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