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Pepe Serna

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Pepe Serna
Serna (left) with Ayako Fujitani and Dave Boyle in 2015
Born (1944-07-23) July 23, 1944 (age 80)
Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, artist
Years active1970–present
SpouseDiane Serna (m. 1969)[1]

Pepe Serna (born July 23, 1944) is an American film and television actor and artist.[2]

Career

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Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman-directed film The Student Nurses. Over the years, Serna has appeared in over 100 films. In the blockbuster comedy The Jerk, he appeared as a lowrider-driving criminal who cons a naive Steve Martin out of money and new tires. Another notable role was in Scarface, directed by Brian De Palma, as Tony Montana's friend Angel Fernandez. Serna played the charismatic guru Nanak in Aguruphobia, which he also co-produced. He has also appeared on stage, including his solo show El Ruco, Chuco, Cholo, Pachuco.

Serna has been honored by the Screen Actors Guild Heritage Achievement Award; the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the Estrella Award for Arts & Culture from the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Serna played Señor Cárdenas in the film Downsizing.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1973 Miracle on 34th Street Y Leader Television film
1974 The Last Angry Man Charlie Parelli Television film
1974 The Gun Natcho Television film
1975 The Desperate Miles Ruiz Television film
1975 The Deadly Tower Mano Television film
1975 Adam-12 Roger Foster Episode: "Operation Action"
1976 The Rockford Files Ray Ochoa Episode: "The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit"
1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Illegal Immigrant Television film; uncredited
1978 The Paper Chase Luis Sanchez Episode: "Voices of Silence"[3]
1979 The Streets of L.A. Sergeant Castro Television film
1980 City in Fear Raymond Zavala Television film
1981 Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie Bobby Hernandez Television film
1981 The Monkey Mission Vito Television film
1982, 1992 American Playhouse Manuel Flores, Romaldo Cortez, Marpo 3 episodes
1983 Sadat Atef Sadat Television film
1983 White Water Rebels Harry Cutter Television film
1984 Best Kept Secrets Jim Ramos Television film
1985 Knight Rider Lupo Episode: "Knight Sting"
1985 Streets of Justice Detective Almos Television film 1986

"The A-team" Thomas Jefferson 1 épisode

1987–1988 A Year in the Life Zabado, Oswaldo Guzman 2 episodes
1987 The Three Kings Alex Sweetwood Television film
1988 Hunter Roberto Sanchez Episode: "Renegade"
1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim John Colluci 3 episodes
1988 Break of Dawn Hector Television film
1989 The Forgotten Pepe Guitierrez Television film
1991 Conagher Casuse Television film
1993–1994 Second Chances Salvador Lopez 6 episodes
1995 Diagnosis: Murder Captain Collins Episode: "A Blast from the Past"
1999–2000 The PJs Emilio Sanchez (voice) 42 episodes
2000 The Princess & the Barrio Boy Bum Television film
2001 The Zeta Project Stevedore (voice) Episode: "The Next Gen"[4]
2003 Kingpin Jorge Romo 3 episodes
2003 Justice League Shifflet (voice) Episode: "Hearts and Minds"[4]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1970 The Student Nurses Luis
1971 Red Sky at Morning Chango Lopez
1971 Johnny Got His Gun Jose Uncredited
1971 Shoot Out Pepe
1972 The New Centurions Mexican Man
1973 Group Marriage Ramon
1974 Hangup Enrique
1975 The Day of the Locust Miguel
1976 Swashbuckler Street Entertainer
1976 The Killer Inside Me Johnny Lopez
1976 Car Wash Chuco
1978 Roots of Blood Juan
1979 A Force of One Orlando
1979 Walk Proud Cesar
1979 The Jerk Punk #1
1980 Honeysuckle Rose Rooster
1980 Inside Moves Herrada
1982 Vice Squad Pete Mendez
1983 Heartbreaker Loco
1983 Deal of the Century Vardis
1983 Scarface Angel Fernandez
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Reno Nevada
1984 Red Dawn Aardvark's Father
1985 Fandango Gas Station Mechanic
1985 Silverado Scruffy
1986 Out of Bounds Murano
1988 Caddyshack II Carlos
1990 Bad Jim Virgilio Segura
1990 Postcards from the Edge Raoul
1990 The Rookie Raymond Garcia
1992 American Me Mundo
1992 Only You Dock Official
1994 A Million to Juan Mr. Ortiz
1995 In the Flesh Harlan Ramirez
1996 Land of Milk and Honey Danny
1997 The Brave Alessandro
2000 Luminarias Rick
2000 Bread and Roses Restaurateur
2000 Picking Up the Pieces Florencio
2000 Along for the Ride Dr. Sanchez
2000 Rapid Transit Herman Ortiz
2002 You Got Nothin' Carlos
2003 Deadly Swarm Commandante Alvarez
2003 Exposed Raoul
2003 Devil's Knight Hector Rivera
2004 Latin Dragon Hector Sanchez
2006 The Virgin of Juarez Eduardo Morales
2006 The Black Dahlia Tomas Dos Santos
2006 Big Dreams Little Tokyo Mr. Gonzalez
2008 Moe Older Man
2009 White on Rice Professor Berk
2014 Man from Reno Paul Del Moral
2014 Cake Nuncio
2015 Ana Maria in Novela Land Father Miguel
2015 Kill or Be Killed Rudy Goebel [5]
2015 Road to Juarez Fortunato
2015 Aguruphobia Nanak
2016 Restored Me Manny
2016 Gino's Wife Gino
2016 Monday Nights at Seven Paul
2016 Superpowerless George Holst [6]
2017 Downsizing Señor Cárdenas
2023 Flamin' Hot Abuelito [7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Classic Hollywood: After 45 years, Pepe Serna is finally a leading man". Los Angeles Times. 21 March 2015.
  2. ^ "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  3. ^ The Paper Chase," Season 1, Episode 5, "Voices of Silence" (YouTube)
  4. ^ a b "Pepe Serna (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 20, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  5. ^ Aldrich, Ryland (March 17, 2015). "Dallas 2015 Full Lineup Released". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Harvey, Dennis (August 6, 2016). "Film Review: 'Superpowerless'". Variety. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Freitag, Lee (May 10, 2024). "Flamin' Hot Cheetos Origin Story Movie Drops a Spicy First Trailer". CBR. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ Schaefer, Sandy (May 10, 2023). "Flamin' Hot Trailer: The Brand Biopic Era Continues With The Story Of Flamin' Hot Cheetos". SlashFilm. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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