Danny Trejo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-05-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Danny Trejo

Biography

Dan Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, often as hypermasculine characters, villains and anti-heroes. Some of his notable films include Heat, Con Air, Machete, and Desperado, the latter two with frequent collaborator Robert Rodriguez.

Acting

1995

Heat

as Trejo

2007

Halloween

as Ismael Cruz

2000

1996

From Dusk Till Dawn

as Razor Charlie

1997

Con Air

as "Johnny-23"

2001

Spy Kids

as Machete

1994

Criminal Passion

as Construction Worker

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Huet

1999

Inferno

as Johnny Six Toes

1991

Whore

as Tattoo Artist

2009

The Line

as Mario

2006

7 Mummies

as Apache

2006

High Hopes

as Shady

2008

2005

Champion

as Self

1994

1995

Desperado

as Navajas

2010

Machete

as Machete

1985

1987

2000

1997

Anaconda

as Poacher

1989

Lock Up

as Chink's Gang Member

2006

Sherrybaby

as Dean Walker

2001

Bubble Boy

as Slim

2021

2007

Smiley Face

as Albert

2009

Fanboys

as The Chief

2010

Predators

as Cuchillo

2007

Heckler

as Self

2009

Eyeborgs

as G-Man

2008

Toxic

as Antoine

2021

2009

The Grind

as Nicholi Guzman

2006

Jack's Law

as Jack Santos

2024

2010

Justin Time

as Mardok

2022

1998

Champions

as Max Brito

2012

Sushi Girl

as Schlomo

2010

2007

Furnace

as Fury

2010

2002

13 Moons

as Hoodlum

2010

Shoot the Hero

as Crazy Joe

2010

Beatdown

as Marcus

2011

Cross

as Lexavier

1990

Guns

as Tong

2002

Nightstalker

as Officer Frank Luis

2023

Hunting Games

as Sheriff Ramos

2007

Urban Justice

as El Chivo

2006

Slayer

as Montegna

2010

2022

VampFather

as Vampfather

2022

Caroltyn

as Wells

2021

Comedy Chingonas

as Self - Host

2010

Death Race 2

as Goldberg

2002

1993

Last Light

as 2nd Inmate

2004

Lost

as Edward James Archer

1996

Jaguar

as Kumare

1991

Femme Fatale

as Toshi

2022

1998

Point Blank

as Wallace

2012

Recoil

as Drayke

2011

1995

2012

Bad Ass

as Frank Vega

2007

Richard III

as Major

2010

The Bill Collector

as Frankie Gutierrez

2009

Babysitters Beware

as Clyde / The Guard

2012

The Cloth

as Father Connely

-

Detour 95

as Muerte

2022

2005

The Curse of El Charro

as El Charro (Voice)

2010

Modus Operandi

as Director Holiday

2013

Machete Kills

as Machete Cortez

2020

1991

Lonely Hearts

as Angry Client

1997

Dilemma

as Rudy Salazar

2012

2017

Calico Queens

as Bill Gallows

2012

Haunted High

as Ortiz

2013

2016

Street Level

as Carlton the Doorman

2014

Muppets Most Wanted

as Danny Trejo

2012

Bro'

as Gilbert

2013

2013

Counterpunch

as Manny Navarro

2008

Ranchero

as Capone

2011

In the Shadow

as Hermit

2014

Bullet

as Frank

2009

2013

Zombie Hunter

as Jesús

2022

Good Mourning

as Method Cameo

2013

Tattoo Nation

as Himself

1991

The Last Hour

as Spider

2008

2015

The Night Crew

as Aguilar

2012

Short Handle

as Carson

2013

The Contractor

as Javier Reyes

2013

2022

Renegades

as Sanchez

2014

2023

Death on the Border

as Father Francis

2014

2013

2014

In the Blood

as Big Biz

2008

1990

2023

Miami Bici 2

as Mr Susan

2010

Pastor Shepherd

as Phil Harrison

2025

1999

Whiteboyz

as Prisoner

2024

1988

Bulletproof

as Sharkey

2023

2023

2022

Clerks III

as Auditioner

2014

Throwdown

as Tattoo

2014

2014

Reaper

as Jack

2019

Black Licorice

as Donicio

2015

Hope Lost

as Marius

-

The Damned

as Chimalle

2017

McDick

as Oscar

2014

Strike One

as Manny Garcia

2015

VANish

as Carlos

2015

The Burning Dead

as Night Wolf

2013

The Insomniac

as Jairo Torres

2013

Ticket to Vegas

as Mister Chich

2014

Reach Me

as Vic

1991

2022

2022

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Oscar Diaz (archive footage)

