Danny Trejo

ActorProducerProductionCrew May 16 (age 81) Los Angeles, California, USA 1972–2029 (57 year career)

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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

Film

Heat

Trejo

Film

From Dusk Till Dawn

Razor Charlie

Film

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Stronghold (voice)

Film

The Book of Life

Skeleton Luis (voice)

Film

Bound by Honor

Geronimo

Film

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

El Diablo

Film

Zootopia 2

Jesús (voice)

Film

Con Air

"Johnny-23"

Filmography

Acting (453)

Movies (348)

Temple of the Lost Foot Sucker

2029 Upcoming

as Marco’s Dad

Jul 6

Zootopia 2

as Jesús (voice)

Goldfish

Pug

Hubbard Street

as Sebastian

The Wrecker

as Eduardo

American Warrior

The Street Avenger

as Muerte

Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox

2025

as Royce

5.9

Magical Meat

2025

as Self

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

as Laurence (voice)

Holy Cash

as Actor

Seven Cemeteries

as Bravo

The Night They Came Home

as Digger

Reapers

as The Wanderer

The Legend of Johnny Jones

as El Muerte

I Heart Robots

as Bob

Wages of Sin

as Jimmy

NHL Big City Greens Classic 2

as Vasquez (voice)

Miami Bici 2

as Mr Susan

Hunting Games

as Sheriff Ramos

A Dark Way Out

as Ralph

Death on the Border

as Father Francis

The Dream Americano

as Self

1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom

2023

as Ferdinand Magellan

1.5

The Michoacan File

2023

as Narrator

Una preghiera per Giuda

2023

as Carnizzari

2.3

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022

as Stronghold (voice)

7.3

Escándalo Secreto En Plena Cuarentena

2022

as MMR, Mario Machin Rin

3.3

The Legend of La Llorona

as Jorge

Caroltyn

as Wells

Wolf Mountain

as Eddie

The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus

as Vega

Good Mourning

as Method Cameo

Clerks III

as Auditioner

VampFather

as Vampfather

Renegades

as Sanchez

A Tale of Two Guns

as Junior

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2022

as Oscar Diaz (archive footage)

7.4

It's a Wonderful Binge

2022

as Angel

4.9

Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone

as Master Gin

Smile or Hug

Fire-Man's Fetish

as Fire-Man

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Huet

The Black Hole

as Edmund

American Sicario

as Pedro

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

as Self

Comedy Chingonas

as Self - Host

Death Rider in the House of Vampires

as Bela Latigo

Pups Alone

as Vinnie P (voice)

Shadow of the Cat

as Sombra

The Rebels of PT-218

as Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco

3.8

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Donny's Bar Mitzvah

2021

as Self

6.2

HA Festival: The Art of Comedy

2020

6.0

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

2020

as Janitor Steve Garcia

6.1

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

as El Diablo

The Last Exorcist

as Marco

Final Kill

as Francesco

Bullets of Justice

as Gravedigger

Lumpia: With a Vengeance

as Reyes

LA Originals

as Self

All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches

as Himself

Pistolera

as Indio

Cover Me

as Big Mike

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

as Boots (voice)

6.6

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Actor

Slasher Party

as Danny Trejo

The Margarita Man

as Dr. Valenzuela

Acceleration

as Santos

Wish Man

as Jose

3 from Hell

as Rondo

Big Kill

as General Morales

The Outsider

as Carlos

Grand-Daddy Day Care

as Eduardo Hernandez

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

as Self

Every 9 Hours

as Raul

The Short History of the Long Road

as Miguel

Black Licorice

as Donicio

Cross: Rise of the Villains

as Muerte

Bare Knuckle Brawler

as Santo Ariza

Madness in the Method

2019

as Danny

5.2

Slayer: The Repentless Killogy

2019

as Danny

7.2

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

2019

as Self

6.0

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy

as Goldberg

Bully

as Manny

Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece

2018

as Nino Grande

3.9

Silencer

2018

as Lenard "Big Daddy" Ochoa

4.9

Survivor's Guide to Prison

2018

as Self

6.3

Death House

2018

as Inmate (uncredited)

Gone Are the Days

as River Man

Frat Pack

as Dirty

#Roxy

as Principal Castillo

5.6

American Nightmares

2018

as Mister Malevolent

4.7

Illegal Civilization 3

2018

as Self

5.0

Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale

as El Moco (voice)

