
René Mena
Acting
Biography
René Mena was born in Sonsonate, El Salvador to parents Francisco & Rosa Mena. He is of Indigenous, Latinx and Middle Eastern descent. In 2011, René moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting and has since appeared in the TV Shows "Magnum P.I.", "The Mayans MC", "Hand of God", "Border Battles", "Kidding", "Tales of Titans", "The Story of God", "Soundtrack", "Crime Stoppers" and "Shameless." His films include "Bright", "Out Of Town", "Lola's Love Shack", "Lake Los Angeles", "I'm Not Him", "Wally's Will", "Buddy Solitaire", "Reminiscence" and "Intuitions" aka "Prescience." He is also an up-and-coming producer.
Known For

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
Shameless

Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
9-1-1

Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.
Magnum P.I.

A special forces team thwarts a deadly plot in Sin City and parties accordingly. But when the real threat emerges, they must sober up to save Las Vegas.
Obliterated

Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
Kidding

In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Bright

Love, loss and transformative luck intersect in this musical drama about two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles.
Soundtrack

Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
Reminiscence

A group of thieves are stranded in a semi-trailer after the only member capable of driving the getaway truck dies during the heist.
Among Thieves

Adam, a 14-year-old boy travels across the country to meet a series of men who could be his father after finding a letter with a list of names and addresses.
Adam the First

An out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

A criminal attorney struggles with his sexuality, a cryptic new boyfriend, unemployment and the disturbing childhood secrets his parents hold.
Prescience

Brought together by chance, six people fleeing a town devastated by oil pollution stow away on a mysterious ship — not realizing the dangers that await.
Blood Vessel

As a gay actor’s friends are murdered one by one, he is recruited by a private investigator to help set a trap for the killer responsible: The Bedroom Butcher.
Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!

A catholic priest in Monte Bello, El Salvador has created a clandestine operating room inside the church to extract the human organs of kidnapped people and sell them on the black market.
The Confession

During a visit to friends, Sara begins having visions and is attacked by an unearthly creature in her friend’s swimming pool; she soon discovers that anyone who comes into contact with the water is in danger and she is driven to confront the mystical and malevolent creature lurking in the depths
Drowning Echo

After crossing into the U.S. with no family to speak of, young Cecilia finds herself in the charge of Francisco, a lonely Cuban immigrant long separated from his own family. Francisco operates a way station for border crossers on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles, a surreal, desiccated lakebed in the California desert. While he copes with the alienation of living alone in a foreign land and the impossibility of realizing the American dream, Cecilia aimlessly wanders the dusty landscape, accompanied only by her fantastical imagination and distant memories of motherly love.
Lake Los Angeles

On the darkest night of the year, a roadside restaurant becomes the setting for an epic struggle for survival against a threat that transcends the earthly realm.
Chupacabras
"Wally's Will" is a dark comedy set in a fictional world where our protagonist is an old and very eccentric aristocratic woman. Together with her loyal servant, Doofus, she will have to fight to uphold her crumbling old-money empire against friends, enemies and some unexpected conspiracies.
Wally's Will

A group of African scientists arrive on the Skeleton Coast in search of Blunamite, a never-before-seen gem, rumoured to be on the coastline of Namibia. When one of them ends up dead, they are not sure whether one of them is the culprit or whether the coast is sending them an ominous message.