Danny Trejo

At 79 years old, Danny Trejo has this physical status:

Danny Trejo (Spanish: [teho]; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including Desperado, Heat, and the From Dusk To Dawn film collection. He portrayed Isador "Machete" Cortez, a frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, which was later extended to a Spy Kids franchise and later expanded to its own franchise of the same name.

Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he accidently landed in the American indie film Runaway Train, in which he appeared as a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars. He went on to appear in a number of films, including Desperado, From Dusk to Dawn, Con Air, and The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Early life

Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in Los Angeles, California, to Mexican-American parents. He is the son of Delores Rivera King and Dionisio "Dan" Trejo (1922–1981), a building laborer. Trejo was the result of an extramarital affair; Delores' husband was away fighting in World War II. In 1943, his parents met in a dance hall in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Dyhan had a maternal half-sister, but he didn't know nor Delores from 1949 to 1965; his father barred his mother from seeing him after Trejo injured his arm in her care.

Trejo's father used to beat him often. Trejo and his family lived in San Antonio, Texas, for a brief period after his birth; they left Los Angeles because Dionisio was wanted by police for stabbing another man. They returned to Los Angeles after a year, but Trejo's father turned himself in. Trejo and his cousins stayed in a room at their grandmother's house by 1949. When his father lived with his mother, Alice Mendias was "his only source of warmth."

By the time of 8, Trejo was using marijuana, opium, and cocaine. Gilbert, Trejo's uncle, introduced him to all three of them and was ultimately responsible for Trejo overdosing on his first heroin intake. When he was 13, he moved to Pacoima, Los Angeles, and says he had never been discriminated against as a child growing up. He purchased his childhood home and lived in it for many years.

Trejo, who was seven years old at the time, was involved in his first drug case. He was first arrested at the age of ten, but Eastlake Juvenile Hall was his first detention center in 1956.

Trejo's life in the California prison system largely consisted of intermittent jail stints. The records of his prison chronology are however notably contradictory; on one hand, Trejo's last term in jail is supposed to have ended in 1972, but he was also in several California jails, including three years in Camp Glenn Rockey, San Dimas, for maiming a sailor (stabbing him in the jaw with broken glass), followed by a string of California prisons between 1959 and 1969; "I was in San Quentin, Folsom

He encountered Charles Manson, who was formerly a "dirty, greasy, scrawny, white kid" who was reportedly a gifted hypnotist while serving in Los Angeles County jail in 1961.

Trejo began using heroin shortly after arriving in San Quentin State Prison in 1966, and his use of it was exacerbated shortly thereafter. In addition,, he was a debt collector and heroin dealer, regularly involved in or witnessing serious crimes, including murder. Simultaneously, he concentrated on boxing and became a champion in San Quentin's lightweight and welterweight divisions.

Trejo has argued that his physical appearance contributed to his regular accidents. During Cinco De Mayo in Soledad, a prison riot broke out in 1968. Trejo found himself in solitary confinement and facing capital charges, possibly the death penalty, after striking a guard with a brick. Trejo found joy and became a member of a 12-step program, having first attended one "by chance" at the age of 15, and successfully stopped heroin use in 2011. He did get his high school diploma while being detained as well.

After serving five years in a 10-year prison term, Trejo was released from jail for the last time and returned to Pacoima, Los Angeles, in July 1969. Trejo served as a developer for Saul Pick, a labor foreman, and was instrumental in the construction of the Cinerama Dome prior to his film career. He was also a gardener and salesman, the representative of a lawn care company, and he has been a substance misuse counselor since 1973.

Personal life

Trejo has been married and divorced four times, and he has three children.

He met Laura in 1962, after being released from Youth Training School, one of California's most notorious juvenile detention facilities, with his first wife, Laura. Her parents did not accept their union, and they were married in the backyard of Trejo's family's house. Trejo believes his drug use and criminal lifestyle contributed to their marriage's death; Laura filed for divorce after his second stint at Youth Training School.

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Danny (born 1981), actor and producer Gilbert (born 1988), and actress Danielle (born 1990). His eldest child, dubbed "Danny Boy," is from a maternity friendship with Diana Walton; they were together from 1978 to 1983 (5 years). The two children in his later years were from a Maeve Crommie family. They lived together from 1986 to 1997 (11 years), and he has also helped her raise her two sons from a new marriage.

He married Debbie Shreve in 1997; they divorced in 2005 and filed for divorce in 2009.

Trejo is a Democrat. Although Robert Rodriguez, his second cousin, was unaware of him until the filming of Desperado.

