Gabriel Luna

Gabriel Luna
Born Gabriel Isaac Luna
(1982-12-05) December 5, 1982
Travis, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater St. Edward's University
Occupation
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Smaranda Luna (m. 2011)

Gabriel Isaac Luna (born December 5, 1982) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his starring role as Tony Bravo on the El Rey Network's action-drama television series Matador (2014). On film, has co-starred in the black comedy Bernie (2011), the sports comedy Balls Out (2014), the drama Freeheld (2015), and the horror comedy Gravy (2015). Luna starred as Paco Contreras on ABC's crime drama series Wicked City.

Personal life

Gabriel Isaac Luna was born in Travis, Texas to Deborah Ann (née Perez) and Gabriel Lopez Luna (1962–82).[1][2] His father died aged 20, shortly before Luna was born.[3] He was raised in Austin, Texas. Luna attended St. Edward's University, where he made his stage debut as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Luna graduated from St. Edward's in 2005.[4] He has been married to Romanian actress Smaranda Luna (née Ciceu) since February 2011.[2][5][6]

Career

In 2005, Luna made his film debut in Fall to Grace, which premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW). In 2007, Luna performed voice-over work for the science fiction video game BlackSite: Area 51.[4] He is a founding member of the Austin-based Paper Chairs Theatre Company.[7] On stage in Austin, Luna has portrayed Sergei Maxudov in Black Snow (2009),[8] the title character in Orestes (2009),[9] and Clov in Endgame (2010).[10] For these three performances, he received the Austin Critics Table Best Lead Actor Award in 2010.[11] Luna then starred in the 2010 film Dance with the One, which was selected for Narrative Feature competition at South by Southwest.[4] The following year, he had a supporting role in the black comedy film Bernie (2011), directed by Richard Linklater. Luna's television credits include minor roles in series such as Prison Break, Touch, and NCIS: Los Angeles, as well as an uncredited role in the television film Temple Grandin.[4]

In 2014, he was cast in the leading role of Tony Bravo on the El Rey Network television series Matador.[12] The series premiered on July 15, 2014 and ran for one season of 13 episodes, ending on October 7, 2014.[13] That same year, he co-starred as Vinnie in the sports comedy Balls Out, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2014.[14] In 2015, Luna recurred as Miguel Gilb, a friend of Taylor Kitsch's character, on the second season of the HBO anthology drama series True Detective.[15] Also in 2015, he will co-star in the Julianne Moore and Ellen Page-led drama film Freeheld, directed by Peter Sollett,[16] and the comedy film Gravy, directed by James Roday.[17] In March 2015, Luna was cast as Paco Contreras, a detective searching for a serial killer on the Sunset Strip, on ABC's crime drama series Wicked City.[18] In 2016, he will star as border patrol agent Lance Flores in the thriller Transpecos, starring opposite Clifton Collins, Jr. and Johnny Simmons. The film will have its world premiere at South by Southwest.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Fall to Grace Kristofer Rostropovich
2010 Dance With the One Nate Hitchins
2011 Bernie Kevin
2012 Spring Eddy Eddy
2015 Balls Out Vinnie
2015 Freeheld Quesada
2015 Gravy Hector
2016 Transpecos Lance Flores Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Prison Break Eduardo Episode: "Dirt Nap"
2010 Temple Grandin Student Wit Television film; uncredited
2013 Touch Ted Episode: "Ghosts"
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Geology Student Episode: "Descent"
2014 Matador Tony Bravo 13 episodes
2015 True Detective Miguel Gilb 3 episodes
2015 Wicked City Paco Contreras 8 episodes

Video games

Year Title Notes
2007 BlackSite: Area 51 Voice

Stage

Year Title Role Location
2009 Black Snow Sergei Maxudov Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin
2009 Orestes Orestes The Off Center, Austin
2010 Endgame Clov Larry L. King Theatre, Austin

References

  1. ↑ "Person Details for Gabriel Isaac Luna, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997"". FamilySearch.
  2. 1 2 "Davis Luna Obituary - Austin, TX". Austin American-Statesman. December 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hinckley, David (July 15, 2014). "The most dangerous game: in 'Matador,' Gabriel Luna plays an undercover agent who becomes a pro soccer player to trap an evil billionaire". New York Daily News.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Biography - Gabriel Luna (Eddy)". Spring Eddy Movie. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ Luna, Gabriel (February 2015). "Last night Smaranda Luna and I celebrated 4 years...". Instagram. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Member Spotlight: Smaranda Luna". Backstage. March 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Paper Chairs - About Us". Paper Chairs Theatre Company. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Syam, Avimaan (July 10, 2009). "Black Snow: Tutto Theatre and Bulgakov's satire are a wonderful marriage of zany energy and deep meaning". The Austin Chronicle.
  9. ↑ Syam, Avimaan (August 14, 2009). "Orestes: Cambiare's Orestes is refreshingly fast but, tragically, a bit loose". The Austin Chronicle.
  10. ↑ Syam, Avimaan (January 29, 2010). "Endgame: Palindrome Theatre's debut squeezes all the meaning it can from Beckett's bleakness". The Austin Chronicle.
  11. ↑ Faires, Robert (June 11, 2010). "Culture Class: The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards". The Austin Chronicle.
  12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 3, 2014). "Gabriel Luna Gets The Lead In El Rey Series 'Matador', From Bob Orci & Alex Kurtzman". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (November 28, 2014). "'Matador' Cancelled By El Rey Network After One Season". Deadline.com.
  14. ↑ Dunaway, Michael (April 26, 2014). "Catching Up With the Writer, Director and Cast of Intramural". Paste.
  15. ↑ Widner, Cindy (June 19, 2015). "Austin native Gabriel Luna spills (a little) on season 2 of HBO's True Detective". The Austin Chronicle.
  16. ↑ Kroll, Justin (October 8, 2014). "'Matador's' Gabriel Luna Joins Ellen Page in ‘Freeheld'". Variety.
  17. ↑ Kit, Borys (April 7, 2013). "'Psych' Star Directing Blood-Splattered Dark Comedy 'Gravy'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  18. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 11, 2015). "Gabriel Luna To Star In ABC's 'L.A. Crime'". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Transpecos – SXSW 2016 Event Schedule". South by Southwest. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

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