Diego Calva

Diego Calva is a Mexican actor who was born in Mexico City and studied directing and screenwriting at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. While at film school he took jobs as a caterer, boom mic operator, set dresser, and production assistant, and he made several short films as a director before he turned to acting full time. His first lead came in 2015, in Julio Hernández Cordón's independent film I Promise You Anarchy, which premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival and also screened in Toronto. He shared the Best Lead Actor prize at that year's Havana Film Festival with Eduardo Eliseo Martínez. In 2021 he appeared in Narcos: Mexico as Arturo Beltrán Leyva. He then played Manny Torres in Damien Chazelle's Babylon (2022), acting alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, and the role earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.