Danny Trejo
Born: 1944-05-16 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Zootopia 2 as Jesús (voice)
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Gander (voice)
- The Wrecker as Eduardo
- Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox as Royce
- American Warrior
- Magical Meat as Self
- The Street Avenger as Muerte
- Goldfish
- Pug
- Hubbard Street as Sebastian
2024
- Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo as Self - Presenter
- Mr. Birchum as Switchblade (voice)
- Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue as Laurence (voice)
- Seven Cemeteries as Bravo
- The Night They Came Home as Digger
- The Legend of Johnny Jones as El Muerte
- Holy Cash as Actor
- Wages of Sin as Jimmy
- I Heart Robots as Bob
- Reapers as The Wanderer
- NHL Big City Greens Classic 2 as Vasquez (voice)
2023
- Krapopolis as Chief Ravdi (voice)
- The Muppets Mayhem as Danny Trejo
- Hunting Games as Sheriff Ramos
- 1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom as Ferdinand Magellan
- A Dark Way Out as Ralph
- Miami Bici 2 as Mr Susan
- Death on the Border as Father Francis
- Una preghiera per Giuda as Carnizzari
- The Michoacan File as Narrator
- The Dream Americano as Self
2022
- Minions: The Rise of Gru as Stronghold (voice)
- Chibiverse as Vasquez (voice)
- Lopez vs Lopez
- Clerks III as Auditioner
- Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend as Self - Guest Judge
- Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Oscar Diaz (archive footage)
- Renegades as Sanchez
- PBC as Ricky
- It's a Wonderful Binge as Angel
- Good Mourning as Method Cameo
- A Tale of Two Guns as Junior
- The Legend of La Llorona as Jorge
- The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus as Vega
- Wolf Mountain as Eddie
- Caroltyn as Wells
- VampFather as Vampfather
- Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone as Master Gin
- Smile or Hug
- Escándalo Secreto En Plena Cuarentena as MMR, Mario Machin Rin
- Fire-Man's Fetish as Fire-Man
2021
- American Horror Stories as Santa
- The Ghost and Molly McGee as Bobby Daniels (voice)
- The Book of Boba Fett as Rancor Keeper
- Monsters at Work as Terry (voice)
- Maya and the Three as Cabrakan (voice)
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Ram Man (voice)
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Muppets Haunted Mansion as Ghost of Huet
- Pups Alone as Vinnie P (voice)
- American Sicario as Pedro
- The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 as Self
- Death Rider in the House of Vampires as Bela Latigo
- The Rebels of PT-218 as Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco
- Shadow of the Cat as Sombra
- Donny's Bar Mitzvah as Self
- Comedy Chingonas as Self - Host
- The Black Hole as Edmund
- Total Badass Wrestling as Bobby 'The Body' Estrada
2020
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as El Diablo
- American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules as Janitor Steve Garcia
- Reno 911! as Assassin
- Muppets Now as Self
- Bullets of Justice as Gravedigger
- The Last Exorcist as Marco
- LA Originals as Self
- Final Kill as Francesco
- Pistolera as Indio
- Paragon: The Shadow Wars as Kincaid
- Cover Me as Big Mike
- Lumpia: With a Vengeance as Reyes
- HA Festival: The Art of Comedy
- All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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)
- L.A.'s Finest as Reuben Velazquez
- Lights Out with David Spade as Self
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold as Boots (voice)
- Theme Song Takeover as Vasquez (voice)
- Seis Manos as Baldemar / El Balde (voice)
- 3 from Hell as Rondo
- Big Kill as General Morales
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- Acceleration as Santos
- Wish Man as Jose
- Grand-Daddy Day Care as Eduardo Hernandez
- Madness in the Method as Danny
- The Outsider as Carlos
- The Short History of the Long Road as Miguel
- Slasher Party as Danny Trejo
- Cross: Rise of the Villains as Muerte
- Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo as Self
