MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Executive producer
Birth name Miguel Antonio Pena
Nationality American
Birth January 13, 1976 (Chicago, Illinois – United States)
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Chicago, Michael Peña began his acting career in 1994, but it was when he moved to Los Angeles that he took on small roles in films such as My Fellow Americans (1996) or Boogie Boy (1998). . The following year, he played in the series Felicity and found a secondary role in the cinema in 60 seconds flat (2000). In 2001, he starred opposite Orlando Bloom in The Calcium Kid , then Ryan Gosling and Kevin Spacey in The United States of Leland (2003).
His role in Collision (2004), the ensemble drama by Paul Haggis , earned him nominations for numerous awards. It’s a good year for Michael Peña as Clint Eastwood also has him starring in the drama Million Dollar Baby . He then made a detour to television with his detective character in the series The Shield before being plunged into the Mexican desert by Alejandro González Inárritu in Babel (2006). He then starred in Oliver Stone ‘s World Trade Center , where he reunited with Nicolas Cage . He plays a police officer caught in the rubble of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. In Lions and Lambs (2007) by Robert Redford , Peña finds himself confronted with the ghosts of the Afghanistan War. But the actor also tries his hand at comedy with his roles in Observe & Report (2009) alongside Seth Rogen , and in The Central Park Heist . He was then called to the helm for The Lincoln Defense (2010), before donning the uniform again to fight aliens in World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles , and to enforce the law in the violent End of Watch (2012). . Subsequently, Michael Peña confirmed his ability to interfere in genre cinema since he starred in two films with a 4-star cast dealing with the world of the mafia. The first, Gangster Squad , where he rubs shoulders with the very fashionable Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin . And the second, American Bluff worn by Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper , acclaimed by both critics and the public. The actor then fought alongside Brad Pitt in
Fury , a dive into the heart of an American armored division during the last days of the Second World War. For the occasion, he reunited with director David Ayer .
In 2015, Michael Peña was part of the Ant Man adventure , the new creation from Marvel Studios.
