52 Latino Celebs Whose Parents are Immigrants

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Michael Peña, 37

It comes as no surprise that Diego Luna cast Michael Peña as Cesar Chavez in the biopic he’s directing about the labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. Not only does the End of Watch star resemble Chavez, but he has a similar background. Like Chavez, Peña's parents were farmers in their native Mexico. And the Chicago-born actor’s father worked in a button factory after emigrating to the U.S.