- Black Licorice as Donicio
- Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Danny
- Every 9 Hours as Raul
- To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- Bare Knuckle Brawler as Santo Ariza
- The Margarita Man as Dr. Valenzuela
2018
- Big City Greens as Vasquez (voice)
- The Conners as Tito
- Kidding as Danny Trejo
- Death Race: Beyond Anarchy as Goldberg
- Death House as Inmate (uncredited)
- Bully as Manny
- Illegal Civilization 3 as Self
- Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
- Gone Are the Days as River Man
- Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece as Nino Grande
- American Nightmares as Mister Malevolent
- Silencer as Lenard "Big Daddy" Ochoa
- Frat Pack as Dirty
- #Roxy as Principal Castillo
2017
- American Gods as Mr. World
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Wreck Marauder (voice)
- Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale as El Moco (voice)
- Dead Again in Tombstone as Guerrero
- Cross Wars as Murete
- Avenge the Crows as Antonio
- Maximum Impact as Don Sanchez
- Not a War Story
- All About the Money as Luis Diego
- Juarez 2045 as Angel Malvado
- Murder in the Woods as Sheriff Lorenzo
- BorderCross
- McDick as Oscar
- Calico Queens as Bill Gallows
2016
- Angie Tribeca as Self
- Storks as Jasper (voice)
- Vigilante Diaries as Crazy Joe
- Cyborg X as Captain Machine Gun
- Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House as Mr. Morgo
- Range 15 as Zombie Trejo
- Halloweed as Patch
- Street Level as Carlton the Doorman
- Chronology as Jackhammer
- Good Fortune as Self
- Boost as Roy Casares
- 1st Strike as Manny Garcia
- North by El Norte as Uncle John
- Bridesman as Eduardo
- Map of Hell as Himself
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- New Looney Tunes as Lieutenant (voice)
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots as El Moco (voice)
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket as Filthy the Foot (voice)
- The Ridiculous 6 as Cicero
- 3-Headed Shark Attack as Max Burns
- Bad Asses on the Bayou as Frank Vega
- The Night Crew as Aguilar
- Real Rob as Danny
- 4Got10 as Mateo Perez
- Hope Lost as Marius
- L.A. Slasher as The Drug Dealer #2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage as Newtralizer (voice)
- Fluffy's Food Adventures as Himself
- Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- VANish as Carlos
- The Burning Dead as Night Wolf
- Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession as Narrator (voice)
- A Horse Story as Moonlight (voice)
- Sock 'Em Dead as Self - Host
- The Weight of Blood and Bones as Espada
- No Way Out as Don Caceres
- East LA Interchange as narrator
2014
- The Flash as Breacher
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as The Regulator
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- The Book of Life as Skeleton Luis (voice)
- In the Blood as Big Biz
- Saint George as Tio
- Muppets Most Wanted as Danny Trejo
- Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Frank Vega
- Bullet as Frank
- Force of Execution as Oso
- Misfit Garage
- Reach Me as Vic
- Preggoland as Pedro
- Beyond the Game as José
- Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals as Reynaldo (voice)
- Five Thirteen as El Loco
- Throwdown as Tattoo
- Strike One as Manny Garcia
- Voodoo Possession as Kross
- Reaper as Jack
- 20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending as Angel
- Habla Men as Self
- Vieques
2013
- Rick and Morty as Jaguar (voice)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Oscar Diaz
- Mickey Mouse as Piñata Boss (voice)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown as Self
- Circus Halligalli
- Maron as Manny
- Death Race: Inferno as Goldberg
- Machete Kills as Machete
- Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Venom (voice)
- Dead in Tombstone as Guerrero
- Fra Sydhavn til West Coast as Sig selv
- Courier from 'Paradise'
- Ticket to Vegas as Mister Chich
- The Contractor as Javier Reyes
- Zombie Hunter as Jesús
- Chavez Cage of Glory as Mando
- American Lowrider as The O.G.
