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Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo

Highest Rated: 100% Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)

Birthday: May 16, 1944

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

For over two decades, casting agents looking for an actor who could convincingly portray the baddest of the bad went to one man - Danny Trejo, whose muscular, tattooed frame and leathery face bespoke volumes about violence and vice in films including "Heat" (1995), "Desperado" (1995) and "Machete" (2010). The conviction behind his performances was due in part to his own life, which was spent partly behind bars; after his release, a chance encounter with a fellow ex-con on the set of "Runaway Train" (1985) led to a long list of bit parts as crooks and killers. His ubiquity and unquestionable authenticity made him a favorite of moviegoers and directors alike, including Michael Mann, Allison Anders and his cousin, Robert Rodriguez, who cast him in nearly all of his films, including a comic turn in his lighthearted "Spy Kids" franchise. In 2010, Rodriguez paid Trejo the ultimate compliment by making him an action hero in "Machete," a gore-soaked tribute to '70s-era grindhouse films. The picture only solidified Trejo's status as one of the toughest talents on the planet.

Highest rated movies

93% 47% Spy Kids
89% 82% The Short History of the Long Road
84% 87% Grindhouse
83% 59% Animal Factory
83% 94% Heat
82% 62% Murder in the Woods
80% 72% Lost
76% 57% Sherrybaby

