Pepe Serna

Pepe Serna (born July 23, 1944) is an American film and television actor and artist.
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<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Rj_lkjbV4 The Paper Chase," Season 1, Episode 5, "Voices of Silence" (YouTube)]</ref>
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 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. GonzalezDouble 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
1944 births
Living people
American male actors of Mexican descent
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Texas
Actors from Corpus Christi, Texas
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors