Danny Trejo
Personal Info
Known 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.
Known For
Acting
From a Son
as George
Detour 95
as Muerte
Machete Kills Again... in Space
as Machete
Downtown Bus
as Sancho 'The Jailbird' Sanchez
RZR Cyber Protocol
as Manolo
The Damned
as Chimalle
(2025)
(2025)
The Street Avenger
as Muerte
(2025)
The Wrecker
as Eduardo
(2025)
Hubbard Street
as Sebastian
(2024)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Laurence (voice)
(2024)
The Night They Came Home
as Digger
(2024)
(2024)
Seven Cemeteries
as Bravo
(2024)
The Legend of Johnny Jones
as El Muerte
(2024)
Holy Cash
as Actor
(2024)
I Heart Robots
as Bob
(2024)
NHL Big City Greens Classic 2
as Vasquez (voice)
(2024)
Wages of Sin
as Jimmy
(2024)
Reapers
as The Wanderer
(2023)
Miami Bici 2
as Mr Susan
(2023)
Hunting Games
as Sheriff Ramos
(2023)
A Dark Way Out
as Ralph
(2023)
Death on the Border
as Father Francis
(2023)
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom
as Ferdinand Magellan
(2023)
Una preghiera per Giuda
as Carnizzari
(2023)
The Dream Americano
as Self
(2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Stronghold (voice)
(2022)
A Tale of Two Guns
as Junior
(2022)
Clerks III
as Auditioner
(2022)
Renegades
as Sanchez
(2022)
Wolf Mountain
as Eddie
(2022)
Good Mourning
as Method Cameo
(2022)
The Legend of La Llorona
as Jorge
(2022)
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Oscar Diaz (archive footage)
(2022)
It's a Wonderful Binge
as Angel
(2022)
VampFather
as Vampfather
(2022)
(2022)
Caroltyn
as Wells
(2022)
Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone
as Master Gin
(2022)
(2022)
Fire-Man's Fetish
as Fire-Man
(2022)
Escándalo Secreto En Plena Cuarentena
as MMR, Mario Machin Rin
(2021)
(2021)
The Rebels of PT-218
as Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco
(2021)
American Sicario
as Pedro
(2021)
Shadow of the Cat
as Sombra
(2021)
Pups Alone
as Vinnie P (voice)
(2021)
Death Rider in the House of Vampires
as Bela Latigo
(2021)
The Black Hole
as Edmund
(2021)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Huet
(2021)
Comedy Chingonas
as Self - Host
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Donny's Bar Mitzvah
as Self
(2020)
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
as Janitor Steve Garcia
(2020)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as El Diablo
(2020)
Lumpia: With a Vengeance
as Reyes
(2020)
Final Kill
as Francesco
(2020)
Bullets of Justice
as Gravedigger
(2020)
The Last Exorcist
as Marco
(2020)
LA Originals
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
Cover Me
as Big Mike
(2020)
Pistolera
as Indio
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Boots (voice)
(2019)
Acceleration
as Santos
(2019)
(2019)
Black Licorice
as Donicio
(2019)
3 from Hell
as Rondo
(2019)
The Outsider
as Carlos
(2019)
Grand-Daddy Day Care
as Eduardo Hernandez
(2019)
Cross: Rise of the Villains
as Muerte
(2019)
Slasher Party
as Danny Trejo
(2019)
Big Kill
as General Morales
(2019)
Madness in the Method
as Danny
(2019)
The Short History of the Long Road
as Miguel
(2019)
Wish Man
as Jose
(2019)
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
as Danny
(2019)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
(2019)
Bare Knuckle Brawler
as Santo Ariza
(2019)
Every 9 Hours
as Raul
(2019)
The Margarita Man
as Dr. Valenzuela
(2018)
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Goldberg
(2018)
Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
(2018)
American Nightmares
as Mister Malevolent
(2018)
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
as Nino Grande
(2018)
Death House
as Inmate (uncredited)
(2018)
Gone Are the Days
as River Man
(2018)
Silencer
as Lenard "Big Daddy" Ochoa
(2018)
#Roxy
as Principal Castillo
(2018)
Bully
as Manny
(2018)
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
(2018)
Frat Pack
as Dirty
(2017)
Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale
as El Moco (voice)
(2017)
Dead Again in Tombstone
as Guerrero
(2017)
(2017)
Avenge the Crows
as Antonio
(2017)
Maximum Impact
as Don Sanchez
(2017)
Juarez 2045
as Angel Malvado
(2017)
All About the Money
as Luis Diego
(2017)
Calico Queens
as Bill Gallows
(2017)
Murder in the Woods
as Sheriff Lorenzo
(2017)
Cross Wars
as Murete
(2017)
McDick
as Oscar
(2017)
(2016)
Storks
as Jasper (voice)
(2016)
