Age, Biography, and Wiki
Diego Luna was born on December 29, 1979, in Mexico City, Mexico. He grew up in a family deeply involved in theater and film, with his parents being acclaimed theater and film designers. Luna began his acting career at a young age and gained recognition for his early roles in Mexican television and film.
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| Date of Birth | 29 December 1979 |
| Age | 45 Years |
| Birth Place | Toluca, Mexico |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
| Country | Mexico |
Height, Weight & Measurements
- Height: Approximately 5 feet 9 inches (176 cm)
- Weight: Not publicly disclosed
- Other measurements are not widely reported.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Diego Luna's personal life includes being married to Camila Sodi, a Mexican actress, until their divorce in 2013. They have two children together. As of the latest information, his current relationship status is not prominently featured in media.
His mother, Fiona Alexander, was a British costume designer of Scottish and English descent. She died in a car accident when Luna was two years old. His father, Alejandro Luna, was a theater, film, and opera set designer. He has an older sister. Luna and his frequent co-star Gael García Bernal have been friends from infancy. Their mothers were friends.
Luna married Camila Sodi in February 2008; they 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 has resided in Los Angeles. Since 2017, he and his family have lived in Mexico City.
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| Husband | Camila Sodi (m. 2008-2013) |
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Diego Luna's net worth is estimated at $8 million, primarily from his work in acting, directing, and producing various film and television projects. However, earlier estimates suggested a net worth of $12 million, reflecting variations in financial assessments.
Career, Business, and Investments
Diego Luna's career spans multiple continents and includes significant roles in films like "Y Tu Mamá También," "Rudo y Cursi," "Elysium," and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." He also starred in the Netflix series "Narcos: Mexico" and reprised his role as Cassian Andor in the Disney+ series "Andor." Luna has expanded his professional scope by venturing into directing and producing through his production company, Canana Films.
Throughout his career, he has appeared in Mexican theater productions and produced a number of film and television projects, many with his close collaborator Gael García Bernal. Since 2010, he has directed three feature films: Abel, Cesar Chavez, and Mr. Pig. He 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 (TV series). In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
With frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal and producer Pablo Cruz, Luna created the production company Canana Films in 2005. Together, they have produced dozens of Mexican film and television productions. Notably, they executive produced the 2009 Cary Fukunaga film Sin nombre, which was honored by the Sundance Film Festival and Independent Spirit Awards, the 2011 thriller Miss Bala which was submitted as Mexico's foreign-language Oscar submission, and the 2015 drama The Chosen Ones. In 2015, Luna and Cruz launched the branded entertainment studio Gloria for Latin American talent.
Luna and García Bernal departed Canana in 2018, subsequently founding a new production company, La Corriente del Golfo. In October 2019, it was announced that Luna and García Bernal were joining the Creative Advisory Board for the TV and film development company EXILE Content. In 2020, they signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios.
In 2012, Luna directed the biopic Cesar Chávez; the film starred Michael Peña as Cesar Chávez, the founder of the United Farm Workers, America Ferrera, and Rosario Dawson. The film premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded an Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival. The film received mixed reviews. The following year, he created and directed the docu-series Back Home, which follows celebrity guests on a journey to their family homelands. The show was broadcast on Fusion TV.
Social Network
Diego Luna maintains a strong presence on social media platforms, where he engages with fans and shares updates about his projects. His Instagram account is particularly active, featuring insights into his personal and professional life.
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (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 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, he co-starred in a variety of films like the sci-fi Elysium, comedy Casa de mi Padre, and the animated musical The Book of Life, before starring as Andor in 2016's Rogue One, a role he reprises in the 2022 Disney+ series of the same name. From 2018 to 2020, he starred as the drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in Narcos: Mexico.
Luna starred as Tenoch Iturbide alongside Gael García Bernal in Y tu mamá también (2001), a Mexican road trip film directed by Alfonso Cuarón. A critical and box office success, the role brought him international stardom. The film was the beginning of a series of high-profile collaborations with childhood friend García Bernal, with whom he would costar in several films and go on to establish Canana Films. For these roles and others, the two are considered to be faces of the Nuevo Cine Mexicano film movement.
In the following two years, Luna acted in Mexican films along with English-language productions like the miniseries Fidel, Vampires: Los Muertos, the Kevin Costner western Open Range, and the Academy Award-winning Frida. He starred in the 2003 film Nicotina, which was critically and commercially successful in Mexico. 2004 was a significant year for Luna as he starred in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal alongside Tom Hanks, the film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (a Cuban-based reimagining of Dirty Dancing), and the indie crime film Criminal alongside John C. Reilly. He subsequently had starring roles in the films Fade to Black (2006) and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely (2007), and also appeared in the critically acclaimed biopic Milk (2008). In Spanish-language film, he starred in Sólo Dios sabe opposite Alice Braga (Only God Knows; 2006), crime thriller Solo quiero caminar (Walking Vengeance; 2008)—for which he was nominated for a Goya Award—and the soccer comedy Rudo y Cursi (2008), one of the highest grossing Mexican films of all time.
In the early 2010s, Luna co-starred in the Will Ferrell Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi Padre (2012) and appeared in the action films Contraband and Elysium. He appeared opposite Katy Perry in her music video for "The One That Got Away;" as of 2024, the music video has over 1 billion views on YouTube. He starred in the animated musical comedy The Book of Life (2014) whose soundtrack charted in numerous countries. In 2015, the pilot episode of the Amazon Studios series Casanova, in which Luna stars as Giacomo Casanova. The show was not picked up to series.
In August 2015, it was announced that Luna was part of the cast of what was then known as Star Wars: Rogue One. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiered in 2016, and his portrayal of Cassian Andor, a captain and intelligence officer of the Rebel Alliance, brought him international attention. He reprised the role in Andor (2022–2025), the Disney+ series centered around the character. The show was originally announced in 2018 but production was delayed until November 2020 by the development process and the COVID-19 pandemic. A second and final season began production in Fall 2022 and was expected to wrap up filming in August 2023, however, it was delayed because of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. The second season wrapped in February 2024 and began its release in April, 2025. Luna is an executive producer of the series.
Education
Diego Luna's formal education details are not widely highlighted in public sources. However, his early involvement in theater and film was significantly influenced by his family's background in these arts.
