Pepe Serna is an American

United States

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 film

Film

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 actor

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 and artist

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.

Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

 directed film Student Nurses. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films, most notably Car Wash and Scarface

Scarface (1983 film)

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directed by Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma

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, where he played Montana's friend Angel Fernandez. He has also appeared on stage, including his solo show El Ruco, Chuco, Cholo, Pachuco which is Serna's version of the panorama of Latino cultural history.

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 Country Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Filmography

• White on Rice
  White on Rice
  White on Rice is a comedy film directed by American director Dave Boyle, director of Big Dreams Little Tokyo , and starring Hiroshi Watanabe, Nae Yuuki, Mio Takada, James Kyson Lee, and Lynn Chen...
  
  (2009)
• Moe (2008)
• Big Dreams Little Tokyo
  Big Dreams Little Tokyo
  Big Dreams Little Tokyo is a feature length motion picture written and directed by David Boyle. The film premiered November 2, 2006 at the AFI Festival in Hollywood, California and is released on DVD through Echo Bridge on July 22, 2008.- History :...
  
  (2006)
• Just Cause
  Just Cause (video game)
  Just Cause is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 on September 22, 2006 in Europe, September 27, 2006 in North America, September 29, 2006 in Australia and...
  
  (2006 video game)
• The Black Dahlia
  The Black Dahlia (film)
  The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo noir crime film directed by Brian De Palma. It is based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy, writer of L.A. Confidential and starred Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. The story is based on the murder of Elizabeth Short...
  
  (2006)
• Double Tap
  Double Tap
  Double Tap is a 2000 Hong Kong action-thriller film directed by Bruce Law Chi-Leung, and starring Leslie Cheung, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Monica Chan and Ruby Wong...
  
  (2006)
• The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
• Dreamkiller
  Dreamkiller
  Dreamkiller is a fantasy first-person shooter where the player takes on the role of Alice Drake, a psychologist with the ability to enter the minds of her patients to fight the monsters appearing in their dreams. The game is developed by Mindware Studios and published by Aspyr for Microsoft...
  
  (2006)
• Manejar (2005 short)
• Latin Dragon
  Latin Dragon
  Latin Dragon is a 2004 action/adventure film starring Fabian Carrillo, Gary Busey and Lorenzo Lamas. It was directed by Scott Thomas and written by James Becket, Fabian Carrillo and Scott Thomas.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2004)
• Exposed
  Exposed (film)
  Exposed is a 2003 American independent comedy film starring Brenda Strong, Lumi Cavazos, Gia Carides, Tate Donovan and Missi Pyle.Bob Smith , the host of the scandalous news show "Probe", launches an investigation to dig up dirt on three popular television celebrities who are up for a "Woman of...
  
  (2003/I)
• Deadly Swarm (2003)
• Kingpin (2003 TV mini-series)
• Devil's KnighT (2003)
• You Got Nothin' (2002)
• The Next Gen (2001)
• Rapid Transit
  Rapid transit
  A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
  
  (2000)
• The Princess & the Barrio Boy (2000 TV movie)
• The PJs
  The PJs
  The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross & Lilly Tomlin...
  
  (TV series) (1999–2000)
• Picking Up the Pieces
  Picking Up the Pieces
  Picking Up the Pieces is a 2000 film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Woody Allen.-Story:Allen plays Tex, a butcher who kills his unfaithful wife Candy, played by Sharon Stone. After cutting up the body, Tex buries most of her body parts in the desert in New Mexico. A blind woman accidentally...
  
  (2000)
• Bread and Roses
  Bread and Roses
  The slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in The American Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the women in the West." It is commonly associated with a textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts during January-March 1912, now often...
  
  (2000)
• Luminarias
  Luminárias
  Luminárias is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
  
  (2000)
• Along for the Ride
  Along for the Ride
  -Characters:* Auden Penelope West: Auden is the main character of Along for the Ride. She is a quiet girl who lived with her mother after her parents' divorce, devoting herself to schoolwork in order to please her perfectonist of a mother...
  
  (2000)
• The Brave
  The Brave
  The Brave is a film adapted from the Gregory McDonald novel of the same title directed by and starring Johnny Depp.This film was Depp's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, directed and acted in it. The film was first shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where it...
  
  (1997)
• Land of Milk and Honey (1996)
• A Blast From the Past (1995)
• In the Flesh (1995)
• Second Chances
  Second Chances (TV series)
  Second Chances is an American television series created and written by producers Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham. The series premiered December 2, 1993, on CBS. Its cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Connie Sellecca, Megan Follows, Michelle Phillips, and Matt Salinger...
  
