Danny Trejo
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Danny Trejo is a Mexican-American actor known for appearing in numerous films and television shows. He is notable for building a successful acting career and has become a recognizable figure in entertainment.
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- 1944-05-16
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- Trejo's Cantina
- Trejo , der Danny Trejo Ist
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- Trejo's Tacos : Recipes and Stories from L. A.
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Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
Dan Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is a Native Mexican-American actor, and character 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.
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- The Wrecker — Eduardo2025
- American Warrior2025
- The Street Avenger — Muerte2025
- Pug2025
- Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox — Royce2025
- Hubbard Street — Sebastian2025
- Zootopia 2 — Jesús (voice)2025
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Danny Trejo (/ˈtreɪhoʊ/, Spanish: [ˈtɾexo]; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. In his body of work he appears as a character actor. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide.
A native of Los Angeles, Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he landed a role in Runaway Train (1985). The first film in which he was given a credited role was as Art Sanella in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987). He went on to star in a multitude of other films, many of which were small parts as inmates, gangsters, or other criminals, appearing in Desperado, Heat (both 1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Con Air (1997), The Replacement Killers (1998), Reindeer Games (2000), and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), among others.
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