voice) | Episode: "In Goods Hands" |
2018-20 | Narcos: Mexico | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo | Lead role; 20 episodes |
2018-19 | 3 Below | Krel Tarron (voice) | Lead role |
2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride[25] | Inigo Montoya | Miniseries |
2020 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Krel Tarron (voice) | Episodes: "Wizard Underground" and "Our Final Act". |
2021 | Untitled Star Wars series | Cassian Andor | Lead role |
2021 | Rise of the Titans | Krel Tarron (voice) | Lead role |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist | Role |
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2011 | "The One That Got Away" | Katy Perry | Artist Boyfriend[26] |
2018 | "El Beso" | Mon Laferte | Man |
Awards
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2002 | Marcello Mastroianni Award | Best Actor (shared with Gael García Bernal) | Y tu mamá también | Won |
MTV Movie Awards | Best Insult (shared with Gael García Bernal) | Won | ||
Best Kiss (shared with Maribel Verdú and Gael García Bernal) | Nominated | |||
2004 | MTV Movie Awards | Favorite Actor, Best Performance and Worst Smoker | Nicotina | Won |
Best Turn-On Performance | Nominated | |||
Best Performance | Open Range | Nominated | ||
2009 | Cinema Writers Circle Awards | Best Actor | Just Walking | Nominated |
Goya Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
Silver Ariel Award | Best Actor | Rudo y Cursi | Nominated | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Best Ensemble | Milk | Nominated | |
Critics Choice Award | Best Ensemble | Won | ||
2012 | Imagen Award | Best Supporting Actor/Feature Film | Casa de mi Padre | Won |
2014 | Audience Award | Narrative Spotlight | Cesar Chavez | Won |
2017 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Nominated |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor | Nominated | ||
2018 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nominated |
Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated | ||
2019 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Narcos Mexico | Nominated |
Platino Awards | Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV series | Won |
References
- ^ "Information « Access Diego Luna".
- ^ "Interview: Diego Luna". COOL HUNTING. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "On a roll: Diego Luna's movie career is smokin' hot". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 2014-08-15. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
- ^ Javier, Frank; Beruman, Garcia (2014). Latino Image Makers in Hollywood. McFarland.
- ^ "LATINO FESTIVAL LAUDS LUNA".
- ^ "Diego Luna Biography (1979-)".
- ^ a b c "Actor Diego Luna was a Hollywood golden boy. So why did he go back to Mexico?". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 2018.
- ^ "Ana Lily Amirpour's Cannibal Film Gets Interesting Cast - Bloody Disgusting!". 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Diego Luna Says Being in Novelas Prepared Him for Upcoming 'Rogue One' Series". Remezcla. August 27, 2019.
- ^ "'Narcos: Mexico' Sets Diego Luna, Scoot McNairy as Season 2 Stars". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "'Narcos: Mexico' Premiere: 'It Doesn't Have a Happy Ending' - The New York Times".
- ^ Fernandez, Jay A. "Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna's Canana Films to Start Filming 'La Ultima Pelicula' in Mexico Dec. 16". www.indiewire.com.
- ^ Wilkinson, Tracy. "Diego Luna's Cesar Chavez Movie Marches in Mexico." Los Angeles Times. July 1, 2012. Accessed 2012-10-14.
- ^ "Un Certain Regard Jury 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Ambulante A.C." Ambulante A.C. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "WOLA's Human Rights Awards". Washington Office on Latin America. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Washington Office on Latin America. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Nuevo video de WOLA narrado por Diego Luna y reporte: Niños migrantes mexicanos olvidados en la frontera". Washington Office on Latin America. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray. "Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal Join Exile's Creative Advisory Board With Chair Adam Grant". Deadline. PMC. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Diego Luna and Wife Announce Split". Fox News Latino. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Diego Luna and Camila Sodi Welcome Son Jerónimo". People. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ Leon, Anya (2 July 2010). "Diego Luna, Camila Sodi Welcome Daughter Fiona". People. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ Buchanan, Kyle (14 April 2011). "Will Ferrell's Spanish-Language Movie: ¿Qué?". New York Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela. "Participant Media Picks Up Diego Luna's Historical Drama 'Chavez' for North America." The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2012. Accessed 2012-10-14.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (June 26, 2020). "Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Vena, Jocelyn (4 November 2011). "Katy Perry, Diego Luna Break Up In 'One That Got Away' Tease". MTV. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
External links
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- Diego Luna at IMDb
- Diego Luna on X
- 1979 births
- 20th-century Mexican male actors
- 21st-century Mexican male actors
- Hispanic and Latino American male actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Mexico City
- Mexican film directors
- Mexican film producers
- Mexican male child actors
- Mexican male film actors
- Mexican male telenovela actors
- Mexican male voice actors
- Mexican people of English descent
- Mexican people of Scottish descent
- Mexican television producers
- Marcello Mastroianni Award winners