Michael Peña Bio | Wiki
Michael Peña (Michael Anthony Peña ) is an American Musician and Actor. He has been featured in over 90 films during his acting career some of them include End of Watch, Gangster Squad, American Hustle, Fury, Frontera, The Martian, Collateral Beauty, CHiPs, My Little Pony: The Movie, and Ant-Man.
Moreover, he is a nominee for End of Watch as the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. In addition, his upcoming movies are Secret Headquarters and Moonfall.
Michael Peña Age
He was born on January 13, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois the United States. Micheal is 46 years old and celebrates his birthday every year on January 13.
Michael Peña Height
He is a man of average stature. Tracy stands at 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.74 m).
Michael Peña Family
He was born in Chicago, Illinois in the United States to his parents. Michael is the son of Eleuterio Peña, who served at the Button factory as a worker, and Nicolasa Peña a social worker. His parents migrated to Mexico from Villa Purificación, Jalisco his father and Charcas, San Luis Potosí his mother. Furthermore, his family was originally a farmer.
Michael Peña Wife
He is happily married to his beautiful wife Brie Shaffer. Barie and Michael exchanged their wedding vows in 2006 and they have a son born in 2008 known as Roman.
Michael Peña Education
Michael grew up in North Lawndale and joined Marist High School, and matriculated from Hubbard High school. during his time in high school, he was a state qualifier in track and wrestling. Additionally, he attended St. Nicholas of Tolentine Elementary School.
Michael Peña Ant-Man
He has been featured in the upcoming superhero film Ant-Man based on Marvel Comics. The film is set to be released on July 28, 2023, and is written by Jeff Loveness, directed by Peyton Reed. Moreover, Michael’s role in the film is Luis.
Michael Peña Music
Michael formed the Los Angeles rock band, Nico Vega, in 2005 after his mother, Nicolasa. However, he left the band to focus more on his acting career in 2007. He is the songwriter of “Beast”, which was part of Billboard Hot Rock Songs Chart No. 26.
Michael Peña Scientology
He has been a member of new religious movement beliefs and practices invented by American author L. Ron Hubbard. Michael joined the group in 2000.
Michael Peña Movies and Tv Shows
He has been part of 91 film credits to his name and has been in movies they include:
Films
- Star Maps as Star Map Boy in 1997
- Gone in 60 Seconds as Ignacio in 2000
- Buffalo Soldiers as Garcia in 2001
- Love Object as Ramirez in 2003
- Crash as Daniel in 2004
- World Trade Center as Will Jimeno in 2006
- Battle: Los Angeles as Joe Rincon in 2011
- End of Watch as Officer Zavala in 2012
- American Hustle as Paco Hernandez and Sheik Abdullah in 2013
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold as Cole Marquez in 2019
- Tom & Jerry as Terrance Mendoza in 2021
TV Shows
- Pacific Blue as Rabbit in 1996
- The Sentinel as Johnny in 1998
- The Twilight Zone as Noah in 2003
- NYPD Blue as Ferd and Wilmer Lopez from 1997 to 2004
- My Name Is Earl as Circus in 2008
- American Dad! as Marguerite’s voice in 2011 and 2013
- Gracepoint as Mark Solano in 2014
- Narcos: Mexico as Kiki Camarena in 2018
Michael Peña Actor
He is a regular at independent production since 1994. Michael’s breakthrough was in 2004 after Crash and Million Dollar Baby where he won two Best Picture Oscar-winning Paul Haggis-penned films. The film The shield lead him to appear in the Golden Globe-winning in 2005. Moreover, he had a small role in the Film Babel as Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Michael was stared in the HBO film Walkout as Sal Castro in 2006. His role was of a Mexican-American high school teacher who inspires a group of high school students to fight for Chicano rights. In 2012 he co-starred in End of Watch as a Los Angeles police officer along with Jake Gyllenhaal. Michael also was featured in Fury and Ant-Man.
Additionally, he was part of the award-winning film Ridley Scott sci-film The Martian in 2015. He is featured in the Fantasy Island film as Mr. Roarke an energetic and mysterious man in 2020.
Michael Peña Net Worth
He has worked as an actor for 27 years now, there is no doubt he has amassed a decent fortune. Michael’s estimated net worth is $6.78 Million.
How Tall Is Michael Peña
Michael is a man of average stature. He is 5 ft 7 in.
How Old Is Michael Peña
Michael is 46 years old born on January 13, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois in the USA.