Michael Peña (III)

Actor | Producer

Peña was born and raised in Chicago, to Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, who worked ...

Born: January 13, 1976

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Filmography

Known For

American Hustle Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah (2013)
Crash Daniel (2004)
End of Watch Mike Zavala (2012)
Known For

Shooter Nick Memphis (2007)
Actor

Narcos: Mexico Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena (2018)
Next Gen Momo (2018)
Logic: One Day ft. Ryan Tedder Doctor (2018)
Extinction Peter (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp Luis (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time Red (2018)
12 Strong Sam Diller (2018)
My Little Pony: The Movie Grubber (2017)
The Lego Ninjago Movie Kai (2017)
Dumpster Diving Miguel (2017)
CHIPS Ponch (2017)
Collateral Beauty Simon (2016)
Morris & the Cow Ill Mil (2016)
War on Everyone Bob Bolaño (2016)
Hell and Back Abigor the Demon (2015)
Bill Buddy Manny (2015)
The Martian Rick Martinez (2015)
Ares III: The Right Stuff Rick Martinez (2015)
Vacation New Mexico Cop (2015)
The Vatican Tapes Father Lozano (2015)
Ant-Man Luis (2015)
Ares III: Farewell Rick Martinez (2015)
Gracepoint Mark Solano (2014)
Fury Trini 'Gordo' Garcia (2014)
Frontera Miguel (2014)
Chozen Ricky (2014)
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez (2014)
The List Deputy U.S. Marshal Soto (2013)
American Hustle Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah (2013)
Turbo Tito (2013)
American Dad! Maguerite (2011-2013)
Gangster Squad Officer Navidad Ramirez (2013)
End of Watch Mike Zavala (2012)
Tower Heist Enrique Dev'Reaux (2011)
30 Minutes or Less Chango (2011)
The Good Doctor Jimmy (2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer Jesus Martinez (2011)
Battle Los Angeles Joe Rincon (2011)
Eastbound & Down Mr. Cisneros (2010)
Everything Must Go Frank Garcia (2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Detective Vargas (2009)
Observe and Report Dennis (2009)
My Name Is Earl Circus (2008)
The Lucky Ones TK (2008)
Lions for Lambs Ernest Rodriguez (2007)
Shooter Nick Memphis (2007)
World Trade Center Will Jimeno (2006)
Babel John - Border Patrol (2006)
Fifty Pills Eduardo (2006)
Walkout Sal Castro (2006)
Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project Scott (2005)
Sueño Jimmy (2005)
Little Athens Carlos (2005)
The Shield Armando Renta (2005)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Juanito Concha (2005)
Million Dollar Baby Omar (2004)
Crash Daniel (2004)
The Calcium Kid Jose Mendez (2004)
NYPD Blue Wilmer Lopez (1997-2004)
ER Police Officer (2003)
The Twilight Zone Noah (2003)
Love Object Ramirez (2003)
The United States of Leland Guillermo (2003)
Andy Richter Controls the Universe Patrick (2002)
American Family (2002)
Men, Women & Dogs Miguel (2001)
Roswell Fly (2001)
Buffalo Soldiers Garcia (2001)
Semper Fi Douglas Cepeda (2001)
The District Sante (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds Ignacio (2000)
Felicity Brian Burke (1999-2000)
Bellyfruit Oscar (1999)
Profiler Alex Lopez (1999)
Moesha Alejandro (1999)
7th Heaven Roger (1998)
La Cucaracha Orderly (1998)
The Sentinel Johnny (1998)
Boogie Boy Drug Dealer (1998)
Homicide: Life on the Street Luis Carrenza (1998)
Touched by an Angel Ray Estes (1997)
Star Maps Star Map Boy (1997)
My Fellow Americans Ernesto (1996)
Pacific Blue Rabbit (1996)
Running Free Bunk (1994)
Actor

Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal Felipe Galan (1997)
Producer

CHIPS (2017)
Producer

Underwater Dreams (2014)
Archive footage

The Insider (2017)
Entertainment Tonight (2014-2017)
Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
Ares III: The Untold Story (2016)
Extra (2014)
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
Archive footage

Irak-Afganistán, la guerra llega al cine (2008)
San Sebastián 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2006)

Awards

13 wins & 7 nominations.

Did You Know

A profile of Peña revealed that for every film he's cast in, he asks the writers to include a reference to his character being Mexican-American at some point. Peña related that since he gets to mainly play characters who are not stereotypes & ...

Quotes

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.