In 2010, Trejo battled liver cancer. After suffering a knee injury in 2011, he moved to San Fernando Valley to be closer to his mother; she died in 2013. He was born in Venice, a Los Angeles suburb, California, prior to this. He witnessed a car colliding with an SUV at a highway in August 2019 and helped free a five-year-old boy who was stuck inside in a child safety seat inside the overturned SUV. He was quoted in connection with the shooting as: "Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of helping someone else." "All" is what matters.

Trejo is known for his recognizable appearance. In addition to his heavily lined face, he has the long hair and mustache he usually sports, as well as his massive tattoo on his chest (depicting a woman).

Trejo has been a passionate fan of the Los Angeles Rams dating back to their time as a teenager. Trejo says he used to sneak through the security fences at the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch Rams games as a child. He plays regularly and the team's training camps.

Trejo encountered Mario Castillo, a prisoner in the midst of heroin use, during the filming of Blood In, Blood Out at San Quentin. After Trejo's release from jail, he helped him overcome his heroin use, and the two became good friends. They've since met at Juvenile Halls (is a "house or place" that offers detention facilities outside of the home for certain groups of youth) and rehabilitation centers throughout California.

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Career

Trejo joined Western Pacific Med Corp. in the 1980s, assisting them in the establishment and operation of sober living houses in the San Fernando Valley. At a meeting in one such house, he explained that he worked as a film extra and was paid $50 per day to stand there. Trejo, a keen actor, thought it might be a good actor or actress, and it would be able to help those in need. Trejo received a call from a teen patient demanding his help with cocaine addictions on the Runaway Train (1985).

Trejo was given a job as an extra in the film's prison scenes while she was on the job. Edward Bunker, a former convict and at the time a well-respected crime writer who was directing the film's screenplay, recognized Trejo, with whom he had spent time in San Quentin. Bunker, who remembers Trejo's boxing expertise, was instrumental in securing Trejo as Eric Roberts' personal trainer and boxing advisor. Trejo was paid between $320 and $350 per day; "I thought they made a mistake when I got my first paycheck." Bunker also persuaded director Andrei Konchalovsky to give Trejo a small acting part, claiming that Trejo's personal experiences of being incarcerated would bring authenticity to the prison drama. Trejo was unconsciously cast as a prisoner in similar roles for years to come; "I [did not] know I was being stereotyped." I had no idea I was working."

Penitentiary III was his first bill role. While filming, he met Anthony Gambino of the Gambino Crime Family; Gambino allegedly had financial interest in mind and was there to visit Leon Isaac Kennedy, the leading man. Trejo was paid $120 per day, but the operation quickly went into overtime; "We were stacked with cash." After a few appearances on television, Trejo was earning as much as $700 per month by 1989 from being an extraordinaire; yet, people often thought he was much richer. Trejo claims this served to his advantage as a drug advisor, however, because clients would recognize him as an actor, increasing his presence and humility in his work.

By 1990, Trejo had made a dozen movies, including Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Marked for Death. Erik Estrada loved Gun making, but argues that the cast and crew were more familiar with Trejo than himself. Trejo claims that Estrada's ego got the better of him; he believes Estrada arranged for Trejo and a few others to fly coach rather than first class on the way to Hawaii for filming.

Edward James Olmos first offered Pedro Santana in American Me in 1991. Trejo was unimpressed by the script and his first meeting with Olmos. Trejo claims that rumors of a script being liberties first circulated within the Mexican Mafia. Joe 'Peg Leg' Morgan, the then-living don of Mexico's second visit to Trejo, received a call from Joe 'Peg Leg' Morgan, who suggested that he be cast in Blood In, Blood Out rather than American Me. Trejo said in 2021 that Olmos has yet to recognize him as a serious actor.

Trejo recalls being uncomfortable around some of the other actors during rehearsals as they were more established. Trejo had flashbacks from his time in San Quentin; filming scenes in C550, his former cell, only exacerbated such feelings. Despite the fact that his previous work gave him success, Trejo says Blood In, Blood Out has given him "legitimate, global recognition."

Trejo discovered Raymond Cruz, a new talent agent. In a Baywatch episode, he was first cast in an episode of Baywatch, followed by a role in 1993's Last Light, Kiefer Sutherland's debut directorial debut.

Heat went through two script changes, but Trejo read for the role. He eventually got the role, reunited him with Michael Mann, who supervised him in the television miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story a few years ago. Mann mistook Trejo for his uncle Gilbert after seeing him at Folsom in the late 1970s; production necessitated coordination of the prisoners, and Gilbert was one of the shooter. The character in the film was first referred to as 'Vince,' but it was renamed 'Trejo' in honor of Gilbert. Filming could be up to 17 hours per day; but Trejo said he was grateful for how much he learned; "watching De Niro, Kilmer, and Voight," he said; "I learned a lot about how they saved [their performances] for when it mattered." He recalled being mentored by Robert De Niro, who was a patient and instructive scene partner. Trejo and De Niro revived the former's death scene.

