Danny Trejo
Biography
Danny Trejo is an American character actor known for playing inmates, gangsters, and other criminals. A native of Los Angeles, he made his film debut in Runaway Train (1985), and his first credited screen role came as Art Sanella in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987). Early parts followed in Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Con Air (1997), The Replacement Killers (1998), and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). From 2001 to 2003 he appeared as Isador Machete Cortez in Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids films, then reprised the character in Machete (2010) and Machete Kills (2013). He has voiced roles in The Book of Life (2014), Storks (2016), and Zootopia 2 (2025), and he has contributed voice work to several video games, among them the Call of Duty titles. He is also known for his repeated collaborations with Rodriguez.
82years old
Turns 83 on May 16in 212 days
- Born Maywood
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 154
- Career span
- 40 years1985 to 2025
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Big break
Danny Trejo credits Blood In, Blood Out with bringing him legitimate worldwide fame, after he chose that film over American Me when Joe "Pegleg" Morgan, then don of the Mexican Mafia, approved the choice.
A role that slipped away
Danny Trejo was originally offered the role of Pedro Santana in American Me by Edward James Olmos, but he turned it down and took a part in Blood In, Blood Out instead.
Danny Trejo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Rodriguez directed nine of these films, Roel Reiné four and Craig Moss three. Cheech Marin appears in nine of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Cheech Marin's page
Eric Roberts's page
Antonio Banderas's page
Jason Mewes's page
Ving Rhames's page
Vinnie Jones's page
All films by Robert Rodriguez
Roel ReinéDirector, 4 films, 2010 to 2017
All films by Roel Reiné
Craig MossDirector, 3 films, 2012 to 2015
All films by Craig Moss
Also five films together4 more actors
- Salma HayekOnce Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Desperado (1995) and Mi vida loca (1994)
- Alexa PenaVegaMachete Kills (2013), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids (2001)
- Daryl SabaraSpy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011), Machete (2010), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids (2001)
- Patrick DurhamThe Night They Came Home (2024), Cross: Rise of the Villains (2019), Cross Wars (2017), Cross (2011) and The Killing Jar (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Danny Trejo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.1 billion
50 of the 154 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 154 films: 50 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 24 never in cinemas; 75 figure not found.
- 50Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 24Never in cinemas
- 75Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 78% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.9B36.6% of the total
- 2$940M18.4% of the total
- 3$277M5.4% of the total
- 4$224M4.4% of the total
- 5$197M3.9% of the total
- 6$182M3.6% of the total
- 7$165M3.2% of the total
- 8$148M2.9% of the total
$1.1 billionfrom the other 42 films with a worldwide figure, 22% of the total