“The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.”

American actor

Michael Peña is an American actor known for a long film career that includes roles in Crash, World Trade Center, Shooter, Observe and Report, Tower Heist, Battle: Los Angeles, End of Watch, and Gangster Squad. He also appeared in American Hustle, The Martian, Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Extinction. On television, he played DEA agent Kiki Camarena in Narcos: Mexico and CIA agent Domingo Chavez in Jack Ryan, and he had the title role in Cesar Chavez. He also starred in A Million Miles Away.