The actor who starred in "Crash" and "Million Dollar Baby", both written by Paul Haggis, has been chosen to star alongside Nicolas Cage and Hillary Swank in the untitled World Trade Center rescue project, which will be put into production later this year in New York.

Oliver Stone's 9/11 project for Paramount offered Pena the part of a Port Authority cop, who answered the rescue call on Sept. 11, 2001, along with a colleague (Nicholas Cage).
Jimeno went to work that morning after arguing with his pregnant wife over the name they would give their baby; several other officers who accompanied him died. The two cops are among the few people who survive the collapse.

The producer of the film, which is based on a script written by Andrea Berloff, are Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher and Moritz Borman.

Michael Pena is currently on the set for the HBO's "Walkout", directed by Edward James Olmos.

Michael Pena: Recent Filmography

2005 Crash
2004 Million Dollar Baby
2003 ER: When Night Meets Day
2004 The Calcium Kid
2003 Love Object