Gabriel Luna

Gabriel Luna
Born Gabriel Isaac Luna
(1982-12-05) December 5, 1982
Austin, 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. He is best known for his leading roles as Tony Bravo on the El Rey Network action drama series Matador (2014) and Paco Contreras on ABC's crime drama series Wicked City (2015). On film, he has starred in the black comedy Bernie (2011), the sports comedy Balls Out (2014), the drama Freeheld (2015), the horror comedy Gravy (2015), and the thriller Transpecos (2016). In 2016, he joined the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider.

Personal life

Gabriel Isaac Luna was born in Austin, 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 Montague in a production of William Shakespeare's 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

Luna made his screen acting debut as Kristofer Rostropovich in the drama film Fall to Grace, which premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2005. He then provided voice-over work for the science fiction video game BlackSite: Area 51, which was released on November 12, 2007.[4] Luna 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 as the lead character, Nate Hitchins, in the drama film Dance with the One, which was selected for South by Southwest and premiered on March 20, 2010.[4] The following year, he had a supporting role in the black comedy film Bernie, directed by Richard Linklater, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2011. Luna's television credits include minor roles on Fox's serial drama Prison Break (2008), HBO's television film Temple Grandin (2010), Fox's drama-thriller Touch (2013), and CBS' action procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles (2013).[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] Luna next recurred as Miguel Gilb, a former lover of Taylor Kitsch's character, on the second season of the HBO anthology drama series True Detective, appearing in 3 episodes.[15] He then co-starred in the Julianne Moore and Ellen Page-led drama film Freeheld, directed by Peter Sollett, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2015.[16] Luna subsequently had a supporting role in the comedy film Gravy, directed by James Roday, which was released in the United States on October 2, 2015.[17] Luna was cast as Paco Contreras, a detective searching for a serial killer on the Sunset Strip, on the ABC crime drama series Wicked City.[18] The series premiered on October 27, 2015, but was cancelled following its third episode; the remaining episodes were later released through Hulu.[19]

The following year, he starred as border patrol agent Lance Flores in the thriller film Transpecos, opposite Clifton Collins, Jr. and Johnny Simmons. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2016.[20] Luna next appeared as motorcycle racer Eddie Hasha in the Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons.[21] In July of the same year, it was announced that he would be joining the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in season 4 as Robbie Reyes, an incarnation of Ghost Rider.[22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Noteselder
2005 Fall to Grace Kristofer Rostropovich
2010 Dance with the One Nate Hitchins
2011 Bernie Kevin
2012 Spring Eddy Eddy
2014 Balls Out Vinnie
2015 Freeheld Detective Quesada
2015 Gravy Hector
2016 Transpecos Lance Flores NaFF Special Jury Award for Best Actor

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 Main role; 13 episodes
2015 True Detective Miguel Gilb 3 episodes
2015 Wicked City Paco Contreras Main role; 8 episodes
2016 Harley and the Davidsons Eddie Hasha Episode: "Amazing Machine"
2016–present Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider 6 episodes
2016 Rosewood Eddie Lunez Episode: "Eddie & the Empire State of Mind"

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. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (December 23, 2015). "Hulu Streaming Un-Aired Episodes of ABC's Canceled 'Wicked City'". Variety.
  20. ↑ Spencer, Jake (March 7, 2016). "Watch: Exclusive Clip from SXSW Premiere 'Transpecos' Leaves You in the Desert". Indiewire.
  21. ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly (March 17, 2016). "Discovery Channel Sets Premiere Date for Harley-Davidson Miniseries, Adds Three to Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. ↑ Bucksbaum, Sydney (July 22, 2016). "Comic-Con: 'Agents of SHIELD' Casts Ghost Rider for Season 4". The Hollywood Reporter.

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