Not a War Story

Dead Again in Tombstone

as Guerrero

BorderCross

Maximum Impact

as Don Sanchez

All About the Money

as Luis Diego

McDick

as Oscar

Avenge the Crows

as Antonio

Cross Wars

as Murete

Calico Queens

as Bill Gallows

Juarez 2045

as Angel Malvado

Murder in the Woods

as Sheriff Lorenzo

Storks

as Jasper (voice)

Chronology

as Jackhammer

North by El Norte

as Uncle John

Cyborg X

as Captain Machine Gun

Good Fortune

as Self

Halloweed

as Patch

Vigilante Diaries

as Crazy Joe

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

as Mr. Morgo

1st Strike

as Manny Garcia

Range 15

as Zombie Trejo

Boost

as Roy Casares

Map of Hell

as Himself

Street Level

as Carlton the Doorman

2.0

Bridesman

2016

as Eduardo

3.5

The Weight of Blood and Bones

as Espada

A Horse Story

as Moonlight (voice)

The Burning Dead

as Night Wolf

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage

2015

as Newtralizer (voice)

The Ridiculous 6

as Cicero

L.A. Slasher

as The Drug Dealer #2

The Night Crew

as Aguilar

4Got10

as Mateo Perez

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

2015

as Self

6.6

3-Headed Shark Attack

as Max Burns

Hope Lost

as Marius

Bad Asses on the Bayou

as Frank Vega

East LA Interchange

as narrator

VANish

as Carlos

No Way Out

as Don Caceres

Sock 'Em Dead

as Self - Host

Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession

2015

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

The Book of Life

2014

as Skeleton Luis (voice)

Muppets Most Wanted

as Danny Trejo

In the Blood

as Big Biz

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

as Frank Vega

Voodoo Possession

as Kross

Five Thirteen

as El Loco

Beyond the Game

as José

Bullet

as Frank

Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals

as Reynaldo (voice)

Strike One

as Manny Garcia

Preggoland

as Pedro

Reach Me

as Vic

Force of Execution

as Oso

Reaper

as Jack

Throwdown

as Tattoo

20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending

as Angel

Vieques

Habla Men

as Self

Death Race: Inferno

as Goldberg

Machete Kills

as Machete

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

as Venom (voice)

The Contractor

as Javier Reyes

Ticket to Vegas

as Mister Chich

American Lowrider

as The O.G.

Tattoo Nation

as Himself

Pendejo (Idiot)

as Pedro

Counterpunch

as Manny Navarro

Dead in Tombstone

as Guerrero

Zombie Hunter

as Jesús

Amelia's 25th

as Don Javier

The Insomniac

as Jairo Torres

Courier from 'Paradise'

Chavez Cage of Glory

as Mando

Rise of the Zombies

as Caspian

Recoil

as Drayke

Bad Ass

as Frank Vega

Bro'

as Gilbert

Breaking Wind

as Billy Black

The Cloth

as Father Connely

Sushi Girl

as Schlomo

Haunted High

as Ortiz

Short Handle

as Carson

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

as Uncle Machete

Cross

as Lexavier

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

as Mr. Perez

The Black Mamba

as The Crippler

Blacktino

as Rogelio

In the Shadow

as Hermit

Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury

as Ceasar

Violet & Daisy

as Russ

House of the Rising Sun

as Carlos

Dark Games

as Archie

The Killing Jar

as Jimmy

Predators

as Cuchillo

Gun

as Frankie Makina

Machete

as Machete

Death Race 2

as Goldberg

Beatdown

as Marcus

Shoot the Hero

as Crazy Joe

Shadows in Paradise

as Matador

Boston Girls

as Uncle Reggie

American Flyer

as Uncle John

The Lazarus Papers

as Aroon

Modus Operandi

as Director Holiday

The Making of Fallout: New Vegas

as Self

Pastor Shepherd

as Phil Harrison

Saint John of Las Vegas

2010

as Bismarck

5.6

Predators: Moments of Extraction

as Cuchillo (voice)

Justin Time

as Mardok

The Bill Collector

as Frankie Gutierrez

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

as Rico (voice)

Fanboys

as The Chief

Cowboy Dreams

as Lobo

Eyeborgs

as G-Man

The Line

as Mario

The Grind

as Nicholi Guzman

The Boys of Ghost Town

as Father

The Face is Familiar

as Himself

Babysitters Beware

as Clyde / The Guard

Official Rejection

as Self

Through The Valley

as Don Reyes

Toxic

as Antoine

Necessary Evil

as Barro

Ranchero

as Capone

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

as Self

Alone in the Dark 2

as Perry

Jake's Corner

as Clint

D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually

as Narrator

The Art of Travel

as Limo Driver

Juan Frances: Live

as E.J.

