Michael Anthony Peña is an American actor. Peña, a Mexican American, was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father worked at a button factory and his mother was an assistant to a social worker, although both of Peña's parents were originally farmers. Peña attended Marist High School in Chicago. Though Peña has been a regular in independent productions since 1994, his breakthrough performances came in 2004 in two Best Picture Oscar-winning Paul Haggis penned films, … Wikipedia
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