"Diego Luna"
Diego Luna Alexander (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈluna]; born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor known for his childhood telenovela work, a starring role in the film Y tu mamá también and supporting roles in American films. He is also known for his roles in Rudo y Cursi, The Terminal, Elysium and Milk. Together with Romola Garai, he starred in the film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. He also had minor roles in Frida and Before Night Falls and provides Spanish language narration for the National Geographic Channel documentary Great Migrations.
Luna was born in Mexico City, the son of Fiona Alexander, a British costume designer and Alejandro Luna, a Mexican set designer who is one of the most acclaimed living theatre, cinema and opera set designers in Mexico. His mother died in a car accident when he was two years old. She had worked in the film industry and had made sure that this was a life in which Luna would be immersed. His father also reinforced the importance of theater and the arts in his life. When Luna was a child his father would bring him to the sets and mentor him in different aspects of art, furthering in him a desire to become an actor and uphold the family tradition.
Luna wed Mexican actress Camila Sodi on February 5, 2008 and they had a son Jerónimo (born on August 9, 2008 in Los Angeles) and a daughter, Fiona (born July 1, 2010 in Mexico City) who is named after Luna's late mother. They announced their separation in March 2013. He and Gael Garcia Bernal, co-founded Ambulante A.C., their organization and film festival that works to bring documentary films to places where they are rarely shown. Ambulante was awarded the Washington Office on Latin America's prestigious Human Rights Award in 2011.
From an early age, Luna began acting in television, film and stage, his film debut was Antonieta in 1982. His next role was in the telenovela El Abuelo y Yo (1992) with his childhood best friend, Gael García Bernal. In 1995, he played the role of Laura León' troubled son Quique in the Mexican soap opera El premio mayor. Luna had his big break in 2001 when he was cast in the critically acclaimed Y tu mamá también, once again alongside Bernal. He currently made a name for himself in the United States market, having starred alongside Jon Bon Jovi in Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and the Academy Award-winning Frida (2002). He was also in the western Open Range, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, The Terminal and Criminal. In 2008, he starred in the Harvey Milk biopic Milk as his emotionally unstable lover, Jack Lira. Luna and Bernal own Canana Productions which is recently joined with Golden Phoenix Productions (owned by producer Tom Golden of Hot Springs, Arkansas) to jointly produce a number of television documentaries about the unsolved murders of more than 300 women in the border city of Ciudad Juárez. For the fourth time, Luna and Bernal starred in the American Spanish-language comedy film Casa de Mi Padre with Will Ferrell. In 2011, Luna played the male lead in Katy Perry's music video, The One That Got Away. In June 2012, he began directing his first English-language film Cesar Chávez, a biopic about the life of American labor eponymous leader, who founded the United Farm Workers.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Antonieta | N/A | Uncredited |
| 1989 | Carrusel | N/A | Episode #1.1 |
| 1999 | A Sweet Scent of Death | Ramón | |
| 2000 | Before Night Falls | Carlos | |
| 2001 | Y tu mamá también | Tenoch Iturbide | Premio Marcello Mastroianni Award and Best Actor (shared with Gael García Bernal) MTV Movie Awards North Feed - Best Insult (shared with Gael García Bernal) North Feed - Best Kiss (shared with Maribel Verdú) Nominated—MTV North Feed - Best Kiss (shared with Gael García Bernal) |
| 2002 | Frida | Alejandro 'Alex' | |
| Vampires: Los Muertos | Sancho | ||
| Fidel | Renato Guitart | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Nicotina | Lolo | MTV Movie Awards for Favorite Actor, Best Performance and Worst Smoker Nominated—MTV Movie Awards for Best Turn-On Performance |
| Soldados de Salamina | Gastón | ||
| Open Range | Button | Nominated—MTV Movie Awards for Best Performance | |
| 2004 | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights | Javier Suarez | |
| The Terminal | Enrique Cruz | ||
| Criminal | Rodrigo | ||
| 2006 | Only God Knows | Damián | |
| Fade to Black | Tommaso Moreno | ||
| Un mundo maravilloso | Reportero en Estocolmo | ||
| 2007 | El Búfalo de la Noche | Manuel | |
| Mister Lonely | Michael Jackson | ||
| 2008 | Just Walking | Gabriel | Nominated—Cinema Writers Circle Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Goya Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Rudo y Cursi | Beto | Nominated—Silver Ariel Award for Best Actor | |
| Milk | Jack Lira | Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Awards Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble | |
| 2010 | Great Migrations | Narrator | Miniseries |
| 2011 | The One That Got Away | Artist Boyfriend | Music Video |
| 2012 | Contraband | Gonzalo | |
| Casa de Mi Padre | Raul | Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor/Feature Film | |
| 2013 | Elysium | Julio | |
| American Dad! | Mauricio | Voice Episode: Poltergasm | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chávez | N/A | Director and producer Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight |
| The Book of Life | Manolo Sanchez | Voice |
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/
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