Trejo appeared in Le Jaguar (which was French for The Jaguar) and reunited with Voight for Anaconda in 1996, both of which were shot in Manaus, Brazil. Trejo would go out socializing on his days off when Anaconda's production moved to Venezuela. Given a potential coup d'état, the designers were concerned; a group of teenagers brandished AK47's on one occasion, demanding Trejo's combat boots. Trejo claims he negotiated a higher salary to remain within the hotel's confines.

Trejo called Con Air 1997 a "macho fest from the get go" and the cast members were often pulling pranks on one another. Nicolas Cage is remembered as "cool as hell" and John Cusack as a "kickboxing badass." On set, Trejo met some of his longtime friends, including John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, and Dave Chappelle.

Hepatitis C. He moved from Canada to Austin, Texas, where Spy Kids' filming started in 1999 after conclusion of Animal Factory. Trejo's debut as the fictional character Isador 'Machete' Cortez was included in Spy Kids' debut. Having worked together on Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn, Cheech Marin has had the opportunity to collaborate with Robert Rodriguez, Antonio Banderas, and Cheech Marin once more. For the first time he was "instantly recognizable" amongst children around the world, Spy Kids provided Trejo with worldwide recognition, and for the first time he was "instantly recognizable" amongst children around the world.

His illness had progressed to the point that much of the cast had noticed his weight loss by the time of Bubble Boy in 2001; Trejo says his heroin use had caught up with him. He appeared pale and weak throughout his film career, and he was preoccupied with keeping his illness private in Hollywood for fear of reprisal. Trejo was "out of it" and struggling to recall his lines due to prescription drugs, and he was struggling to remember his lines. Trejo had completely recovered by the time Spy Kids first appeared in September 2002.

Trejo appeared in films including: XXX, Once a Time in Mexico, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, Delta Farce, Rob Zombie's Halloween (alongside Steven Seagal), and Valley of Angels. In addition, Monk, Desperate Housewives, Stargate: Atlantis, and Breaking Bad, he appeared on several television shows, including Monk, Desperate Housewives, Breaking Bad, and Breaking Bad. The character Enrique on King of the Hill was also portrayed by Trejo. Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Steve Buscemi, and Robert Rodriguez are among Trejo's close friends in the independent biographical film Champion, which stars some of Trejo's closest friends: Dennis Hopper, Dennis Hopper, Steve Buscemi, and Robert Rodriguez. Trejo also portrayed his gruesome transformation from convict to movie actor with KTTV in Los Angeles, 2013, in a segment shot in Trejo's house.

Trejo has expressed delight in his continuing development as a professional actor, saying, "I'm so blessed." I'm still afraid that someone will wake me up and say, 'We're still in jail.' Let's go to chow." In a trailer made for Rodriguez' film co-production with Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse, Trejo appeared in 'Machete'. In 2010, he appeared in a complete theatrical release of the film Machete, based on the character Isador 'Machete' Cortez, and then in 2013 for the sequel film, Machete Kills.

In 2011, he appeared in the action film Recoil as Drayke Selgado, with WWE wrestler and actor Steve Austin, and appeared as the Ripper in Cross.

In the Craig Moss action film Bad Ass, Trejo appeared alongside Ron Perlman and Charles S. Dutton in 2012. Frank Vega, a Vietnam veteran based on Thomas Bruso's 67-year-old "Epic Beard Man" character, was the main protagonist of the film. Trejo appeared on season four of FX television drama Sons of Anarchy with Ron Perlman in a supporting role.

Trejo produced Ambition, his first film, and Bad Asses, his second film.

Trejo appeared in a television commercial for Snickers that aired during Super Bowl XLIX in which he portrayed Marcia Brady before he ate the Snickers candy bar. In 2016, and 2017, he appeared in transparent disguise in TV ads for Sling TV.

Trejo appeared in Cross Wars and the 2019 film Cross: Rise of the Villains respectively in 2017.

In Season 16's last dinner service and as a guest judge in the 21st season Hell's Kitchen: Battle of the Ages, Trejo appeared on Hell's Kitchen as a guest diner and as a guest judge.

On season three of the Rick and Morty animated television show "Pickle Rick," in which he played Mr. Jaguar, Trejo appeared on season three. He was a lead actor in China Test Girls (2017), directed by Frankie Latina, and he appeared with Sasha Grey together as a lead actor. In the same year, he appeared in Brooklyn Nine Nine as Detective Rosa Diaz's father in a series centered around Diaz's attempts to reach out to her family members.

