Biography

Hugo Diego Garcia is a French and Spanish actor director of Italian descent. Garcia pursued both boxing and law school. He went on to study theater and cinema in Lyon, Paris and before moving to Los Angeles and adding writer and director to his resume. He worked as a boxing trainer and various other jobs.

His first two short films, "Tony" and "Cagnolino" screened at numerous festivals. His performance in it was highly praised and Tony was named one of the "Best 10 Short Films of 2019" by the UK Film Review and from Silver Bear winners, Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (La Terra Dell Abbastanza, Favolacce). Hugo's credits include "Touchées", Alexandra Lamy's first feature film and of the series regular in Hulu's "Death and Other Details" coming out in 2024. In 2022 Hugo was cast alongside Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore to play Diego in Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance". Legendary director John Woo offered him the role of Coco in the remake of his own cult classic movie "The Killer" in which Hugo Diego plays alongside Cesar winner Omar Sy.

On top of two shorts and a music video for his brother, French electronic artist and composer MALO, Hugo Diego also wrote, produced and co-directed alongside Lorenzo Bentivoglio his first feature "Vache Folle" in which he plays the lead. The movie by the duo LOGO will be released in 2024.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bafta LA

Hugo Diego Garcia is a French and Spanish actor, writer and director. He studied law and pursued boxing before stepping into the film industry. He worked in theater and cinema in Lyon and Paris, then he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career.

His first two short films "Tony" and "Cagnolino" launched him. Tony was named one of the "Best 10 Short Films of 2019" by the UK Film Review and from Silver Bear winners, Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (La Terra Dell Abbastanza, Favolacce) and Cagnolino was quoted as one of the most impactful and violent short in recent years by multiple outlets.

Hugo also played a part in "Touchées", Alexandra Lamy's first feature film and of the series regular in Hulu's Death and Other Details. In 2022 Hugo was cast alongside Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore to play Diego in Coralie Fargeat's The Substance. He is also playing the role of Coco in John Woo's remake of The Killer. He also directed his brother MALO's music video, Mauve, in which he stars.

Hugo Diego also wrote, produced and co-directed alongside Lorenzo Bentivoglio his first feature "Vache Folle" in which he plays the lead role, coming out in 2025.
- IMDb mini biography by: BAFTA