Danny Trejo
Department: Acting
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
Heat
1995
Halloween
2007
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Reindeer Games
2000
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
2000
The Devil's Rejects
2005
Con Air
1997
Spy Kids
2001
Criminal Passion
1994
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Inferno
1999
Whore
1991
The Line
2009
7 Mummies
2006
The Replacement Killers
1998
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
The Boys of Ghost Town
2009
High Hopes
2006
Necessary Evil
2008
Champion
2005
Against the Wall
1994
Desperado
1995
Machete
2010
Runaway Train
1985
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
2005
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Animal Factory
2000
Alone in the Dark 2
2008
Anaconda
1997
Lock Up
1989
Sherrybaby
2006
Bubble Boy
2001
American Sicario
2021
Smiley Face
2007
Fanboys
2009
Predators
2010
Heckler
2007
Eyeborgs
2009
Toxic
2008
The Black Hole
2021
The Wrecker
2025
The Grind
2009
Jack's Law
2006
Seven Cemeteries
2024
The Dream Americano
2023
Justin Time
2010
Wolf Mountain
2022
Champions
1998
Sushi Girl
2012
The Killing Jar
2010
Furnace
2007
Shadows in Paradise
2010
13 Moons
2002
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
2015
Shoot the Hero
2010
Beatdown
2010
Cross
2011
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005
Guns
1990
Nightstalker
2002
Official Rejection
2009
Hunting Games
2023
Urban Justice
2007
Slayer
2006
House of the Rising Sun
2011
The Lazarus Papers
2010
American Warrior
2025
VampFather
2022
Caroltyn
2022
Comedy Chingonas
2021
Death Race 2
2010
Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
Beat the Devil
2002
Last Light
1993
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
2011
Lost
2004
Jaguar
1996
Femme Fatale
1991
Escándalo Secreto En Plena Cuarentena
2022
Point Blank
1998
Recoil
2012
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
Violet & Daisy
2011
The Stranger
1995
Bad Ass
2012
Richard III
2007
The Bill Collector
2010
Babysitters Beware
2009
The Cloth
2012
Detour 95
—
A Tale of Two Guns
2022
The Curse of El Charro
2005
Modus Operandi
2010
Machete Kills
2013
LA Originals
2020
Lonely Hearts
1991
Dilemma
1997
Rise of the Zombies
2012
Calico Queens
2017
The Legend of Johnny Jones
2024
Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone
2022
Haunted High
2012
Dead in Tombstone
2013
Street Level
2016
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Bro'
2012
Death Race: Inferno
2013
Counterpunch
2013
Ranchero
2008
In the Shadow
2011
Bullet
2014
Juan Frances: Live
2008
The Face is Familiar
2009
Zombie Hunter
2013
Good Mourning
2022
Chavez Cage of Glory
2013
Tattoo Nation
2013
The Last Hour
1991
Valley of Angels
2008
The Night Crew
2015
Short Handle
2012
The Contractor
2013
Pendejo (Idiot)
2013
Renegades
2022
Force of Execution
2014
Smile or Hug
2022
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
—
Voodoo Possession
2014
Courier from 'Paradise'
2013
Death on the Border
2023
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
American Lowrider
2013
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
In the Blood
2014
20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending
2014
Jake's Corner
2008
Marked for Death
1990
Miami Bici 2
2023
Pastor Shepherd
2010
The Street Avenger
2025
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
Whiteboyz
1999
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
Bulletproof
1988
Una preghiera per Giuda
2023
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom
2023
The Night They Came Home
2024
Clerks III
2022
Throwdown
2014
The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus
2022
Beyond the Game
2014
Reaper
2014
Black Licorice
2019
Hope Lost
2015
The Damned
—
Vieques
2014
McDick
2017
Strike One
2014
VANish
2015
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015
The Burning Dead
2015
The Insomniac
2013
Ticket to Vegas
2013
Reach Me
2014
Doublecrossed
1991
It's a Wonderful Binge
2022
Fire-Man's Fetish
2022
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022
Penitentiary III
1987
Los Locos
1997
Preggoland
2014
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
L.A. Slasher
2015
Pug
2025
The Hidden
1987
Mi Vida Loca
1994
Boston Girls
2010
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
2005
The Book of Life
2014
3-Headed Shark Attack
2015
No Way Out
2015
The Ridiculous 6
2015
Do It for Uncle Manny
2002
4Got10
2015
Cowboy Dreams
2009
The Weight of Blood and Bones
2015
Frat Pack
2018
North by El Norte
2016
American Flyer
2010
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Delta Farce
2007
From a Son
—
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025
Boost
2016
Tennis Anyone?
