The same year, he began filming César Chávez, a biopic about the life of American labor leader César Chávez, who founded the United Farm Workers. In 2012, he co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal as a Los Angeles police officer, in End of Watch. In 2009, he played a mall security guard alongside Seth Rogen in Jody Hill's Observe and Report. He starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007) as novice FBI agent Nick Memphis. high school students to fight for Chicano rights. In 2006, Peña starred in the HBO film Walkout as Sal Castro, a Mexican-American high school teacher who inspires a group of East L.A. Peña as the Master of Ceremonies for the Cesar E. This gives him the rare distinction of having appeared in three consecutive Oscar-nominated films. He also had a small role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film Babel. He starred in Oliver Stone's film based on the Septemattacks, World Trade Center. The following year, he appeared on the Golden Globe-winning series The Shield. Though both films are critically acclaimed, Peña received attention for his particularly emotional performance in Crash. The former was directed by Clint Eastwood, and the latter was directed by Haggis. Though Peña has been a regular in independent productions since 1994, his breakthrough performances came in two Best Picture Oscar-winning Paul Haggis-penned films, Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2004). He grew up in the North Lawndale area and attended Marist High School, and graduated from Hubbard High School where he participated and was a state qualifier in wrestling and track. Peña's parents were originally farmers, and emigrated from Mexico his father was from Villa Purificación, Jalisco, and his mother was from Charcas, San Luis Potosí. Peña was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, a factory worker. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in End of Watch. Peña had the title role in Cesar Chavez (2014) and played DEA agent Kiki Camarena in season one of the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico (2018). 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). 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). Michael Anthony Peña ( / ˈ p eɪ n j ə/ Spanish: born January 13, 1976) is an American actor.
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