Diego Luna 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 and directed Mr. Pig and the biographical film Cesar Chavez.
Diego Luna directs tribute to American immigration for Jarritos
Diego Luna’s third narrative directorial feature, “Mr. Pig”
stars Danny Glover and Maya Rudolph as an quick-tempered father and long-suffering daughter on a fateful road trip from Southern California to the Jalisco region of west-central Mexico.
A beautiful road movie, and a chance to talk about love for Mexico through the eyes of an American.
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal ink deals with Amazon
Garcia Bernal and Luna’s deal is a first-look. The duo currently serve as executive producers on the upcoming “Untitled Cortés and Moctezuma” limited series from Amazon Studios and Amblin Television. As part of the deal, Bernal and Luna will create and produce content for Amazon Studios. The pair recently announced their new production house in Mexico, La Corriente del Golfo, an independent company for cinematic, theatrical, and television productions and a variety of community-oriented projects.
A Film by Diego Luna
Cesar Chavez is a 2014 Mexican-American biographical film
produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chavez. Chavez inspired millions of Americans from all walks of life who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice.
Disney is developing a live-action scripted series with Diego Luna, star of 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
It will go into production next year for Disney's forthcoming streaming service. The series will follow rebel spy Cassian Andor during the early days of the Rebellion and ahead of the events of Rogue One.
