Pepe Serna
Nascimento : 1944-07-23, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
História
Durable Mexican-American actor Pepe Serna has appeared in more than 100 feature films and 300 television shows, but is most recognized for his gritty support performances in a variety of motion pictures, including Scarface (1983) as Al Pacino's ill-fated cocaine partner, as well as the western Silverado (1985) with Kevin Costner, the crime yarn The Rookie (1990) starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen, and the drama American Me (1992) starring Edward James Olmos. In a career surpassing five decades, Pepe's characters have played on both sides of the law -- from drug peddlers to sheriffs.
He was born (and raised) in Corpus Christi, Texas on July 23, 1944, the son of a naval base interpreter for Latin American pilots and a hairdresser. His desires to become an actor happened early in life, moving to Hollywood in 1969 to finally pursue his dreams. He didn't have to wait long to find steady Latino work on film and TV.
Making an inauspicious debut in the exploitation film The Student Nurses (1970), Pepe found more "A" quality work after being discovered by producer Hal B. Wallis for the coming-of-age film Tim Belcher starring Richard Thomas and Catherine Burns and the western Shoot Out (1971) starring Gregory Peck. Specializing in urban, streetwise roles, he went on to mix a number of popular films (The New Centurions (1972), The Day of the Locust (1975), Car Wash (1976), A Force of One (1979), Walk Proud (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Inside Moves (1980), Deal of the Century (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Caddyshack II (1988)) with a slew of popular TV crime dramas such as "Mannix," "Police Story," "Adam-12," "The Rookies," "The Rockford Files," "Baretta," "Kojak," "CHiPs," "Barney Miller," "Scarecrow & Mrs. King," "T.J. Hooker," "Simon & Simon," "Hill Street Blues," "Miami Vice," "Cagney & Lacey" and "Diagnosis Murder."
Long married to wife Diane, Pepe is a noted keynote teacher and motivational speaker who tours colleges and universities. His strong sideline as a painter has been met with critical success, having been commissioned quite frequently. His vibrant paintings and one-man stage shows reflect a serious return to his Mexican roots and was the subject of the 2015 short documentary "Life Is Art."
Abuelito
A história inspiradora de Richard Montañez, um zelador da Frito Lay que aplicou sua criação e legado Mexicano-Americano para transformar o icônico salgadinho Cheetos Super Picante em um petisco que mudou a indústria alimentícia e tornou-se um fenômeno da cultura pop global.
Rancher
In a Texas border town, car salesman Charlie moonlights as a masked Lucha libre wrestler going by the name “Green Ghost.” When unknown assailants arrive seeking an otherworldly emerald, Charlie discovers that he has super powers. As he learns to fight from the unconventional Master Gin, Charlie is told that he’s part of a secret warrior “triad of light” with his childhood friend Marco and Marco’s sister Karina led by La Nana. Together, they’ve been chosen to protect humanity from Drake, the embodiment of the Mayan apocalypse.
Jesús
Awkward telemarketer Martha Plant is down and out — sucking at her job and grieving her recently deceased parents. When she finds unlikely friendship in Sadie Mayflower, a bubbly vagrant with multiple personalities, Martha discovers having three friends in one may be more than she bargained for.
Jose Martinez
A young latino man, who fears he will grow up to be like his working class father, goes to college where his love for the party gets him cut off financially and forces him to sell margaritas in order to stay in school.
Associate Producer
After Janie accidentally murders her husband during disputed infidelity over a stripper, her husband's brother introduces her to an Aztec spell that resurrects him from the dead; Unfortunately, he returns to take revenge.
Rodrigo
After Janie accidentally murders her husband during disputed infidelity over a stripper, her husband's brother introduces her to an Aztec spell that resurrects him from the dead; Unfortunately, he returns to take revenge.
A weary Latino chef and his estranged grandson must reconcile in order to save their beloved Mexican restaurant.
