Background
Gabriel Isaac Luna was born in Travis, Texas to Deborah Ann (née Perez) and Gabriel Lopez Luna (1962-1982). His father died aged 20, shortly before Luna was born.
Gabriel Isaac Luna was born in Travis, Texas to Deborah Ann (née Perez) and Gabriel Lopez Luna (1962-1982). His father died aged 20, shortly before Luna was born.
Luna attended Saint Edward"s University, where he made his stage debut as Romeo Mantague in a production of William Shakespeare"s Romeo and Juliet. Luna graduated from Saint Edward"s in 2005.
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 American Broadcasting Company"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). 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.
On stage in Austin, Luna has portrayed Sergei Maxudov in Black Snow (2009), the title character in Orestes (2009), and Clov in Endgame (2010). 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.
The following year, he had a supporting role in the black comedy film Bernie, directed by Richard Linklater, which premiered at the Los Angeles Festival on June 16, 2011. Luna"s television credits include minor roles on Fox"s serial drama Prison Break (2008), Home Box Office"s television film Temple Grandin (2010), Fox"s drama-thriller Touch (2013), and Columbia Broadcasting System" action procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles (2013).
In 2014, he was cast in the leading role of Tony Bravo on the El Rey Network television series Matador.
The series premiered on July 15, 2014 and ran for one season of 13 episodes, ending on October 7, 2014. That same year, he co-starred as Vinnie in the sports comedy Balls Out, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on April 19, 2014. Luna next recurred as Miguel Gilb, a former lover of Taylor Kitsch"s character, on the second season of the Home Box Office anthology drama series True Detective, appearing in 3 episodes.
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 Festival on September 13, 2015.
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. Luna was cast as Paco Contreras, a detective searching for a serial killer on the Sunset Strip, on the American Broadcasting Company crime drama series Wicked City.
The series premiered on October 27, 2015, but was cancelled following its third episode. The remaining episodes were later released through Hulu.
The following year, he starred as border patrol agent Lance Flores in the thriller film Transpecos, opposite Clifton Collins, Junior. and Johnny Simmons.
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2016. Luna will next star as motorcycle racer Eddie "Texas Cyclone" Hasha in the upcoming Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons.
Luna is a founding member of the Austin-based Paper Chairs Theatre Company.