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

as Manolo

Valley of Angels

as Hector

On Bloody Sunday

as The Ref

Urban Justice

as El Chivo

Planet Terror

as Machete

Halloween

as Ismael Cruz

Smiley Face

as Albert

Grindhouse

as Machete (segment "Planet Terror")

7.0

Battle for Terra

2007

as Elder Barum (voice)

Delta Farce

as Carlos Santana

Furnace

as Fury

Heckler

as Self

Richard III

as Major

The Blue Rose

as Junk

Sherrybaby

as Dean Walker

Tennis Anyone?

as Hector

Slayer

as Montegna

Jack's Law

as Jack Santos

Danny Roane: First Time Director

as Hector

Propensity

as Roy

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

as Derelict

Death Row

as Priest

7 Mummies

as Apache

High Hopes

as Shady

Living the Dream

as Chuck

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

as Crow

The Devil's Rejects

as Rondo

The Crow: Wicked Prayer

as Harold

The Making of 'Heat'

as Self

Champion

as Self

Chasing Ghosts

as Carlos Santiago

All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos

2005

as Vargas Diaz

4.6

The Curse of El Charro

2005

as El Charro (Voice)

3.4

30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'

2005

as Self

6.0

Nobody Wants Your Film

as Self

Venice Underground

as Papi

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Bartender

6.7

Lost

2004

as Edward James Archer

5.4

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

as Bartender

6.0

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars

2004

as Narrator

6.0

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003

as Cucuy

6.3

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

as Machete

The Big Empty

as Lt. Gates

xXx

as El Jefe

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

as Machete

The Salton Sea

as Little Bill

Nightstalker

as Officer Frank Luis

13 Moons

as Hoodlum

Beat the Devil

as Bob

Do It for Uncle Manny

as Pedro

Spy Kids

as Machete

Bubble Boy

as Slim

Skippy

as Hitman

Animal Factory

as Vito

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

as Razor Charlie

Reindeer Games

as Jumpy

Cuenta Saldada

as Secuestrador 1 (as Daniel Trejo)

4.0

Inferno

1999

as Johnny Six Toes

6.1

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

as Razor Eddie

Soundman

as Duce's Father

Whiteboyz

as Prisoner

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

as Pierce

6.1

The Replacement Killers

as Collins

Point Blank

as Wallace

Champions

as Max Brito

Con Air

as "Johnny-23"

Anaconda

as Poacher

Dilemma

as Rudy Salazar

Trojan War

as Scarface

Los Locos

as Manuel Batista

From Dusk Till Dawn

as Razor Charlie

Jaguar

as Kumare

Heat

as Trejo

Desperado

as Navajas

The Stranger

as Hawk

Dead Badge

as El Tango Bartender

6.8

Criminal Passion

1994

as Construction Worker

Mi Vida Loca

as Frank

Against the Wall

as Luis

Victor One

as Sergeant Aguilar

Bound by Honor

as Geronimo

Doppelganger

as Hard Hat

Last Light

as 2nd Inmate

Sunset Grill

as Young Mexican

12:01

as Prisoner

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Cuban

Nails

as Las Virgenes bartender

Sex Crimes

as Palmer

Femme Fatale

as Toshi

Wedlock

as Tough Prisoner #1

Whore

as Tattoo Artist

Carnal Crimes

as Ticket Agent

Lonely Hearts

as Angry Client

Doublecrossed

as Lito

The Last Hour

as Spider

Marked for Death

as Hector

Maniac Cop 2

as Prisoner

Guns

as Tong

Bail Out

as Mean

Lock Up

as Chink's Gang Member

6.8

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

1989

as Prison Inmate

5.4

Cage

1989

as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Bulletproof

as Sharkey

The Hidden

as Prisoner

Penitentiary III

as See Veer

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

1987

as Art Sanella

5.7

Terminal Exposure

1987

as man in crowd (uncredited)

4.3

Runaway Train

1985

as Boxer

7.0

From a Son

as George

La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America

Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

Machete Kills Again... in Space

as Machete

Downtown Bus

as Sancho 'The Jailbird' Sanchez

Detour 95

as Muerte

Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2

The Damned

as Chimalle

Armadillo United

as Coach Koko

Unconsensual Activity

as Juan

RZR Cyber Protocol

as Manolo

La Venganza Rodríguez

as El Super Muerto Infernal (VOICE)

Television (105)

E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

2025

as Gander (voice)

6.7

Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo

2024

as Self - Presenter

7.5

Mr. Birchum

2024

as Switchblade (voice)

4.0

Krapopolis

2023

as Chief Ravdi (voice)