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue Laurence (Voice) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seven Cemeteries Unknown (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Heart Robots Unknown (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 16% The Night They Came Home Digger (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 88% 1521 Ferdinand Magellan (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox Royce (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 58% Death on the Border Father Francis (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Michoacan File Narrator,
Executive Producer
- 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunting Games Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 69% The Curse of Wolf Mountain Eddie (Character) - 2022
25% 95% It's a Wonderful Binge Angel (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 89% Renegades Sanchez (Character) - 2022
69% 89% Minions: The Rise of Gru Stronghold (Voice) $369.5M 2022
71% 84% The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus Vega (Character) - 2022
7% 28% The Legend of La Llorona Jorge (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Tale of Two Guns Junior (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smile or Hug Dr. Garcia (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vampfather Vampfather (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caroltyn Wells (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Dark Way Out Ralph (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escándalo Secreto: En Plena Cuarentena Mario Machin Rin (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 42% American Sicario Pedro (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 42% Pups Alone Vinnie P (Voice) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comedy Chingonas Host - 2021
No Score Yet 32% Death Rider in the House of Vampires Bela Latigo (Character) $31.2K 2021
No Score Yet 0% The Rebels of PT-218 Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco (Character) - 2021
17% 50% The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 Hugo (Character) $2.9M 2021
50% 83% Donny's Bar Mitzvah Frank (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow of the Cat Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 86% Lumpia With a Vengeance Reyes (Character) - 2020
66% 49% The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run El Diablo (Voice) $4.5M 2020
57% 43% Bullets of Justice Grave-digger (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 17% The Last Exorcist Marco (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pistolera Indio (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 21% Final Kill Francesco (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fixer Benito 'Benny' Sanchez (Character) - 2020
82% 62% Murder in the Woods Sheriff Lorenzo (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 67% The Margarita Man Dr. Valenzuela (Character) - 2019
100% 91% Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo Self,
Executive Producer
- 2019
89% 82% The Short History of the Long Road Miguel (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 0% Cross: Rise of the Villains Muerte (Character) - 2019
25% 25% Acceleration Santos (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bare Knuckle Brawler Santo Ariza (Character) - 2019
57% 55% 3 From Hell Rondo (Character) - 2019
85% 88% Dora and the Lost City of Gold Boots (Voice) $60.5M 2019
30% 60% Madness in the Method Danny (Character) - 2019
50% 37% The Outsider Carlos (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 88% Wish Man Jose (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 40% Grand-Daddy Day Care Eduardo (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 50% Grand-Daddy Day Care Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Counterpunch Manny Navarro (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Every 9 Hours Raul (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 41% Bully Manny (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 54% Roxy Principal Castillo (Character) - 2018
22% 55% Big Kill General Morales (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 47% Death Race: Beyond Anarchy Goldberg (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 23% American Nightmares Mister Malevolent (Character) - 2018
9% 0% Maximum Impact Sanchez (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 27% Silencer Ochoa (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 71% Frat Pack Dirty (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 27% Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece Nino Grande (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 57% Gone Are the Days River Man (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet McDick Oscar (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet MFKZ Bruce (Voice) - 2017
No Score Yet 33% BorderCross Paco (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 64% Avenge the Crows Antonio (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Not a War Story Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 30% Dead Again in Tombstone Guerrero Hernandez (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 96% All About the Money Luis Diego (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 65% Juarez 2045 Angel Malvado (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 27% Cross Wars Murete (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 31% Boost Roy Casares (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chronology Jackhammer (Character) - 2016
78% 96% Good Fortune Self - 2016
No Score Yet 13% Cyborg X Captain Machine Gun (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond the Game Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 30% Halloweed Patch (Character) - 2016
65% 62% Storks Jasper (Voice) $72.7M 2016
No Score Yet 32% R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House Mr. Morgo (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 83% Range 15 Zombie Trejo (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 80% East LA Interchange Unknown (Voice) - 2015
0% 36% The Ridiculous 6 Cicero (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 11% The Burning Dead Night Wolf (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 58% A Horse Story Moonlight (Voice) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Way Out Don Caceres (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 9% Hope Lost Marius (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 27% 4Got10 Mateo Perez (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 26% 3-Headed Shark Attack Mike Burns (Character) - 2015
0% 7% L.A. Slasher The Drug Dealer No. 2 (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 27% Bad Asses on the Bayou Frank Vega (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession Narrator - 2015
No Score Yet 35% Vanish Carlos (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 88% Strike One Manny Garcia (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 25% The Night Crew Aguilar (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 61% Reaper Jack (Character) - 2014
47% 38% Preggoland Pedro (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 12% Throwdown Tattoo (Character) - 2014
83% 77% The Book of Life Luis (Voice) $50.1M 2014
No Score Yet 29% Bad Asses Frank Vega (Character) - 2014
38% 39% In the Blood Big Biz (Character) - 2014
80% 59% Muppets Most Wanted Self $51.2M 2014
No Score Yet 0% 20 Ft. Below: The Darkness Descending Angel (Character) - 2014
11% 12% Bullet Frank (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 9% Voodoo Possession Kross (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 38% The Insomniac Jairo Torres (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 0% Pendejo Pedro (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 37% Dead in Tombstone Guerrero Hernandez (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% Chavez: Cage of Glory Mando (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 33% Five Thirteen El Loco (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 17% Force of Execution Jimmy Peanuts (Character) - 2013
