Pedro Mendoza stumbled upon acting in the second grade with a stage production of The Polar Express where he played the main character. The path for a career in the theatrical arts was set upon him as he was awarded Best Actor in U.I.L. One Act Play his sophomore year of high school. After graduating from Roma High School he was accepted into The American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in Los Angeles. He studied On Camera Acting, Improv, and Stage Combat at the academy. His first professional job as an actor was for The History Channel’s Andrew Jackson documentary as a stuntman. He picked up many gigs after that while working at The Arclight movie theatre on Sunset Blvd and as a barback for Wolfgang Puck Catering. In 2012 tragedy struck when news of his father, Jose Anival Mendoza, passed away from heart complications. This caused Pedro to move back home to Roma, TX to look after his family as a promise to his father. Pedro’s dad was his biggest supporter driving him to Houston in order to audition for AMDA, he was the first person to find out Pedro was accepted into the academy, and he drove his son all the way to Los Angeles in order for him to bring his dream to life. After three years of being back home working as a waiter depression began to sink in hard, but a close friend named Vanessa pointed him towards auditions for a shadow cast rendition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Cine El Rey in McAllen. That relight a fire within Pedro and he started making moves to network with other filmmakers in the Rio Grande Valley. 2020 put America in a gridlock affecting the film industry, but in September of that year Pedro was introduced to Director, Recording Artist, and Visionary Alberto “Mannie” Ornelas owner of The Bomb Records and The Bomb TV. Pedro and Mannie both recognized the fire and drive within each other and are now on a collaborative partnership which birthed Mendoza’s own film company Petrol Pictures. Now The Bomb TV and Petrol Pictures are on the way to make the Rio Grande Valley the new spot to rival Hollywood.