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Diego Calva

Diego Calva

Actor · Born March 16, 1992 (34) · Mexico City, Mexico

Golden Globe nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Diego Calva Hernández (born 16 March 1992) is a Mexican actor best known for starring in the crime drama television series Narcos: Mexico (2021) and the black comedy-drama film Babylon (2022). For the latter, he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Calva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1992 (34)
From
Mexico City, Mexico
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 37% in 30 days

What are Diego Calva's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 4
Ally
2 of 4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Diego Calva's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Diego Calva's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Possession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Club Kid(2026)

    as Oscar

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Her Private Hell(2026)

    as Nico

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Killing Castro(2026)

    as Ernesto Guevara

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • On Swift Horses(2024)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Video Game Auteur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Chris

  • Prison Cell 211(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Juan Olvera

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
  • The Secret of the River(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Erik

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • Midnight Family(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · as Marcus Tamayo

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • City of Dreams(2023)

    as Carlitos

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Sharp Wounds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Casting Consultant

  • Bird Box: Barcelona(2023)

    as Octavio

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Babylon(2022)

    as Manny Torres

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Beautiful Losers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Tigers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Azur

  • Unstoppable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · as Joshua

  • ColOZio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Sleeping Dogs Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as The Local

  • Narcos: Mexico(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Arturo Beltrán Leyva · as Arturo Bertrán Leyva

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • The Inmate(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as El Rubio

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
  • Help Me Make It Through the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Luis

  • Otro muerto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Alejandro

  • The Night Manager(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Teddy Dos Santos

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • I Promise You Anarchy(2015)

    as Miguel

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Baton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Pedro

  • Domani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Drama King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Rodrigo Rojas

  • Glamour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 22 of them dated from 2015 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20152026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting27 of 28: 27 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thOther crew1 of 28: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s7 · acting2020s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 40% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2023.

  1. 2023
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Diego Calva's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Diego Calva's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 82 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles30–78 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 59 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 51 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Diego Calva work with?

People who share at least 2 of Diego Calva's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gibrán Portela shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Mixed roles