29% 35% Machete Kills Machete Cortez (Character) $7.9M 2013
No Score Yet 8% Zombie Hunter Jesús (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Lowrider The O.G. (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 20% The Contractor Javier Reyes (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 6% The Cloth Father Connely (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 36% Counterpunch Manny Navarro (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amelia's 25th Don Javier (Character) - 2012
50% 45% Death Race 3: Inferno Goldberg (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 12% Haunted High Ortiz (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 15% Rise of the Zombies Caspian (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 58% Bro' Gilbert (Character) - 2012
20% 39% Bad Ass Frank Vega (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Shadow Hermit (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Flyer Uncle John (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Faith in the Big House Unknown (Character) - 2011
14% 39% Top Cat: The Movie Griswald (Voice) - 2011
22% 35% Violet & Daisy Russ (Character) $10.0K 2011
No Score Yet 49% Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury Caesar (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 19% Breaking Wind Billy Black (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 27% Recoil Drayke (Character) - 2011
68% 59% A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Mr. Perez (Character) $35.0M 2011
23% 37% Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D Machete (Character) $38.5M 2011
No Score Yet 15% House of the Rising Sun Carlos (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 17% Cross Lexavier (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blacktino Rogelio (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet St. James St. James Presents: Delirium Cinema Tijuanna Maxx (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Recoil Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 18% Justin Time Mardok (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 33% Shadows in Paradise Matador (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 18% Shoot the Hero Crazy Joe (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 0% The Lazarus Papers Aroon (Character) - 2010
17% 37% Death Race 2 Goldberg (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 25% Gun Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 50% Pastor Shepherd Phil Harrison (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2010
70% 63% Machete Machete (Character) $26.6M 2010
No Score Yet 29% Beatdown Unknown (Character) - 2010
65% 52% Predators Cuchillo (Character) $52.0M 2010
No Score Yet 50% Boston Girls Uncle Reggie (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Six Days in Paradise Ruben Skinner (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 24% The Grind Nicholi Guzman (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Gotta Get Buscemi Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 12% The Bill Collector Frankie Gutierrez (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 19% Eyeborgs G-Man (Character) - 2009
63% 56% Modus Operandi Director Holiday (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2009
0% 36% The Killing Jar Jimmy (Character) - 2009
25% 27% Saint John of Las Vegas Bismarck (Character) $100.7K 2009
40% 48% The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Boss Rico (Voice) - 2009
32% 57% Fanboys The Chief (Character) $685.5K 2009
No Score Yet 60% Through the Valley Don Reyes (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 54% Jake's Corner Clint (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 11% Alone in the Dark 2 Perry (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ranchero Capone (Character) $23.4K 2008
No Score Yet 19% The Line Mario (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 15% Necessary Evil Barro (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 37% The No Sit List Clyde/The Guard (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 8% Toxic Antoine (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 33% Valley of Angels Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet D.O.P.E. Death or Prison Eventually Narrator - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chinaman's Chance Manolo (Character) - 2008
66% 45% Smiley Face Albert (Character) $8.8K 2007
No Score Yet 39% Urban Justice El Chivo (Character) - 2007
28% 59% Halloween Ismael Cruz (Character) $58.3M 2007
5% 38% Delta Farce Carlos Santana (Character) $8.1M 2007
84% 87% Grindhouse Machete (Character) $25.0M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Bloody Sunday Unknown (Character) - 2007
0% 52% Living the Dream Chuck (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 31% Furnace Fury (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 30% Haunted Prison Priest (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 33% TV: The Movie Unknown (Character) - 2006
76% 57% Sherrybaby Dean Walker (Character) $198.4K 2006
No Score Yet 19% Slayer Montegna (Character) - 2006
11% 36% Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror The Derelict (Character) $2.3M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreaming on Christmas Train Driver (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack's Law Jack Santos (Character),
Producer
- 2006
43% 42% Tennis, Anyone ...? Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 74% Champion Self - 2005
No Score Yet 11% 7 Mummies Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 36% Chasing Ghosts Carlos Santiago (Character) - 2005
80% 72% Lost Edward James Archer (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 15% All Souls Day Vargas Diaz (Character) - 2005
54% 78% The Devil's Rejects Rondo (Character) $16.9M 2005
0% 34% The Crow: Wicked Prayer Harold (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 25% Nice Guys Shady (Character),
Producer
- 2005
No Score Yet 16% The Curse of El Charro El Charro (Voice) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Rose Unknown (Character) - 2004
66% 64% Once Upon a Time in Mexico Cucuy (Character) $55.8M 2003
45% 25% Spy Kids 3: Game Over Machete (Character) $111.8M 2003
No Score Yet 23% Nightstalker Officer Frank Luis (Character),
Co-Producer
- 2002
48% 58% XXX El Jefe (Character) $141.2M 2002
75% 39% Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Machete Cortez (Character) $85.6M 2002
63% 82% The Salton Sea Little Bill (Character) $676.7K 2002
32% 48% Bubble Boy Slim (Character) $5.0M 2001
93% 47% Spy Kids Isidor 'Machete' Cortez (Character) $112.7M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Skippy Hitman (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Do It for Uncle Manny Pedro (Character) - 2001
83% 59% Animal Factory Vito (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2000
25% 27% Reindeer Games Jumpy (Character) $23.4M 2000
22% 23% From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter Razor Charlie (Character) - 2000
0% 36% Desert Heat Johnny Six Toes (Character) - 1999
9% 20% From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Razor Eddie (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coyote Moon Johnny Six Toes (Character) - 1999
38% 36% Six Days, Seven Nights Pierce (Character) $74.3M 1998
No Score Yet 0% Soundman Duce's Father (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 22% Point Blank Wallace (Character) - 1998
37% 47% The Replacement Killers Collins (Character) $19.0M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dilemma Rudy Salazar (Character) - 1997
58% 75% Con Air Johnny 'Johnny-23' Baca (Character) $101.1M 1997
41% 24% Anaconda Poacher (Character) $65.9M 1997
No Score Yet 27% Los Locos Manuel Batista (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 38% The Jaguar Kumare (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 62% Champions Max Brito (Character) - 1996
63% 76% From Dusk Till Dawn Razor Charlie (Character) $24.4M 1996
83% 94% Heat Trejo (Character) $66.2M 1995
No Score Yet 24% Doppelganger Hard Hat (Character) - 1993

