Pepe Serna Biography

American actor

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

Career

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. Serna played Tony Montana's friend Angel Fernandez, who is dismembered with a chainsaw. In the award-winning comedy Aguruphobia, Pepe played the charismatic guru Nanak. Pepe co-produced Aguruphobia. Aguruphobia had a limited theatrical run, and is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Verizon Fios. 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 County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Pepe played Señor Cárdenas in the movie Downsizing.

Filmography

• 1970 The Student Nurses as Luis
• 1971 Red Sky at Morning as Chango Lopez
• 1971 Johnny Got His Gun as Jose (uncredited)
• 1971 Shoot Out as Pepe
• 1972 The New Centurions as Young Mexican Man
• 1973 Group Marriage as Ramon
• 1973 Miracle on 34th Street (TV movie) as Y Leader
• 1974 The Last Angry Man (TV movie) as Charlie Parelli
• 1974 Hangup as Enrique
• 1974 The Gun (TV movie) as Natcho
• 1975 The Desperate Miles (TV movie) as Ruiz
• 1975 The Day of the Locust as Miguel
• 1975 The Deadly Tower (TV movie) as Mano
• 1975 Adam-12 as Roger
• 1976 Swashbuckler as Street Entertainer
• 1976 Rockford Files as Ray Ochoa
• 1976 The Killer Inside Me as Johnny Lopez
• 1976 Car Wash as Chuco
• 1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (TV movie) as Illegal Immigrant (uncredited)
• 1978 Roots of Blood as Juan
• 1978 The Paper Chase as Luis Sanchez
• 1979 A Force of One as Orlando
• 1979 Walk Proud as Cesar
• 1979 The Streets of L.A. (TV movie) as Sergeant Castro
• 1979 The Jerk as Punk #1
• 1980 City in Fear (TV movie) as Raymond Zavala
• 1980 Honeysuckle Rose as "Rooster"
• 1980 Inside Moves as Herrada
• 1981 Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie (TV movie) as Bobby Hernandez
• 1981 The Monkey Mission (TV movie) as Vito
• 1982 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (TV movie) as Romaldo Cortez
• 1982 Vice Squad as Detective Pete Mendez
• 1982 American Playhouse as Seguin
• 1983 Sadat (TV movie) as Atif Sadat
• 1983 White Water Rebels (TV movie) as Harry Cutter
• 1983 Heartbreaker as "Loco"
• 1983 Deal of the Century as Vardis
• 1983 Scarface as Angel Fernandez
• 1984 Best Kept Secrets (TV movie) as Jim Ramos
• 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Reno Nevada
• 1984 Red Dawn as Aardvark's Father
• 1985 Fandango as Gas Station Mechanic
• 1985 Knight Rider as Lupo
• 1985 Silverado as "Scruffy"
• 1985 Streets of Justice (TV movie) as Detective Almos
• 1986 Out of Bounds as Murano
• 1986 A Year in the Life (TV mini-series) as Carlos
• 1986-1987 Miami Vice episodes "Yankee Dollar" and "Down For the Count" as Zabado / Oswaldo Guzman
• 1987 Hunter episode "Renegade"
• 1987 The Three Kings (TV movie) as Alex Sweetwood
• 1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV mini-series) as John Colluci
• 1988 Caddyshack II as Carlos
• 1988 Break of Dawn (TV movie) as Hector
• 1988 Human Error
• 1989 The Forgotten (TV movie) as Sergeant Pepe Gutierrez
• 1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (TV mini-series)
• 1990 Bad Jim as Virgilio Segura
• 1990 Postcards from the Edge as Raoul
• 1990 The Rookie as Lieutenant Raymond Garcia
• 1991 Hot Summer Winds (TV movie) as Marpo
• 1991 Conagher (TV movie) as Casuse, Ladder Five Rider
• 1992 American Me as "Mundo"
• 1992 Only You as Dock Official
• 1991-1993 Dark Water (TV series) (voice)
• 1993-1994 Second Chances (TV series) as Salvador Lopez
• 1993 Roosters (voice)
• 1994 A Million to Juan as Mr. Ortiz
• 1995 A Blast From the Past as Captain Collins
• 1995 In the Flesh as Harlan Ramirez
• 1996 Land of Milk and Honey as Danny
• 1997 The Brave as Alessandro
• 2000 Luminarias as Rick
• 2000 Bread and Roses as Restaurateur
• 2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Florencio
• 2000 Along for the Ride as Dr. Sanchez
• 1999-2000 The PJs (TV series) as Mr. Sanchez (voice)
• 2000 The Princess & the Barrio Boy (TV movie) as Bum
• 2000 Rapid Transit as Herman Ortiz
• 2001 The Next Gen as Stevedore (voice)
• 2002 You Got Nothin' as Carlos
• 2003 Kingpin (TV mini-series) as Jorge Romo
• 2003 Deadly Swarm as Commandante Alvarez
• 2003 Exposed as Raoul
• 2003 Devil's KnighT as Hector Rivera
• 2004 Latin Dragon as Hector "The Latin Dragon" Sanchez
• 2005 Manejar (short) as Moises
• 2006 The Virgin of Juarez as Eduardo Morales
• 2006 The Black Dahlia as Tomas Dos Santos
• 2006 Just Cause (video game) as Generic Voices (voice)
• 2006 Big Dreams Little Tokyo as Mr. Gonzalez
• Double Tap (2006)
• 2008 Moe as Older Man
• 2009 White on Rice as Professor Berk
• 2010 Dreamkiller
• 2014 Man from Reno as Paul Del Moral
• 2014 Cake as Nuncio
• 2015 Ana Maria in Novela Land as Father Miguel
• 2015 Kill or Be Killed as Rudy Goebel
• 2015 Road to Juarez as Fortunato
• 2015 Aguruphobia as Nanak
• 2016 Restored Me as Manny
• 2016 Gino's Wife as Gino
• 2016 Monday Nights at Seven as Paul
• 2016 Superpowerless as Dr. George Holst
• 2017 Downsizing as Señor Cárdenas

References

External links

• Pepe Serna at IMDb