Pepe Serna

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.
Occupations	Actor artist
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Diane Serna (m. 1969) [1]

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

Career

Serna's first break in films 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

Television

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	Miami Vice	Zabado
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

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	Mr. Mondragón
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

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. "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.

External links

• Pepe Serna at IMDb