Michael Pena Joins WWII Drama Fury
May 14th, 2013
Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf and Logan Lerman are attached to star in director David Ayer's military drama.
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- Birth Date:January 13th, 1976 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits: Acting
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Adept at essaying a broad array of roles, Michael Peña launched his career with guest appearances on such series as NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Street, and ER, as well as longer stints on Felicity and The Shield. Though his big-screen work officially stretches back several years prior to Million Dollar Baby (2004), that Clint Eastwood-directed Best Picture winner represented Peña's first major Hollywood credit. His involvement only amounted to a small part, but he re-teamed with Baby scripter Paul Haggis for higher (supporting) billing in the latter's Crash (2005) -- also a Best Picture Winner, and this one a searing, acerbic indictment of inner-city racism.
Peña scored one of his first leads under the aegis of director Oliver Stone, co-starring opposite Nicolas Cage in the taut, suspenseful thriller World Trade Center (2006) -- a docudrama about the two New York City Port Authority rescue workers trapped beneath the rubble of the fifth building when the towers fell. Peña followed it up with a turn as a genial, resourceful FBI agent who assists a government-conned scapegoat (Mark Wahlberg) in Antoine Fuqua's conspiracy thriller Shooter (2007), and essayed a key supporting role in director Robert Redford's ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, opposite Redford, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise. ~ Nathan Southern
Peña scored one of his first leads under the aegis of director Oliver Stone, co-starring opposite Nicolas Cage in the taut, suspenseful thriller World Trade Center (2006) -- a docudrama about the two New York City Port Authority rescue workers trapped beneath the rubble of the fifth building when the towers fell. Peña followed it up with a turn as a genial, resourceful FBI agent who assists a government-conned scapegoat (Mark Wahlberg) in Antoine Fuqua's conspiracy thriller Shooter (2007), and essayed a key supporting role in director Robert Redford's ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, opposite Redford, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise. ~ Nathan Southern
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Turbo (2013) ...(voice)
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Gangster Squad (2013) ...Officer Navidad Ramirez
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End of Watch (2012) ...Mike Zavala
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The Good Doctor (2012) ...Jimmy
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Michael Pena Joins Director David O. Russell's New Project
April 5th, 2013Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Christian Bale star in this drama about a con man who helps the FBI unravel a vast conspiracy.Eight Gangster Squad Banners with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
November 8th, 2012It's no names, no badges, no mercy for the LAPD in Ruben Fleischer's gangster noir thriller, in theaters this January.EXCLUSIVE: End of Watch TV Spot
September 7th, 2012Acclaimed director David Ayer brings his eye for Los Angeles street crime to this drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena.Michael Pena Joins Chavez
March 7th, 2012The Crash star will play '70s labor organizer Cesar E. Chavez.End of Watch Gets September Release Date
March 2nd, 2012Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, and Anna Kendrick star in David Ayer's L.A. police drama.SDCC 2011 EXCLUSIVE: 30 Minutes or Less Cast Interviews
July 23rd, 2011Director Ruben Fleischer hits the convention floor along with stars Aziz Ansari and Michael Pena for this outlandish new comedy.SDCC 2011 EXCLUSIVE: Michael Pena Talks The Gangster Squad
July 23rd, 2011The actor reveals some new info on the Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling drama.The Gangster Squad Lands Michael Pena
June 7th, 2011The actor will portray an LAPD cop who tries to prove himself to an elite police unit in Ruben Fleischer's true-story adaptation.SET VISIT: 30 Minutes or Less!
May 10th, 2011We travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit the set of the latest film from the director of Zombieland starring Jessie Eisenberg and Danny McBride.
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