Señor Cárdenas
Na cidade de Omaha, as pessoas descobrem a possibilidade de reduzir de tamanho para uma versão minúscula, a fim de terem menos gastos vivendo em pequenas comunidades que se espalham pelo mundo. Encantado após ter contato com amigos que passaram por pelo processo, um homem (Matt Damon) decide convencer sua esposa (Kristen Wiig) a adotar o curioso novo estilo econômico de vida.
Paul
Monday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, who is struggling unsuccessfully to let go of his past. Then he meets Isabel, a young woman who is also facing the consequences of her own life choices. As feelings for Isabel expose the lie Lazo is living, he is forced to get real with himself, as painful as it might be. Facing the truth is Lazo's ultimate battle, but it's the only way he stands a chance of ever being free.
Lil' Big Me
Did you ever loose someone you love the most? Under Water: A surreal drama that chronicles Sii's journey to accept her son's untimely death at sea.
Manny
A troubled ex-con joins the colorful crew of an old movie theater and begins to rebuild his life, only to find his faith in God tested when he learns the theater he has grown to love is not what it seems.
Dr. George Holst
A superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Associate Producer
In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.
Rudy Goebel
In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.
Fortunato
An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.
Paul Del Moral
A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff, Paul Del Moral, Japanese author, Aki Akahori and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
Nuncio
Claire Simmons é uma mulher traumatizada e depressiva, que busca ajuda em um grupo para pessoas com dores crônicas. Lá, ela descobre o suicídio de um dos membros do grupo, Nina. Claire fica obcecada pela história desta mulher, e começa a investigar a sua vida. Aos poucos, começa a desenvolver uma relação inesperada com o ex-marido de Nina, Roy.
Tomas Dos Santos
Um jovem policial e sua equipe descobre corpos de mulheres dilaceradas na cidade, parecidos com o caso da Dália Negra, de 1947. Um serial Killer parece ter copiado o massacre brutal de Betty Short, aspirante à estrela de Hollywood dos anos 1940. Suas investigações o levaram a um assustador covil de morte e tortura, todas partes de uma terrível fantasia que o assassino está tentado trazer a vida.
Mr. Gonzalez
Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome, is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.
Hector Sanchez
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero.
Commandante Alvarez
Seeking out a cure for his wife's serious illness, scientist Dr. Schroeder (McCormack) heads deep into a forbidden jungle in Guatemala, trapping thousands of killer wasps. Working with secret military backing, it is Schroeder's contention that the venom from the wasp's stingers can be of great medicinal benefit. But when they try to illegally smuggle the wasps into the US, the truck they are on crashes and the wasps are set free to wreak havoc, making a direct path to a small unsuspecting town. It is up to an American entomologist Daniel Lang and a nosey writer Sandra Kern to stop these deadly wasps - as they lay eggs in their victims to hatch thousands more wasps - before it's too late.
Dr. Sanchez
Two estranged brothers are forced to take a surreal and heartfelt journey to understanding, when they pick up the body of their deceased father in Mexico. A father they haven't seen in over 20 years.
Herman Ortiz
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day a major earthquake hits Los Angeles and traps Dillan in an underground tunnel with a handful of subway riders. Dillan works underground to save the panicked citizens from raging fire, rushing water, and a secret cache of toxic chemicals.
Bum
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of town.
Alessandro
Raphael (Johnny Depp) é um indígena americano que sofre com o alcoolismo, desemprego e pobreza. Ele tem muitas dificuldades para sustentar sua esposa Rita (Elpidia Carillo) e seus filhos Frankie (Cody Lightning) e Marta (Nicole Mancera). Ele conhece um homem chamado McCarthy (Marlon Brando), que faz uma proposta mortal para o índio: aceitar apanhar até a morte durante a gravação de um vídeo em troca de R$ 50 mil dólares para a sua família.
Mr. Ortiz
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
Agent Menendez
Uma garota busca ajuda para encontrar seu pai desaparecido, um cientista sequestrado pelo Dr. Zin. Depois de um tempo, a garota revela que mentiu sobre sua identidade, para salvar seu pai. Produzidos pelos estúdios Hanna-Barbera, exibido no canal Boomerang.