1987

Penitentiary III

as See Veer

1997

Los Locos

as Manuel Batista

2014

Preggoland

as Pedro

2015

2015

L.A. Slasher

as The Drug Dealer #2

1987

The Hidden

as Prisoner

1994

Mi Vida Loca

as Frank

2010

Boston Girls

as Uncle Reggie

2014

The Book of Life

as Skeleton Luis (voice)

2015

2015

No Way Out

as Don Caceres

2015

2015

4Got10

as Mateo Perez

2009

2018

Frat Pack

as Dirty

2016

North by El Norte

as Uncle John

2010

American Flyer

as Uncle John

2007

Delta Farce

as Carlos Santana

-

From a Son

as George

2016

Boost

as Roy Casares

2006

2024

2016

Cyborg X

as Captain Machine Gun

2016

Range 15

as Zombie Trejo

2016

Vigilante Diaries

as Crazy Joe

1993

Doppelganger

as Hard Hat

-

Downtown Bus

as Sancho 'The Jailbird' Sanchez

2016

Storks

as Jasper (voice)

2017

Cross Wars

as Murete

1991

Carnal Crimes

as Ticket Agent

2016

Halloweed

as Patch

2016

1st Strike

as Manny Garcia

1989

Bail Out

as Mean

2007

Grindhouse

as Machete (segment "Planet Terror")

1990

Maniac Cop 2

as Prisoner

1992

Nails

as Las Virgenes bartender

2013

Amelia's 25th

as Don Javier

2002

xXx

as El Jefe

2024

2011

Blacktino

as Rogelio

2015

2016

Map of Hell

as Himself

1993

Sunset Grill

as Young Mexican

2007

2007

Battle for Terra

as Elder Barum (voice)

2017

Juarez 2045

as Angel Malvado

2002

The Salton Sea

as Little Bill

2017

All About the Money

as Luis Diego

2015

A Horse Story

as Moonlight (voice)

2016

Bridesman

as Eduardo

2005

Chasing Ghosts

as Carlos Santiago

2017

2018

#Roxy

as Principal Castillo

2017

Maximum Impact

as Don Sanchez

2018

Gone Are the Days

as River Man

2019

3 from Hell

as Rondo

2007

Planet Terror

as Machete

2006

2015

Sock 'Em Dead

as Self - Host

2019

Big Kill

as General Morales

2016

Chronology

as Jackhammer

1997

Trojan War

as Scarface

2013

Five Thirteen

as El Loco

1992

Sex Crimes

as Palmer

2018

Silencer

as Lenard "Big Daddy" Ochoa

1993

Bound by Honor

as Geronimo

2019

Bare Knuckle Brawler

as Santo Ariza

2011

The Black Mamba

as The Crippler

2018

American Nightmares

as Mister Malevolent

2017

Murder in the Woods

as Sheriff Lorenzo

2019

Slasher Party

as Danny Trejo

2019

Grand-Daddy Day Care

as Eduardo Hernandez

2000

Cuenta Saldada

as Secuestrador 1 (as Daniel Trejo)

1989

1991

Wedlock

as Tough Prisoner #1

1989

Cage

as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)

2019

2019

The Outsider

as Carlos

2020

Bullets of Justice

as Gravedigger

2012

Breaking Wind

as Billy Black

2019

Wish Man

as Jose

2019

Acceleration

as Santos

1995

Dead Badge

as El Tango Bartender

1993

12:01

as Prisoner

2021

2018

Bully

as Manny

2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

as Stronghold (voice)

2010

Gun

as Frankie Makina

2020

Final Kill

as Francesco

2007

2020

2010

2010

2014

Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals

as Reynaldo (voice)

2006

Death Row

as Priest

2014

Habla Men

as Self

2020

Cover Me

as Big Mike

2019

The Margarita Man

as Dr. Valenzuela

2008

The Art of Travel

as Limo Driver

2020

Pistolera

as Indio

2020

2016

2003

The Big Empty

as Lt. Gates

1987

Terminal Exposure

as man in crowd (uncredited)

1999

Soundman

as Duce's Father

2011

Dark Games

as Archie

2021

Pups Alone

as Vinnie P (voice)

2021

The Rebels of PT-218

as Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco

2019

2001

Skippy

as Hitman

2024

Holy Cash

as Actor

2018

Death House

as Inmate (uncredited)

2024

Wages of Sin

as Jimmy

2023

2006

2025

Hubbard Street

as Sebastian

Production

2000

Animal Factory

as Co-Producer

2022

VampFather

as Executive Producer

2006

Propensity

as Co-Producer

2006

High Hopes

as Producer

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