  (TV series)
• A Million to Juan
  A Million to Juan
  A Million to Juan is a romantic comedy film starring comedian Paul Rodriguez. This was also his directorial debut. The story is a modern spin on Mark Twain's story "The Million-Pound Bank Note".-Plot:...
  
  (1994)
• Roosters
  Roosters
  Roosters is a 1993 American dramatic film with a screenplay by Milcha Sanchez-Scott that is adapted from her play of the same name. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1993 before being released in the United States in 1995....
  
  (1993) - (voice)
• Dark Water
  The Pirates of Dark Water
  The Pirates of Dark Water is a fantasy animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1991.-Premise:The alien world of Mer is being devoured by an evil substance known as Dark Water. Only Ren, a young prince, can stop it by finding the lost Thirteen Treasures of Rule...
  
  (TV series) (1991–1993)
• Only You
  Only You (1992 film)
  Only You is a 1992 film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kelly Preston, and Helen Hunt.- Plot :Clifford Godfrey is a doll house designer who is dumped by his fiance a few hours before they are to depart for a vacation in Mexico. Clare Enfield, a travel agent, informs Godfrey that his tickets are...
  
  (1992/I)
• American Me
  American Me
  American Me is a 1992 biographical crime drama film produced and directed by Edward James Olmos, his first film as a director, and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Olmos also stars as the film's protagonist, Montoya Santana...
  
  (1992)
• Conagher
  Conagher
  Conagher is a 1991 Turner Network Television western film based on a Louis L’Amour novel of the same name, starring Sam Elliott as Conn Conagher, an honest, hardworking cowboy who learns that his fellow ranch hands plan to steal the boss's cattle. Katharine Ross, Elliott’s wife since 1984, stars...
  
  (1991 TV movie)
• Hot Summer Winds (1991 TV movie)
• The Rookie
  The Rookie (1990 film)
  The Rookie is a 1990 American action film directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert and David Valdes. It was written from a screenplay conceived by Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel. The film stars Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Lara Flynn...
  
  (1990)
• Postcards from the Edge
  Postcards from the Edge (film)
  Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title.-Plot:...
  
  (1990) -
• Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
  Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
  Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 TV mini-series based on Elaine Shannon’s book Desperados and the Time magazine article of the same name. It was directed by Brian Gibson and starred Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Benicio del Toro, Treat Williams and Craig T. Nelson...
  
  (1990 TV mini-series)
• Bad Jim (1990)
• The Forgotten (1989 TV movie)
• Break of Dawn (1988 TV movie)
• Caddyshack II
  Caddyshack II
  Caddyshack II is the 1988 sequel to the 1980 golf comedy film Caddyshack. The film stars Jackie Mason, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, Jonathan Silverman, and Jessica Lundy.-Plot:...
  
  (1988)
• The Fortunate Pilgrim
  The Fortunate Pilgrim
  The Fortunate Pilgrim is a 1965 novel by Mario Puzo. It deals with the Angeluzzi-Corbos family, a family of immigrants living an adopted life in New York City. The head of the family is Lucia Santa, a wife, widow and mother of two families. It is her formidable will that steers them through the...
  
  (1988 TV mini-series)
• The Three Kings
  The Three Kings
  Orion's Belt or The Belt of Orion is an asterism in the constellation Orion. It consists of the three bright stars: ζ Ori , ε Ori , and δ Ori . Alnitak is approximately 800 light years away from Earth and, taking into consideration ultraviolet radiation, which the human eye cannot see, Alnitak is...
  
  (1987 TV movie)
• Out of Bounds (1986) - Murano
• A Year in the Life
  A Year in the Life
  A Year in the Life was a 1986 Emmy Award–winning miniseries and a one hour dramatic series which ran on NBC during the 1987–1988 television season, created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey A Year in the Life was a 1986 Emmy Award–winning miniseries and a one hour dramatic series which ran on NBC...
  
  (1986 TV mini-series)
• Streets of Justice (1985 TV movie)
• Silverado (1985)
• Fandango
  Fandango
  Fandango is a lively couple's dance, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping . Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has an instrumental introduction followed by "variaciones"...
  
  (1985)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is an American spoof science fiction film that was released in 1984. It was directed and produced by W. D. Richter, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr...
  
  (1984)
• Red Dawn
  Red Dawn
  Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey....
  
  (1984)
• Best Kept Secrets (1984 TV movie)
• Scarface
  Scarface (1983 film)
  Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
  
  (1983)
• Deal of the Century
  Deal of the Century
  Deal of the Century is a 1983 American comedy film directed by William Friedkin and starring Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, and Sigourney Weaver.The film follows the adventures of several arms dealers that compete to sell weapons to a South American dictator....
  
