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Pepe Serna
Highest Rated: 95% Man From Reno (2014)
Lowest Rated: 20% Shootout (1971)
Birthday: Jul 23, 1944
Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
A frequently seen Hollywood character player of comedies as well as crime and barrio dramas, Pepe Serna may be best recalled by moviegoers as Chuco, the practical-joking worker of "Car Wash" (1976), and as the pal of Al Pacino who dies by the chainsaw in Brian De Palma's "Scarface" (1985). A native of Texas, Serna made his acting debut in a Mexican production of "Hair." He migrated to L.A. where small film roles followed. Serna also joined the Center Theatre Group New Theatre for Now Company, at which he was most active from 1972-73, although he returned to the company in 1978 to co-star in the original production of the stage play "Zoot Suit."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69% | 87% | Flamin' Hot | Abuelito (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pepe Serna: Life Is Art | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clean Sweep |
Reno Rivera (Character), Producer |
- | 2020 |
| 95% | 77% | The Planters | Jesús (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Margarita Man | Jose Martinez (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flavor of Life | Frank (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 47% | 25% | Downsizing | Señor Cárdenas (Character) | $24.4M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Superpowerless | Dr. George Holst (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gino's Wife | Gino (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Water: Dive Deep | Lil' Big Me (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Road to Juarez | Fortunato (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Aguruphobia | Nanak (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Kill or Be Killed | Rudy Goebel (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 56% | 65% | Ana Maria in Novela Land | Father Miguel (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 95% | 80% | Man From Reno | Paul Del Moral (Character) | $92.9K | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredoans Speak: Voices of Immigration | Producer | - | 2011 |
| 45% | 52% | White on Rice | Professor Berk (Character) | $68.4K | 2009 |
| 32% | 27% | The Black Dahlia | Dos Santos (Character) | $22.5M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Dreams Little Tokyo | Mr. Gonzalez (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Latin Dragon | Hector Sanchez (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Devil's Knight | Hector Rivera (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Deadly Swarm | Commandante Alvarez (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exposed | Raoul (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Daybreak | Herman Ortiz (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Bum (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Picking Up the Pieces | Florencio (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 69% | 67% | Luminarias | Rick (Character) | $428.5K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Land of Milk and Honey | Danny (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | A Million to Juan | Mr. Ortiz (Character) | $1.2M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desperate Measures | Harlan Ramirez (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 73% | 90% | American Me | Mundo (Character) | $11.3M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Suspect | Walter Padilla (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 33% | 36% | The Rookie | Lt. Raymond Garcia (Character) | $20.3M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Bad Jim | Virgilio Segura (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forgotten | Sergeant Pepe Gutierrez (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Break of Dawn | Hector (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Out of Bounds | Murano (Character) | $4.2M | 1986 |
| 78% | 80% | Silverado | Scruffy (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 66% | 69% | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension | Reno Nevada (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 79% | 93% | Scarface | Angel (Character) | $656.2K | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Water Rebels | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartbreaker | Loco (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sadat | Atif Sadat (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 60% | 65% | Vice Squad | Pete Mendez (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monkey Mission | Vito (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie | Bobby Hernandez (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City in Fear | Raymond Zavala (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 82% | 84% | The Jerk | Punk 1 in Blue Chevy (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | A Force of One | Orlando (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Walk Proud | Cesar (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roots of Blood | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 86% | 60% | Car Wash | Chuco (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 63% | 76% | The Day of the Locust | Miguel (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Deadly Tower | Mano (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Desperate Miles | Ruiz (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun | Natcho (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Angry Man | Charlie Parelli (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 60% | 63% | The New Centurions | Young Mexican Man (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 20% | 44% | Shootout | Pepe (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Sky at Morning | Chango Lopez (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 64% | Dimension 404 | Wally Nash (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The PJs |
Unknown (Guest Voice), Unknown (Voice) |
1999-2001 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Sliders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | Hotel Malibu | Salvatore Lopez (Character) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Chances | Salvador Lopez (Character) | 1993-1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Manuel Vega (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Roberto Sanchez (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. President | Perrera (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| 71% | 85% | Miami Vice | Zabado (Guest Star) | 1986-1987 |
| 97% | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues | Toro (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Lupo (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Lt. Barra (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | Cortez (Guest Star) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Julio Rodriguez (Guest Star) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Chase | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Rudy Diaz (Guest Star) | 1975 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Ray Ochoa (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Diego Serra (Guest Star) | 1971 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Phil Diaz (Character) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Alphonso (Guest Star) | 1972 |