Who is Michael Pena?

Michael Pena is an American actor and musician, who is immensely popular worldwide for his work as an actor in the Paul Haggis-penned films, ‘Million Dollar Baby (2004) and ‘Crash’ (2004).

These were two movies winning the Best Picture Oscar award and are currently working as Marquez and Red in the upcoming movies Murderer on the Orient Express’ and ‘A Wrinkle in the Time’.

Michael Pena: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Nationality

Michael Pena was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, on 13 January 1976. He is 46 years old. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is mixed(Charcas and Villa Purificación).

He was born to Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Pena, a factory worker.

Michael Pena was raised in Chicago but, he and his family belonged to Mexico where his father was from Villa Purificacion, Jalisco and his mother was from Charcas, San Luis Potosi.

Though Michael Pena was not so active in participating in school programs and is a Scientologist, he is now a very well-known actor with a lot of opportunities on his way.

Education

Talking about his educational background, there is no information about his education credentials but, it is for sure that he completed his high school at a school in Chicago.

Yes, the career which Michael Pena chose was something very unique and different from the way he wanted it to be.

He started his first job as a banker, but, now, we can see him in one of the best Marvel movies ‘Ant-man’, and in some of the movies nominated for ‘The Best Picture Academy Award’.