Mundo
Policial Na Los Angeles dos anos 40, delinquente mexicano e sua turma de amigos se envolvem com o mercado das drogas e acabam presos. Na prisão, eles são obrigados a enfrentar um grupo de traficantes que planeja controlar o narcotráfico dentro do presídio.
Dock Official
Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
Raoul
A atriz de Hollywood Suzanne Vale, viciada em drogas, está quase no fundo do poço. Depois de uma passagem por um centro de desintoxicação a produtora do filme insiste como uma condição para continuar: que ela viva com sua mãe Doris Mann, uma antiga estrela e agora uma alcoólatra. Esse exigência é uma má notícia para Suzanne que tem lutado por anos para sair da sombra de sua mãe, que quando a encontra ainda a trata como uma criança. Apesar desses problemas - e muitos outros mais com os homens em sua vida - Suzanne começa a ver o lado engraçado dessa situação, e também lhe ocorre que não só as filhas têm mãe, mães também tem mãe.
Virgilio Segura
A cowpoke buys Billy the Kid's horse and, upon riding it, becomes an incorrigible outlaw himself.
Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.
Hector
The true story of the first Spanish-language radio announcer and political activist, Pedro J Gonzalez
Jack Farley and his family are asked to attend an experiment about social behavior for a planned space station. Therefore they move into an underground dome for three months. But then it turns out that a secret military department replaced the NASA scientists and conducts an experiment on its own...
Alex Sweetwood
The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
Murano
No aeroporto, jovem troca, acidentalmente, sua mala pela de um traficante, contendo milhões de dólares em drogas. A polícia e o criminoso perseguem o rapaz, que encontra em uma atriz a única aliada para provar sua inocência.
Det. Almos
After bikers kill the wife and son of an auto worker (John Laughlin) and then get off with a light sentence in the court system, he decides to seek his revenge as a clandestine vigilante.
Gas Station Mechanic
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Reno Nevada
Buckaroo Banzai é um aventureiro completo que também atua como neurocirurgião, cientista, piloto de provas e até músico de rock, acompanhado pela banda The Hong Kong Cavaliers. Durante uma experiência, Buckaroo acaba abrindo um portal para a oitava dimensão, atraindo a atenção de alienígenas belicosos com planos de destruição mundial. Agora, ele e sua banda terão que enfrentar um ditador extraterrestre exilado na Terra, Lord John Whorfin, antes que exploda a Terceira Guerra Mundial.
Mr. Mondragón
Quando a cidade de 8 jovens é invadida por soldados soviéticos e cubanos, e gradativamente por forças militares, eles tomam a decisão de irem para as montanhas. Os adolescentes então adotam o nome da equipe de futebol do colégio, os Wolverines, e formam uma guerrilha armada contra o comunismo, e em defesa da família, dos amigos e dos Estados Unidos.
Jim Ramos
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forrest is denied this position on the basis of information concerning his wife. The information, which reveals a dicey extramarital affair, was culled from a department surveillance file that was supposed to have been destroyed by court order. Blaise battles through legal channels to expose the police force's illegal actions, even as she and her husband suffer the innuendoes and cold shoulders from his fellow officers.
Angel
Após receber residência permanente nos Estados Unidos em troca do assassinato de um oficial do governo cubano, Tony Montana se torna o chefe do tráfico de drogas em Miami. Matando qualquer um que entre em seu caminho, Tony eventualmente se torna o maior traficante da Flórida, controlando quase toda a cocaína que entra em Miami. Porém, a pressão da polícia, as guerras com cartéis colombianos e sua própria paranoia servem para alimentar as chamas de sua eventual queda.
Romaldo Cortez
Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.
Harry Cutter
James Brolin plays a renegade canoeist who illegally runs a river to protest its exploitation by a greedy corporation.
Pete Mendez
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Vito
Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
Bobby Hernandez
A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to greet him at the finish.
Herrada
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Rooster
Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.
Raymond Zavala
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
Punk #1
Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) cresceu no Mississipi, tendo sido adotado por uma família de agricultores negros. Ao completar 18 anos ele tem vontade de conhecer o resto do planeta e parte para St. Louis. Todos exploram sua ingenuidade e uma invenção banal o transforma em milionário.
Sgt. Castro
A woman embarks on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed at their malicious tire-slashing on parked cars including hers.
Cesar
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
Orlando
Uma das melhores equipes de agentes da delegacia de narcóticos, segue a pista de uma operação multimilionária, quando misteriosamente as coisas começam a ficar muito perigosas. Um a um, os componentes do esquadrão são eliminados por um assassino mestre no karatê. Para ajudar a descobrir a identidade do assassino, a policia convoca o campeão Matt Logan, um perito nas artes marciais disposto a lutar e enfrentar os perigos dessa investigação.
Juan
Drama - Hailed as the first film to portray the Chicano experience -- and the first Chicano film to be financed by the Mexican government -- Raíces de Sangre tells the story of immigrant workers exploited on both sides of the border. Facing unsafe conditions, a group of young Chicano workers tries to organize for better conditions but are thwarted by their own co-workers who've accepted bribes from the Americans in turn for stymieing the effort. - Richard Yniguez, León Singer, Enrique Muñoz
Migrant Worker (uncredited)
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Chuco
Car Wash é sobre um grupo muito restrito de lavadores de carro que um belo dia começam a ter todos os tipos de visitantes estranhos chegando ao pátio do seu Lava-Jato. Isso incluindo Richard Pryor como um pregador tipo "Homem Maravilha" que é amado pela maioria, mas detestado por um dos caras. E também um homem que parece um ladrão pela forma como ele está segurando uma garrafa, mas é somente a sua amostra de urina após ele sair do hospital. A vida amorosa de TC dá uma guinada para melhor e as músicas continuam tocando. Hey, é uma coisa dos anos 70! Onde tudo pode acontecer. E geralmente acontece!
Johnny Lopez
Haunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually exhibits the signs of a homicidal schizophrenic.
Street Entertainer
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Mano
Filme baseado num fato verídico, um garoto chamado Charles Whitman que num momento de loucura, assustou a América.
Miguel
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
Ruiz
A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.
Natcho
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
Charlie Parelli
In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility and erratic behavior the doctor believes is due to more than just his environment.
Y Leader
Em plena época do Natal, Suzan, uma garotinha muito inteligente e esperta, afirma que Papai Noel não existe. Porém, um senhor muito bondoso é contratado para trabalhar como Papai Noel na loja de brinquedos em que sua mãe trabalha. Porém, o que ninguém podia esperar é que o velhinho afirma ser o verdadeiro Papai Noel que está ali justamente para provar para a garotinha e para muitas pessoas que ele é real.
Ramon
Chris is not getting along with boyfriend Sandor and has an affair with parole officer Dennis. Dennis invites the couple to dinner with his ex-girlfriend Jan. At a picnic on the beach, Jan meets lifeguard Phil, who later sleeps with Chris and moves in with the other five. Phil brings in a person, lawyer Elaine. The "group marriage" of the six of them attracts media attention, which brings trouble and prejudice.
Young Mexican Man
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Pepe
Clay Lomax (Gregory Peck) é um assaltante de banco que foi traído e ferido por seu parceiro, e por isso foi condenado a oito anos de prisão. Ao sair, ele vai atrás de Sam Foley (James Gregory) para vingar-se. Para por seu plano em prática, Clay procura uma antiga namorada para receber dela uma quantia em dinheiro, mas descobre que a mulher esta morta e deixou uma filha de oito anos para trás. Com pena da menina e diante da possibilidade de ser pai dela, Clay a leva com ele. Enquanto isso, sabendo que seu ex-parceiro foi solto, Foley contrata três cruéis pistoleiros para seguirem Clay.
Luis
Follows the lives of a group of young nurses in Los Angeles, including a nurse who joins a band of revolutionaries, and one who finds herself succumbing to drugs.
