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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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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- 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
- Goldfish2025
- Magical Meat — Self2025
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web — Gander (voice)2025
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-05-16 ) May 16, 1944 (age 82) , Maywood, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Works
- Full list
- Relatives
- Robert Rodriguez (second cousin) Patricia Vonne (second cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Trejo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Maywood
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- horror film
- Image
- Danny Trejo by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Height
- 1.64
- Residence
- San Fernando Valley
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- Commons category
- Danny Trejo
- date of birth
- 1944-05-16
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- place of detention
- Folsom State Prison
- name in native language
- Danny Trejo
- social media followers
- 562516
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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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