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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Anthony Peña (born January 13, 1976) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his prominent roles in Crash, Observe and Report, and Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. He also appeared in the Nickelback music video for their song Savin' Me. Peña portrays Luis in the Ant Man film series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as the character in Ant-Man (2015)…
Known for
- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die — Mark2026
- After Hours with James Corden — Self2026
- A Working Man — Joe Garcia2025
- ASCO: Without Permission2025
- All Her Fault — Detective Alcaras2025
- Unstoppable — Coach Bobby Williams2024
- Landman — Armando2024
- A Million Miles Away — José Hernández2023
- Moonfall — Tom Lopez2022
- Secret Headquarters — Argon2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1976-01-13 ) January 13, 1976 (age 50) , Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Spouse
- Brie Shaffer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Peña
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Scientology
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Actor Michael Pena.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Michael Peña
- date of birth
- 1976-01-13
- birth name
- Michael Anthony Peña
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
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- 81741
- name in native language
- Michael Peña
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Peña (/ˈpeɪnjə/; Spanish: [ˈpeɲa]; born January 13, 1976) is an American actor. He has starred in many films, including Crash (2004), World Trade Center (2006), Shooter (2007), Observe and Report (2009), Tower Heist (2011), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), End of Watch (2012), and Gangster Squad (2013). He has also acted in films such as American Hustle (2013), The Martian (2015), Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Extinction (2018). Peña had the title role in Cesar Chavez (2014), played DEA agent Kiki Camarena in season one of the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico (2018), and CIA agent Domingo Chavez in season 4 of the Prime Video series Jack Ryan (2023). He also starred in A Million Miles Away (2023).
He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in End of Watch.
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