Biography
Michael Peña has enviable filmography, and make up her paintings if they have not become an event in cinema, then at least forcing them. The actor equally truthful in all the variety of genres - from Fantasy to a steep militant.Childhood and youth
Michael Anthony Peña - a descendant of Mexican immigrants. Mom Nicholas - Social Worker, Father Eleutherio worked at a factory for the production of buttons. In addition to high school, Michael studied at the Chicago Hubbard High School, at the end of which he worked in a bank, and in his free time he walked around the castings, remembering the long-standing passion of the movie. In the end, Peña decided to seriously proceed to building a cinematic career.
The first role was the BANK from the low-budget children's film "Free Hunter". Then Michael turned his hundreds of applicants for listening to the drama "to the teacher. With love "About the teacher who got the most difficult class at school. The young actor did not refuse to participate in long-playing soap operations. So in the piggy bank of Peña, the series Aaron Spelling "Seventh Sky" appeared with Jessica Bil, Detective "Deadly Department" with Brother Alec Baldwin - Daniel, "Killer's Profile" with Julian McMahron.
Films
In 2000, Michael recorded a role in the popular action to "sob in 60 seconds", which loved among the connoisseurs of American, British and German auto industry. In the film, the company Nicholas Cage invigoines several rare and expensive cars in a minute to save the life of the brother, which has become a guarantee of providing a deal.
With Cage Peña will make an acting tandem in the film-catastrophe of Oliver Stone "Twin Towers". Their characters are the police, with a risk for their own lives, saving people from under the wreckage of the World Trade Center, who was attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Maggie Gillanhol, Sister Jike Jillenhol, played by Michael's on-site wife.
With the younger brother Maggie Penya is familiar with the times of work in the "Devolutionary Department". In 2012, the author of "Fursazha" and "Kings of the streets" David Eyer entrusted actors the main roles in the Mokumentari "Patrol". The film told about the daily weekdays of a police patrol, about male friendship and excessive self-confidence, which in the end leads to a tragic junction.
Peniya's swivel in the creative biography of Penya was 2004. The actor received a leading role in the Floor Dram Haggis "Collision", telling about the problems of society, divided by multiple signs - racial, religious, legal and other. The picture was awarded three Oscars, two premiums of the British Academy of Cinema and Television and twice nominated for the "Golden Globe". Michael's work was marked by Alma Awards.
In the same year, Haggis, in collaboration with the Clint Eastwood, removed the sports drama "Baby to Million" and again invited hemp to the set. In the film, which caused ambiguous assessments, Hilary Swank heroine decides to become a professional boxer. Former athlete and coach in the performance of Morgan Freeman displays a girl in the ELITE WBA, and after the student gets injury in a dishonest match, helps to leave her life.
A year later, Michael lit up in the famous police procedures "C.S.I.: Place of Crime" and "Shield", telling about the guards of the order, which are driven opposite moral values.
Another film with the participation of Peña marked with the shine "Oscar" was "Babylon" Alejandro Gonzalez Inonya. In addition to the statuette of the American Film Academy, the tape received the BAFTA Award, The National Board of Review Of Motion Pictures and Satellite, not counting the nominations of the US professional guilds and prizes of the Cannes Festival.
Later, Michael played in a lincoln thriller for a lawyer "innocently convicted of murder, in the horror movie" Vatican records "- a priest. Chris Morgan became producer of the latter, in whose account is "mummy", 5 parts of the "Fursazha" and the fighter "especially dangerous" Timur Bekmambetova.
Once again, Michael followed the police form and picked up a weapon in a black comedy "War against All". This time Alexander Skarsgard became partner of Peña. Together, the actors appeared in the images of the police for whom the law is not written. They beat suspects, sniffed cocaine, and learning that the robbery is preparing, they intend to assign money.
Personal life
In 2006, Michael Peña broke up with a bachelor status. In his wife, the artist chose a colleague - actress and scenario Brie Schaffer. After a couple of years, the spouses became the parents of the son of the novel. Rare images of family members are in "Instagram" Michael, but mostly there are amusing or working moments.
In the photo from secular events, Michael and Brie resemble Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise due to the difference in growth. He himself, hemp height 170 cm, the weight of the actor is 72 kg.
Peña actively spends time free time - plays a bass guitar in a group, golf or boxes in the ring.
Michael Peña now
Comedy 2017 release "California Road Patrol", in which Michael and Dax Shepard appeared in the images of funny police officers, did not cause delight of critics. With much larger enthusiasm, the audience was met by the Sikvel "Ant and Osa".
This is a continuation of the story about the superhero comic book "Marvel". Thanks to the reincarnation in characters with unusual abilities, "Spiderman" Tom Holland was famous, "Captain America" Chris Evans, "Hulk" Mark Ruffalo and "Guard of Galaxy" Chris Prett.
In the fantastic picture of Pena again played Louis, a friend of an ant person, a participant in theft of a miraculous costume and an assistant in further adventures. In addition to Michael, the main roles in the film were received by all the same Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly.
In the creation of a fantasy "Practice" participated solid celebrities. The script wrote Jennifer Lee, the author of the Cold Heart. In the director's chair, Ava Duverney, who removed the "Selm" and "thirteenth". Ramin Javadi was responsible for music, which became famous thanks to the soundtracks to the "Wild West" and "Game of Thrones".
The main role was fulfilled by Storm Raid, whose star broke out in the Oscar Drama "12 years of slavery." Michael reincarnated into the character named Rad. However, even the participation of Oprah Winfrey, Chris Paine and Reese Witherspoon did not save a film from many disapproving reviews.
Peña character from the fantastic tape "Sunset of Civilization" is experiencing a dream of a dream about the invasion on the Earth aliens. In the Military Drama "Cavalry" Michael - a member of the elite team of the US special forces, which will go to Afghanistan to combat the Taliban.
In one team with his hero - Michael Shannon, famous for the films "Man of Steel" and "Batman against Superman", and Chris Hemsworth, the performer of the role of God Torah in the militant Kenneth Barna and the resident of the Marvel Universe of the same name.
Filmography
- 1998 - "Seventh Heaven"
- 2000 - "Honest in 60 seconds"
- 2003 - "Love Object"
- 2004 - "Million Baby"
- 2005 - "Shield"
- 2006 - "Twin Towers"
- 2011 - "Lincoln for a lawyer"
- 2012 - "Patrol"
- 2013 - "American Scam"
- 2014 - "Rage"
- 2015 - "Agrove Man"
- 2016 - "Ghost Beauty"
- 2017 - "California Road Patrol"
- 2018 - "Ant and Osa Man"
- 2018 - "Practice"