Biography
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) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Peña, licensed ...
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Complete Filmography

A Working Man
2025
as Joe Garcia
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is l...

Unstoppable
2024
as Coach Bobby Williams
With the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother Judy and the encouragement of his coaches, Anthony Robles fights through adversity to earn ...

A Million Miles Away
2023
as José Hernández
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

Secret Headquarters
2022
as Argon
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When...

Moonfall
2022
as Tom Lopez
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

Bud
2021
as Father
A little girl has a birthday dinner with her father that she'll never forget...

Tom & Jerry
2021
as Terence Mendoza
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse get kicked out of their home and relocate to a fancy New York hotel, where a scrappy employee named Kayla will lose he...

Fantasy Island
2020
as Mr. Roarke
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.

Jexi
2019
as Kai
Phil's new phone comes with an unexpected feature, Jexi...an A.I. determined to keep him all to herself in a comedy about what can happen when you lov...

Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
as Cole - Dora's Father
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Al...

The Mule
2018
as Agent Treviño
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive....

Next Gen
2018
as Momo (voice)
A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.

Extinction
2018
as Peter
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018
as Luis
Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into...

A Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Red
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

12 Strong
2018
as Sgt First Class Sam Diller
A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
as Grubber (voice)
A new dark force threatens Ponyville, and the Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity – embark on an unf...

The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
as Kai (voice)
Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehi...
Dumpster Diving
2017
as Miguel
Best friends Miguel and Bryan have their relationship tested by peer pressure when a local gang attempts to recruit Bryan in this short written by Los...

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and hi...

CHiPS
2017
as Frank 'Ponch' Poncherello
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

CHiPS
2017
Executive Producer
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

Collateral Beauty
2016
as Simon Scott
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see ...

War on Everyone
2016
as Bob Bolaño
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, howe...

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self
A long form documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's film, "The Martian," featuring interviews with its cast and crew.

Hell and Back
2015
as Abigor (voice)
Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell.

The Martian
2015
as Rick Martinez
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and ...
Bill Buddy
2015
as Manny
When Manny makes a house call to collect money owed, his debtor introduces him to a new money exchange app called 'Bill Buddy' that makes business per...

Vacation
2015
as New Mexico Cop
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

The Vatican Tapes
2015
as Père Lozano
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorci...

Ant-Man
2015
as Luis
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mento...

Fury
2014
as Trini 'Gordo' Garcia
In the last months of World War II, as the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant named 'Wardaddy'...

Frontera
2014
as Miguel
After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a forme...

Underwater Dreams
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Underwater Dreams, narrated by Michael Peña, is an epic story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robot...

Cesar Chavez
2014
as Cesar E. Chavez
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez t...

American Hustle
2013
as Paco Hernandez / Sheik Abdullah
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Turbo
2013
as Tito (voice)
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

Gangster Squad
2013
as Navidad Ramirez
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, th...

End of Watch
2012
as Mike Zavala
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine...

Tower Heist
2011
as Enrique Dev’Reaux
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire g...

30 Minutes or Less
2011
as Chango
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

Everything Must Go
2011
as Frank Garcia
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighb...

The Good Doctor
2011
as Jimmy
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a ...

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Jesus Martinez
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty cro...

Battle: Los Angeles
2011
as Joe Rincon
When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine ...

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Detective Vargas
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta...

Observe and Report
2009
as Dennis
Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Bar...

The Lucky Ones
2008
as T.K. Poole
The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has mov...

Lions for Lambs
2007
as Ernest Rodriguez
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a ...

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges...

Shooter
2007
as Nick Memphis
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back in...

Babel
2006
as John - Border Patrol
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

World Trade Center
2006
as Will Jimeno
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Fifty Pills
2006
as Eduardo
Unless Darren can survive New York's largest drug mogul, write a paper on Dante's "Inferno," escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell fifty p...

Walkout
2006
as Sal Castro
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the st...

Sueno
2005
as Jimmy
A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.

Little Athens
2005
as Carlos
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell...

Crash
2005
as Daniel
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a...

Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Omar
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggi...

The Calcium Kid
2004
as Jose Mendez
When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world s...

Love Object
2004
as Ramirez
The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone se...

The United States of Leland
2003
as Guillermo
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfrien...

Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Garcia
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.

Semper Fi
2001
as Douglas Cepeda
Cliff Truckee refuses a privileged start in life at a top college while other young men are enlisting. On the bus out of Chicago he meets a girl on he...

Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Ignacio
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" R...

Bellyfruit
1999
as Oscar
Three very different Los Angeles teenage girls find themselves pregnant and dealing with poverty, drugs and confusion. Shanika (Tamara LaSeon Bass) ha...

La Cucaracha
1998
as Orderly
A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.

Boogie Boy
1998
as Drug Dealer
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

Star Maps
1997
as Star Map Boy
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will b...

My Fellow Americans
1996
as Ernesto
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the c...

Running Free
1994
as Bunk
A twelve-year old boy befriends a wolverine.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die!
N/A
A man from the future arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-nigh...
Judgment Day
N/A
A young convict fresh out of prison takes a reality TV courtroom hostage, blaming the megalomaniac TV judge for a past ruling that the convict feels r...