The Muppets Mayhem

as Danny Trejo

Lopez vs Lopez

Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend

2022

as Self - Guest Judge

Chibiverse

as Vasquez (voice)

PBC

as Ricky

Monsters at Work

2021

as Terry (voice)

7.2

American Horror Stories

2021

as Santa

7.8

The Ghost and Molly McGee

2021

as Bobby Daniels (voice)

8.0

The Book of Boba Fett

as Rancor Keeper

Maya and the Three

as Cabrakan (voice)

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

2021

as Ram Man (voice)

6.5

Total Badass Wrestling

2021

as Bobby 'The Body' Estrada

Reno 911!

as Assassin

Muppets Now

as Self

Paragon: The Shadow Wars

2020

as Kincaid

5.0

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

What We Do in the Shadows

as Danny

The Masked Singer

as Raccoon

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

as Tuco (voice)

Victor and Valentino

as Paco (voice)

Lights Out with David Spade

as Self

L.A.'s Finest

as Reuben Velazquez

Seis Manos

as Baldemar / El Balde (voice)

Theme Song Takeover

as Vasquez (voice)

Big City Greens

as Vasquez (voice)

The Conners

as Tito

Kidding

as Danny Trejo

American Gods

as Mr. World

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

2017

as Wreck Marauder (voice)

7.3

Angie Tribeca

2016

as Himself

6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

New Looney Tunes

2015

as Lieutenant (voice)

7.0

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

2015

as El Moco (voice)

7.1

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

2015

as Filthy the Foot (voice)

3.9

Fluffy's Food Adventures

as Himself

Real Rob

as Danny

The Flash

as Breacher

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014

as Self

6.9

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

as The Regulator

Saint George

as Tio

Misfit Garage

Rick and Morty

as Jaguar (voice)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Oscar Diaz

Mickey Mouse

as Piñata Boss (voice)

7.6

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

as Self

Circus Halligalli

Fra Sydhavn til West Coast

2013

as Sig selv

10.0

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange

2012

as Cupcake Leader (voice)

Franklin & Bash

as Ultimo

China, IL

as (voice)

Young Justice

as Bane (voice)

Epic Rap Battles of History

as himself

The Good Guys

as Alfredo

Modern Family

as Gus

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Tuhon

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest / Big Daddy

Breaking Bad

as Tortuga

Sons of Anarchy

as Romero 'Romeo' Parada

8.4

The Spectacular Spider-Man

2008

as Ox (voice)

8.6

The Wendy Williams Show

as Self

Phineas and Ferb

as Venom (voice)

Burn Notice

as Felipe Vega

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Criminal

Blood Ties

as Pacha Kamaq

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

2007

7.8

Top Chef

2006

as Himself - Guest Judge

Heist

Bones

as Bishop Edward Galano

8.2

American Dad!

2005

as Mexican Thugs (voice)

Hell's Kitchen

as Self

Unscripted

as Self

Desperate Housewives

as Hector Ramos

Stargate Atlantis

as Omal

Kingpin

Monk

as Spyder Rudner

George Lopez

as Bobby

Grounded for Life

as Raul

Alias

as Emilio Vargas

The Hire

as Bob

The District

as Self

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

as Dewey (voice)

Family Guy

as (voice)

Futurama

as Doblando Rodriguez (voice)

8.4

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

1998

as Harold

6.5

King of the Hill

1997

as Octavio (voice) (uncredited)

Brooklyn South

as Louis

Vanishing Son

as Out-of-Breath Man

High Tide

as Tattooist

The X-Files

as Cesar Ocampo

NYPD Blue

as Gabriel mota

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Joe Lopez

Fallen Angels

as Boxer

Renegade

as Freddie

Reasonable Doubts

as Cholo #2

FBI: The Untold Stories

1991

as Snowman

9.0

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

1990

as Gabriel

6.1

The Simpsons

1989

as Danny Trejo (voice)

Baywatch

as Carlos Urueta

Jake and the Fatman

as Mumbling Prisoner

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

7.0

The Price Is Right

1972

as Self

6.3

Crew (14)

Movies (14)

The Michoacan File

2023

Executive Producer

VampFather

2022

Executive Producer

4.0

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

Executive Producer

1st Strike

Producer

Bad Asses on the Bayou

Associate Producer

Strike One

Producer

Modus Operandi

Executive Producer

Pastor Shepherd

Executive Producer

Predators: Moments of Extraction

Thanks

Jack's Law

Producer

Propensity

Co-Producer

High Hopes

Producer

Nightstalker

Co-Producer

Animal Factory

Co-Producer