Michael Pena
Michael Pena
Michael Anthony Peñais an American actor and musician. He has starred in many films, such as Crash, World Trade Center, Shooter, Observe and Report, Tower Heist, End of Watch, Gangster Squad, American Hustle, Fury, Ant-Manand The Martian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 January 1976
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
drama balance add
I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much drama as you can, so it balances out; you don't wanna be too serious.
names two people
I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.
character play mexican
In the beginning, I was always playing some kind of gangbanger and the token Mexican dude who didn't have a lot of lines but was in the entire movie. At the same time, everyone gets typecast, and I decided that if I was going to play a stereotypical role, I was going to play it like a three-dimensional character.
running imagination comic
A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.
girl guy way
I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do.
play half want
I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.
ties mexican style
I lived in Chicago, in a shady part of town, and the cops would always stop me since I'm Mexican and I look like the other dudes. Style played a part in it. You're not really going to dress in a suit in a tie.
destiny happened happens
What happened happened. What's gonna happen, is gonna happen.
watch
If you watch a race, that's part of participating in a race.
cop hear
All he ever wanted to do is be a cop it's one thing to read that on the page, but another thing to hear him say it.
interesting watches knows
It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.
sports reading checks
I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.
mom kids
You can have a kid and just be off at work all the time, and it's all mom. But, I spent a lot of time with him, so now, every time I see him, he's like, "Dada!"
dad kids years
I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is.