He appeared as the father of Cisco's love interest, Gypsy, in the TV show The Flash. His story is about a harbinger (an interdimensional bounty hunter) who can manipulate the spacetime fabric and fly to parallel worlds.

Trejo appeared in Wish Man, Eduardo Hernandez in Grand-Daddy Day Care, Miguel, The Short History of the Long Road in Spain, Carlos in the Method, Grave-digger in Bullets of Justice, a film that took place in Mexico.

In addition to this year, Trejo appeared in the film Acceleration as Santos. On the episode "Shanksgiving," Clint Beltran appeared in Family Guy, and he sang of his role.

Trejo was "Raccoon" in season five of The Masked Singer in 2021 and was disqualified in his second appearance. After the panel learned that "Raccoon" was originally portrayed by Danny DeVito, Trejo said in the interview that he "couldn't avoid laughing."

On the episode "Danny Trejo in the Moab Desert" earlier this year, he appeared on season six of Running Wild with Bear Grylls. In the first two episodes of the third and final season of American Gods, he portrayed one of the many appearances of Mr. World. In the Disney+ puppet comedy Halloween special Muppets Haunted Mansion, Trejo played the Ghost of Huet in 2021.

In 2022, Trejo made his official Star Wars debut in the Disney+ space Western television series The Book of Boba Fett as a Rancor keeper on the episode "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa."

Trejo appeared in the videogame Def Jam: Fight for New York in 2004, portraying one of the villains, an enforcer for Snoop Dogg's character. Trejo's character is named after him and portrays the street fighting style, as well as being a Playable character.

Trejo reprised his role in the PSP videogame titled Def Jam Fight for New York: The Takeover in 2006.

Trejo lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the character Umberto Robina, who also looks like Trejo. In Fallout: New Vegas, he also voiced Raul Alfonso Tejada, a Ghoul.

Trejo was seen in the PlayStation Move game The Fight: Lights Out as Duke the player's tutor for the player's character. On the zombie map "Call of the Dead," he appeared as himself in the second map pack installation for Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), the "Escalation" map pack.

In the game Guns of Boom, his voice and appearance are present. He can only be seen in the introduction of Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D ("Play for Real") by B-Real & DJ Lethal), but not so much. In 2019, he was introduced as a playable character to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's war royale mode.

He and Sean Plott appeared in Magic: The Gathering Arena promotions in 2019.

Trejo makes a guest appearance in the DLC expansion game Far Cry 6: Danny and Dani vs. Everybody.

Trejo makes a guest appearance in Olli Olli World, the 2D-platform skateboarding game that takes place in the fictional Radlandia in 2022.

Trejo has appeared in a number of cameo appearances over his career, including Kid Frost - "La Familia," Sepultura - "Twisted), Rehab - "Repeat," Enrique Inglesias - "Moto "Twisted" from Mobb Deep, "Monittin' at a Bar), and YG - "I Dance ft. Duki, Cuco" - "I Dance ft.

He appeared in adult entertainer Lupe Fuentes' "We Are the Party" with her band The Ex-Girlfriends. In the official music video for Train's "Angel In Blue Jeans" in 2014, he appeared as the character Machete. Trejo appeared in the music videos "Repentless" and "Pride in Prejudice" from Slayer's album Repentless in 2015.

Plasque Mosh, a Mexican alternative rock band, paid their respect to him by releasing their song "Danny Trejo," which appeared on their album All U Need Is Mosh.

In Charlie Higson's book The Fear, Trejo is mentioned.

Trejo was a contributor to the book Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories From Behind Bars.

He published Trejo's Tacos: Recipes and Stories from Los Angeles in 2020, sharing recipes and personal stories from his life.

Trejo's memoir Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood co-authored with his longtime buddy Donal Logue in 2021. For the week ending July 10, 2021, the book debuted at number four on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list.

Trejo has operated a string of successful Los Angeles restaurants over the years. These included a taco restaurant on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles in January 2016, with his own brands of beer, coffee, and some other items, as well as ice cream sandwiches under construction. Trejo's Tacos descended on his first, followed by Trejo's Cantina and Trejo's Coffee and Donuts. Trejo's Donuts is located on the northeast corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Avenue. He is the operator of eight restaurants as of 2020.

The rainbow cauliflower tacos made the Los Angeles Times' list of the top ten recipes of 2017. Executive chef Mason Royal is in charge of the restaurants. Their most recent venture, as of 2018, will be the expansion of a donut food truck in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 2019, Trejo announced himself as the full contact karate league's Karate Combat: Hollywood's season begins. After this, he received a karate lesson from Karate Combat sensei and former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre.

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