Range 15
as Zombie Trejo
(2016)
Halloweed
as Patch
(2016)
Vigilante Diaries
as Crazy Joe
(2016)
1st Strike
as Manny Garcia
(2016)
Street Level
as Carlton the Doorman
(2016)
North by El Norte
as Uncle John
(2016)
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
as Mr. Morgo
(2016)
Chronology
as Jackhammer
(2016)
Cyborg X
as Captain Machine Gun
(2016)
Good Fortune
as Self
(2016)
Boost
as Roy Casares
(2016)
Map of Hell
as Himself
(2016)
Bridesman
as Eduardo
(2015)
3-Headed Shark Attack
as Max Burns
(2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
as Newtralizer (voice)
(2015)
A Horse Story
as Moonlight (voice)
(2015)
The Ridiculous 6
as Cicero
(2015)
The Night Crew
as Aguilar
(2015)
Hope Lost
as Marius
(2015)
4Got10
as Mateo Perez
(2015)
The Weight of Blood and Bones
as Espada
(2015)
L.A. Slasher
as The Drug Dealer #2
(2015)
No Way Out
as Don Caceres
(2015)
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Frank Vega
(2015)
VANish
as Carlos
(2015)
Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
The Burning Dead
as Night Wolf
(2015)
(2015)
Sock 'Em Dead
as Self - Host
(2015)
East LA Interchange
as narrator
(2014)
The Book of Life
as Skeleton Luis (voice)
(2014)
Throwdown
as Tattoo
(2014)
Bullet
as Frank
(2014)
Habla Men
as Self
(2014)
Force of Execution
as Oso
(2014)
Reach Me
as Vic
(2014)
Reaper
as Jack
(2014)
Strike One
as Manny Garcia
(2014)
Beyond the Game
as José
(2014)
In the Blood
as Big Biz
(2014)
Muppets Most Wanted
as Danny Trejo
(2014)
Voodoo Possession
as Kross
(2014)
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
as Reynaldo (voice)
(2014)
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Frank Vega
(2014)
Preggoland
as Pedro
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
Death Race: Inferno
as Goldberg
(2013)
Dead in Tombstone
as Guerrero
(2013)
Pendejo (Idiot)
as Pedro
(2013)
(2013)
Five Thirteen
as El Loco
(2013)
Machete Kills
as Machete Cortez
(2013)
Zombie Hunter
as Jesús
(2013)
The Contractor
as Javier Reyes
(2013)
Counterpunch
as Manny Navarro
(2013)
Ticket to Vegas
as Mister Chich
(2013)
The Insomniac
as Jairo Torres
(2013)
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
as Venom (voice)
(2013)
Amelia's 25th
as Don Javier
(2013)
Chavez Cage of Glory
as Mando
(2013)
American Lowrider
as The O.G.
(2013)
Tattoo Nation
as Himself
(2012)
Haunted High
as Ortiz
(2012)
Recoil
as Drayke
(2012)
Breaking Wind
as Billy Black
(2012)
Rise of the Zombies
as Caspian
(2012)
The Cloth
as Father Connely
(2012)
Short Handle
as Carson
(2012)
Sushi Girl
as Schlomo
(2012)
Bad Ass
as Frank Vega
(2012)
Bro'
as Gilbert
(2011)
Violet & Daisy
as Russ
(2011)
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
as Mr. Perez
(2011)
Cross
as Lexavier
(2011)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
as Uncle Machete
(2011)
House of the Rising Sun
as Carlos
(2011)
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
as Ceasar
(2011)
Blacktino
as Rogelio
(2011)
The Black Mamba
as The Crippler
(2011)
Dark Games
as Archie
(2011)
In the Shadow
as Hermit
(2010)
Predators
as Cuchillo
(2010)
Death Race 2
as Goldberg
(2010)
The Killing Jar
as Jimmy
(2010)
Modus Operandi
as Director Holiday
(2010)
Machete
as Machete
(2010)
Gun
as Frankie Makina
(2010)
Beatdown
as Marcus
(2010)
Saint John of Las Vegas
as Bismarck
(2010)
The Lazarus Papers
as Aroon
(2010)
Pastor Shepherd
as Phil Harrison
(2010)
(2010)
Shadows in Paradise
as Matador
(2010)
Boston Girls
as Uncle Reggie
(2010)
Shoot the Hero
as Crazy Joe
(2010)
The Bill Collector
as Frankie Gutierrez
(2010)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Cuchillo (voice)
(2010)
American Flyer
as Uncle John
(2010)
Justin Time
as Mardok
(2009)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Rico (voice)
(2009)
Fanboys
as The Chief
(2009)
Babysitters Beware
as Clyde / The Guard
(2009)
Official Rejection
as Self
(2009)
The Line
as Mario
(2009)
Cowboy Dreams
as Lobo
(2009)
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
(2009)
Eyeborgs
as G-Man
(2009)
The Grind
as Nicholi Guzman
(2009)
The Boys of Ghost Town
as Father
(2008)
Necessary Evil
as Barro
(2008)
Alone in the Dark 2
as Perry
(2008)
Valley of Angels
as Hector
(2008)
Jake's Corner
as Clint
(2008)
Ranchero
as Capone
(2008)
(2008)
The Art of Travel
as Limo Driver
(2008)
Toxic
as Antoine
(2008)
Juan Frances: Live
as E.J.
