Gabriel Luna ✝

Gabriel Isaac Luna was born in Austin, Texas, to Deborah Ann (née Perez) and Gabriel Lopez Luna (1962–1982), both of whom are of Mexican parentage. His father died aged 20, three months prior to Luna\'s birth. He was raised by his mother 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.\n', ' Luna made his screen acting debut as Kristofer Rostropovich in the drama film Fall to Grace, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2005. He then provided voice-over work for the science fiction video game BlackSite: Area 51, which was released in November 2007. Luna is a founding member of the Austin-based Paper Chairs Theatre Company. On stage in Austin, Luna has portrayed Sergei Maxudov in Black Snow (2009), the title character in Orestes (2009), and Clov in Endgame (2010). For these three performances, he received the Austin Critics Table Best Lead Actor Award in 2010.\n', ' Luna then starred as the lead character, Nate Hitchins, in the drama film Dance with the One, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 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 Film Festival in June 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).\n', '