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 43% Mr. Birchum Switchblade (Voice) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez vs Lopez Danny (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2023
No Score Yet 63% Hell's Kitchen Guest 2017 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2022
50% 40% Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend Judge 2022
100% 90% Maya and the Three God of Earthquakes (Voice) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity IOU: Joyride Guest 2021
66% 48% American Horror Stories Santa (Character) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2018 2021
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Running Wild With Bear Grylls Self 2021
93% 48% The Conners Tito (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Josh Gates Tonight Guest 2020
No Score Yet 81% Dynasty Himself (Guest Star) 2020
No Score Yet 61% Big City Greens Vasquez (Guest Voice) 2018-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Price Is Right Guest 2019
89% 59% The Flash Breacher (Guest Star) 2017-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Elena of Avalor Antonio Agama (Guest Voice) 2017 2019
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Jose Rojas "The Clam" (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man at Arms: Art of War Host 2017-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2018
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Himself (Guest Voice) 2018
95% 88% Brooklyn Nine-Nine Oscar Diaz (Guest Star) 2017
0% 81% Real Rob Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
90% 83% Rick and Morty Jaguar (Guest Voice) 2017
No Score Yet 99% Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Self 2017
No Score Yet 80% Tangled: The Series Wreck Marauder (Guest Voice) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet FABLife Guest 2016
96% 74% Angie Tribeca Himself (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 85% From Dusk Till Dawn The Regulator (Character) 2015
No Score Yet 89% The Adventures of Puss in Boots Unknown (Guest Voice) 2015
0% 31% Saint George Tio (Character) 2014
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
87% 90% Sons of Anarchy Unknown (Guest Star) 2011-2012
61% 84% Franklin & Bash Ultimo (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 64% The Cleveland Show Himself (Guest Voice) 2011
90% 83% Bones Bishop Edward Galano (Guest Star) 2011
85% 90% Modern Family Gus (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Guys Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 72% King of the Hill Enrique/Octavio (Guest Voice),
Enrique (Voice)
2003-2006 2010
96% 97% Breaking Bad Tortuga (Guest Star) 2009-2010
88% 95% Burn Notice Felipe Vega (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 90% Stargate Atlantis Omal (Guest Star) 2007
74% No Score Yet The Knights of Prosperity Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
72% 88% Desperate Housewives Hector Ramos (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 82% George Lopez Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
89% 87% Monk Spyder Rudner (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grounded for Life Raul (Guest Star) 2004
86% 88% Alias Emilio Vargas (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kingpin Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
74% 85% The X-Files Cesar Ocampo (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
83% 93% NYPD Blue Gabriel Mota (Guest Star) 1996 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brooklyn South Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
17% No Score Yet Baywatch Nights Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baywatch Chulo (Guest Star) 1991-1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1992