2006
NHL Big City Greens Classic 2
2024
Cyborg X
2016
Range 15
2016
Vigilante Diaries
2016
Doppelganger
1993
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
2016
Downtown Bus
—
Storks
2016
Cross Wars
2017
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
Carnal Crimes
1991
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006
Halloweed
2016
1st Strike
2016
Bail Out
1989
Grindhouse
2007
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Nails
1992
Amelia's 25th
2013
Madness in the Method
2019
xXx
2002
I Heart Robots
2024
Blacktino
2011
East LA Interchange
2015
Map of Hell
2016
Sunset Grill
1993
On Bloody Sunday
2007
Battle for Terra
2007
Juarez 2045
2017
The Salton Sea
2002
All About the Money
2017
A Horse Story
2015
Bridesman
2016
Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale
2017
Dead Again in Tombstone
2017
Machete Kills Again... in Space
—
Chasing Ghosts
2005
Not a War Story
2017
Avenge the Crows
2017
#Roxy
2018
Maximum Impact
2017
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
2018
D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually
2008
Gone Are the Days
2018
3 from Hell
2019
Planet Terror
2007
Propensity
2006
Sock 'Em Dead
2015
Big Kill
2019
Chronology
2016
Trojan War
1997
Five Thirteen
2014
Sex Crimes
1992
Silencer
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013
Bound by Honor
1993
Bare Knuckle Brawler
2019
Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
2004
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
The Black Mamba
2011
American Nightmares
2018
Murder in the Woods
2017
Slasher Party
2019
Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2
2021
Cuenta Saldada
2000
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
Wedlock
1991
Cage
1989
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
The Short History of the Long Road
2019
The Outsider
2019
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
2019
Bullets of Justice
2020
Breaking Wind
2012
Wish Man
2019
The Legend of La Llorona
2022
Cross: Rise of the Villains
2019
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
2019
Acceleration
2019
Dead Badge
1995
12:01
1993
Shadow of the Cat
2021
Bully
2018
BorderCross
2017
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Gun
2010
Final Kill
2020
The Blue Rose
2007
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
2015
Predators: Moments of Extraction
2010
Lumpia: With a Vengeance
2020
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
2014
Death Row
2006
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
Habla Men
2014
Cover Me
2020
HA Festival: The Art of Comedy
2020
The Margarita Man
2019
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
The Art of Travel
2008
Pistolera
2020
The Last Exorcist
2020
Good Fortune
2016
The Big Empty
2003
Terminal Exposure
1987
Soundman
1999
Dark Games
2011
Donny's Bar Mitzvah
2021
Death Rider in the House of Vampires
2021
Pups Alone
2021
Venice Underground
2005
The Rebels of PT-218
2021
Every 9 Hours
2019
Victor One
1994
Skippy
2001
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Holy Cash
2024
Death House
2018
Wages of Sin
2024
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
A Dark Way Out
2023
All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
2020
Living the Dream
2006
RZR Cyber Protocol
—
Hubbard Street
2025
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
2010
Reapers
2024
Unconsensual Activity
—
Zootopia 2
2025
Goldfish
2025
La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America
—
Through The Valley
2008
Magical Meat
2025
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
—
La Venganza Rodríguez
—
Armadillo United
—
Six Days in Paradise
2010
The Michoacan File
2023
Breaking Bad
2008
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Modern Family
2009
The District
2000
Desperate Housewives
2004
Heist
2006
Alias
2001
Monk
2002
Stargate Atlantis
2004
King of the Hill
1997
George Lopez
2002
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
American Gods
2017
Burn Notice
2007
The X-Files
1993
Paragon: The Shadow Wars
2020
Kingpin
2003
Baywatch
1989
Grounded for Life
2001
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007
Blood Ties
2007
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Brooklyn South
1997
The Masked Singer
2019
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
American Horror Stories
2021
Young Justice
2010
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Real Rob
2015
Fallen Angels
1993
Baywatch
1989
PBC
2022
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
FBI: The Untold Stories
1991
Reasonable Doubts
1991
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
1990
Total Badass Wrestling
2021
Lopez vs Lopez
2022
Family Guy
1999
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Maya and the Three
2021
Circus Halligalli
2013
American Dad!
2005
King of the Hill
1997
King of the Hill
1997
King of the Hill
1997
King of the Hill
1997
Top Chef
2006
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
New Looney Tunes
2015
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
2021
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
2015
The Hire
2001
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
Fluffy's Food Adventures
2015
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Angie Tribeca
2016
Rick and Morty
2013
Renegade
1992
The Flash
2014
Mr. Birchum
2024
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Mickey Mouse
2013
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
Victor and Valentino
2019
Victor and Valentino
2019
Big City Greens
2018
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
NYPD Blue
1993
NYPD Blue
1993
The Conners
2018
Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend
2022
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Monsters at Work
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Seis Manos
2019
Hell's Kitchen
2005
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015
King of the Hill
1997
Bones
2005
The Price Is Right
1972
Theme Song Takeover
2019
American Dad!
2005
Family Guy
1999
Saint George
2014
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
L.A.'s Finest
2019
High Tide
1994
Futurama
1999
Muppets Now
2020
Misfit Garage
2014
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Unscripted
2005
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo
2024
Fra Sydhavn til West Coast
2013
China, IL
2011
Chibiverse
2022
The Simpsons
1989
Vanishing Son
1994
Reno 911!
2020
Krapopolis
2023
The Good Guys
2010
Franklin & Bash
2011
Kidding
2018
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
2012
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015