Luis Arrieta was born and raised in Mexico City, to Sandra Joffe, an ophthalmologist, and Luis Antonio Arrieta, a public accountant and entrepreneur. Older brother of three. His passion during his early years was math, he wanted to become an actuary. But in the year 2000, when he was 18 years old, he accidentally landed in an acting class. He makes the joke of mistaking the "actuary" classroom door for the "acting" door (in Spanish both words are very similar). As soon as Luis discovered acting, his world took a 180 degrees turn. He rejected a math scholarship of a university in order to study and pursue an acting career.

Today Luis is one of the must renown actors of his generation with a solid career in movies, theater and television. His ability to play all the different genres and engage in English and Spanish accents, have led him to work in a variety of national and international projects. He's been in more than 40 films, among which stand commercial hits and awarded films.

On stage he's been in several Pulitzer winner plays, such as Wit and Rabbit Hole. Also, he's participated in long successful runs such as Love/Sick. Regarding television shows, he's played leading roles in Dios Inc. (2016) an HBO series with high ratings for Latin-American, three seasons of Paramedicos (2012) and Malinche (2018), where his character spoke in Mayan and Nahuatl.