  (1983)
• Sadat
  Sadat
  - See also :* Anwar Sadat, former President of Egypt* Sadat * Saadat* Sadat. Term also used for the descendents of Holy Prophet Muhammad through Imam Ali and Bibi Fatima progeny....
  
  (1983 TV movie)
• Heartbreaker (1983)
• White Water Rebels (1983 TV movie)
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982 TV movie)
• American Playhouse
  American Playhouse
  American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart...
  
  - Seguin (1982)
• Vice Squad
  Vice Squad (film)
  Vice Squad is a 1982 action/drama film, starring Wings Hauser, Season Hubley, and Gary Swanson, directed by Gary Sherman. The original music score was composed by Joe Renzetti and Keith Rubenstein...
  
  (1982)
• The Monkey Mission (1981 TV movie)
• Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie (1981 TV movie)
• Inside Moves
  Inside Moves
  Inside Moves is a drama film directed by Richard Donner.- Plot :After a failed suicide attempt leaves a man named Rory partially crippled, he finds himself living in a run-down house in Oakland, California...
  
  (1980)
• Honeysuckle Rose
  Honeysuckle Rose (film)
  Honeysuckle Rose is a 1980 romantic drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving.-Plot:...
  
  (1980)
• City in Fear
  City In Fear
  City In Fear is a 10-episode documentary television programme produced by 44 Blue Productions in the United States for the television station MSNBC....
  
  (1980 TV movie)
• The Jerk
  The Jerk
  The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film. Directed by Carl Reiner, the film was written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh and Jackie Mason.-Plot:The film begins...
  
  (1979)
• The Streets of L.A (1979 TV movie)
• A Force of One
  A Force of One
  A Force of One is a 1979 martial arts film starring Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager, and Bill Wallace. The film was directed by Paul Aaron and written by Pat E...
  
  (1979)
• Walk Proud (1979)
• Roots of Blood (1979)
• Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
  Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
  Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a 1977 television horror film directed by Stuart Hagmann. The production stars Claude Akins, Charles Frank and Deborah Winters. Matthew Laborteaux and Pat Hingle costar...
  
  (1977 TV movie)
• The Killer Inside Me
  The Killer Inside Me
  The Killer Inside Me is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson published by Fawcett Publications. In the introduction to the anthology Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s, it is described as "one of the most blistering and uncompromising crime novels ever written."- Plot summary :The...
  
  (1976)
• "Car Wash" (1976)
• Swashbuckler
  Swashbuckler
  Swashbuckler or swasher is a term that emerged in the 16th century and has been used for rough, noisy and boastful swordsmen ever since. A possible explanation for this term is that it derives from a fighting style using a side-sword with a buckler in the off-hand, which was applied with much...
  
  (1976)
• The Deadly Tower (1975 TV movie)
• The Day of the Locust
  The Day of the Locust (film)
  The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is based on the 1939 novel of the same title by Nathanael West...
  
  (1975)
• The Desperate Miles (1975 TV movie)
• The Gun (1974 TV movie)
• Hangup
  Hangup
  Hangup is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Patricia Quinn. This was the last of the 65 films directed by Hathaway.-Cast:*William Elliott as Ken*Cliff Potts as Lou*Marki Bey as Julie*Jerry Ayres as Jerry...
  
  1974)
• The Last Angry Man
  The Last Angry Man
  The Last Angry Man is a drama film which tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams , and Godfrey Cambridge....
  
  (1974 TV movie)
• Miracle on 34th Street
  Miracle on 34th Street
  Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 Christmas film written by George Seaton from a story by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn...
  
  (1973 TV movie)
• Group Marriage
  Group marriage
  Group marriage, also known as multi-lateral marriage, is a form of polyamory in which more than two persons form a family unit, with all the members of the group marriage being considered to be married to all the other members of the group marriage, and all members of the marriage share parental...
  
  (1973)
• The New Centurions
  The New Centurions
  The New Centurions is a 1972 crime drama film based on the novel by policeman turned author Joseph Wambaugh.It stars George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jane Alexander, Erik Estrada and James Sikking and was directed by Richard Fleischer....
  
  (1972)
• Shoot Out
  Shoot Out
  Shoot Out is a 1971 western film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars Gregory Peck and Patricia Quinn.This was the second-to-last of the 65 films directed by Hathaway.-Plot:Clay Lomax gets out of prison after serving nearly eight years...
  
  (1971)
• Johnny Got His Gun
  Johnny Got His Gun
  Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumboand published by J. B. Lippincott company.-Plot:...
  
  (1971)
• Red Sky at Morning
  Red Sky at Morning (1971 film)
  Red Sky at Morning is a 1971 American drama film based on the 1968 Richard Bradford novel of the same name, and starring Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, and Desi Arnaz, Jr....
  
  (1971)
• The Student Nurses (1970)

External links

• Official website