(2008)
(2008)
D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually
as Narrator
(2007)
Halloween
as Ismael Cruz
(2007)
Planet Terror
as Machete
(2007)
Urban Justice
as El Chivo
(2007)
Grindhouse
as Machete (segment "Planet Terror")
(2007)
Heckler
as Self
(2007)
On Bloody Sunday
as The Ref
(2007)
Richard III
as Major
(2007)
Furnace
as Fury
(2007)
Battle for Terra
as Elder Barum (voice)
(2007)
Smiley Face
as Albert
(2007)
Delta Farce
as Carlos Santana
(2007)
The Blue Rose
as Junk
(2006)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Derelict
(2006)
Tennis Anyone?
as Hector
(2006)
Death Row
as Priest
(2006)
Sherrybaby
as Dean Walker
(2006)
Slayer
as Montegna
(2006)
High Hopes
as Shady
(2006)
Living the Dream
as Chuck
(2006)
(2006)
7 Mummies
as Apache
(2006)
Jack's Law
as Jack Santos
(2006)
Propensity
as Roy
(2006)
Danny Roane: First Time Director
as Hector
(2005)
The Devil's Rejects
as Rondo
(2005)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as Harold
(2005)
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
(2005)
Chasing Ghosts
as Carlos Santiago
(2005)
Venice Underground
as Papi
(2005)
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
as Vargas Diaz
(2005)
Nobody Wants Your Film
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Champion
as Self
(2005)
The Curse of El Charro
as El Charro (Voice)
(2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Bartender
(2004)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Bartender
(2004)
Lost
as Edward James Archer
(2004)
Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
as Narrator
(2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Cucuy
(2003)
The Big Empty
as Lt. Gates
(2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Machete
(2002)
xXx
as El Jefe
(2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Machete
(2002)
The Salton Sea
as Little Bill
(2002)
13 Moons
as Hoodlum
(2002)
Beat the Devil
as Bob
(2002)
Nightstalker
as Officer Frank Luis
(2002)
Do It for Uncle Manny
as Pedro
(2001)
Spy Kids
as Machete
(2001)
Bubble Boy
as Slim
(2001)
Skippy
as Hitman
(2000)
Reindeer Games
as Jumpy
(2000)
Animal Factory
as Vito
(2000)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
as Razor Charlie
(2000)
Cuenta Saldada
as Secuestrador 1 (as Daniel Trejo)
(1999)
Inferno
as Johnny Six Toes
(1999)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
as Razor Eddie
(1999)
Soundman
as Duce's Father
(1999)
Whiteboyz
as Prisoner
(1998)
Six Days Seven Nights
as Pierce
(1998)
Point Blank
as Wallace
(1998)
The Replacement Killers
as Collins
(1998)
Champions
as Max Brito
(1997)
Anaconda
as Poacher
(1997)
Con Air
as "Johnny-23"
(1997)
Dilemma
as Rudy Salazar
(1997)
Trojan War
as Scarface
(1997)
Los Locos
as Manuel Batista
(1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Razor Charlie
(1996)
Jaguar
as Kumare
(1995)
Heat
as Trejo
(1995)
Desperado
as Navajas
(1995)
The Stranger
as Hawk
(1995)
Dead Badge
as El Tango Bartender
(1994)
Criminal Passion
as Construction Worker
(1994)
Against the Wall
as Luis
(1994)
Mi Vida Loca
as Frank
(1994)
Victor One
as Sergeant Aguilar
(1993)
Bound by Honor
as Geronimo
(1993)
Sunset Grill
as Young Mexican
(1993)
12:01
as Prisoner
(1993)
Last Light
as 2nd Inmate
(1993)
Doppelganger
as Hard Hat
(1993)
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Cuban
(1992)
Nails
as Las Virgenes bartender
(1992)
Sex Crimes
as Palmer
(1991)
Wedlock
as Tough Prisoner #1
(1991)
The Last Hour
as Spider
(1991)
Doublecrossed
as Lito
(1991)
Whore
as Tattoo Artist
(1991)
Carnal Crimes
as Ticket Agent
(1991)
Lonely Hearts
as Angry Client
(1991)
Femme Fatale
as Toshi
(1990)
Maniac Cop 2
as Prisoner
(1990)
Guns
as Tong
(1990)
Marked for Death
as Hector
(1989)
Lock Up
as Chink's Gang Member
(1989)
Bail Out
as Mean
(1989)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Prison Inmate
(1989)
Cage
as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)
(1988)
Bulletproof
as Sharkey
(1987)
The Hidden
as Prisoner
(1987)
Terminal Exposure
as man in crowd (uncredited)
(1987)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Art Sanella
(1987)
Penitentiary III
as See Veer
(1985)
Runaway Train
as Boxer
Crew
(2022)
VampFather
Executive Producer
(2010)
(2006)
Propensity
Co-Producer
(2006)
High Hopes
Producer
(2000)
Animal Factory
Co-Producer