- The Insomniac as Jairo Torres
- Counterpunch as Manny Navarro
- Pendejo (Idiot) as Pedro
- Amelia's 25th as Don Javier
- Tattoo Nation as Himself
2012
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange as Cupcake Leader (voice)
- Bad Ass as Frank Vega
- Recoil as Drayke
- Rise of the Zombies as Caspian
- Breaking Wind as Billy Black
- Haunted High as Ortiz
- Sushi Girl as Schlomo
- The Cloth as Father Connely
- Short Handle as Carson
- Bro' as Gilbert
2011
- Franklin & Bash as Ultimo
- China, IL as (voice)
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Uncle Machete
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas as Mr. Perez
- Violet & Daisy as Russ
- Cross as Lexavier
- House of the Rising Sun as Carlos
- Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Ceasar
- Blacktino as Rogelio
- Dark Games as Archie
- In the Shadow as Hermit
2010
- Young Justice as Bane (voice)
- Predators as Cuchillo
- The Good Guys as Alfredo
- Machete as Machete
- Death Race 2 as Goldberg
- Gun as Frankie Makina
- Shadows in Paradise as Matador
- Saint John of Las Vegas as Bismarck
- The Killing Jar as Jimmy
- Beatdown as Marcus
- Predators: Moments of Extraction as Cuchillo (voice)
- The Lazarus Papers as Aroon
- Shoot the Hero as Crazy Joe
- Pastor Shepherd as Phil Harrison
- The Bill Collector as Frankie Gutierrez
- American Flyer as Uncle John
- Boston Girls as Uncle Reggie
- The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- Modus Operandi as Director Holiday
- Justin Time as Mardok
- Six Days in Paradise as Ruben Skinner
2009
- Modern Family as Gus
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Tuhon
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest / Big Daddy
- Fanboys as The Chief
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Rico (voice)
- The Line as Mario
- Eyeborgs as G-Man
- Official Rejection as Self
- Babysitters Beware as Clyde / The Guard
- The Grind as Nicholi Guzman
- The Face is Familiar as Himself
- Cowboy Dreams as Lobo
- The Boys of Ghost Town as Father
2008
- Breaking Bad as Tortuga
- Sons of Anarchy as Romero 'Romeo' Parada
- The Spectacular Spider-Man as Ox (voice)
- The Wendy Williams Show as Self
- Alone in the Dark 2 as Perry
- Toxic as Antoine
- Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Manolo
- Necessary Evil as Barro
- The Art of Travel as Limo Driver
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- Jake's Corner as Clint
- Ranchero as Capone
- Juan Frances: Live as E.J.
- D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually as Narrator
- Through The Valley as Don Reyes
- Valley of Angels as Hector
2007
- 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
- Planet Terror as Machete
- Halloween as Ismael Cruz
- Grindhouse as Machete (segment "Planet Terror")
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Smiley Face as Albert
- Battle for Terra as Elder Barum (voice)
- Urban Justice as El Chivo
- Delta Farce as Carlos Santana
- Heckler as Self
- Furnace as Fury
- Richard III as Major
- On Bloody Sunday as The Ref
- The Blue Rose as Junk
2006
- Top Chef as Himself - Guest Judge
- Heist as Ernesto
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Derelict
- Sherrybaby as Dean Walker
- Death Row as Priest
- National Lampoon's TV: The Movie as Crow
- High Hopes as Shady
- Danny Roane: First Time Director as Hector
- Living the Dream as Chuck
- 7 Mummies as Apache
- Slayer as Montegna
- Jack's Law as Jack Santos
- Tennis Anyone? as Hector
- Propensity as Roy
2005
- Bones as Bishop Edward Galano
- American Dad! as (voice)
- Hell's Kitchen as Self
- Unscripted as Danny Trejo
- The Devil's Rejects as Rondo
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer as Harold
- Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- Chasing Ghosts as Carlos Santiago
- All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos as Vargas Diaz
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- Champion as Self
- Venice Underground as Papi
- The Curse of El Charro as El Charro (Voice)
- 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Hector Ramos
- Stargate Atlantis as Omal
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Bartender
- Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Bartender
- Lost as Edward James Archer
- Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars as Narrator
2003
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Cucuy
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Machete
- Kingpin
- The Big Empty as Lt. Gates
2002
- Monk as Spyder Rudner
- xXx as El Jefe
- George Lopez as Bobby
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Machete
- The Salton Sea as Little Bill
- 13 Moons as Hoodlum
- Beat the Devil as Bob
- Nightstalker as Officer Frank Luis
- Do It for Uncle Manny as Pedro
2001
- Grounded for Life as Raul
- Alias as Emilio Vargas
- Spy Kids as Machete
- The Hire as Bob
- Bubble Boy as Slim
- Skippy as Hitman
2000
- The District as Self
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Dewey (voice)
- 周杰伦 as EL PATRON
- Reindeer Games as Jumpy
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter as Razor Charlie
- Animal Factory as Vito
- Cuenta Saldada as Secuestrador 1 (as Daniel Trejo)
1999
- Family Guy as Clint Beltran (voice)
- Futurama as Doblando Rodriguez (voice)
- Inferno as Johnny Six Toes
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Razor Eddie
- Whiteboyz as Prisoner
- Soundman as Duce's Father
1998
- Six Days Seven Nights as Pierce
- The Replacement Killers as Collins
- Point Blank as Wallace
- Champions as Max Brito
1997
- King of the Hill as Victor Velasquez (voice)
- Brooklyn South as Louis
- Con Air as "Johnny-23"
- Anaconda as Poacher
- Trojan War as Scarface
- Dilemma as Rudy Salazar
- Los Locos as Manuel Batista
1996
- From Dusk Till Dawn as Razor Charlie
- Jaguar as Kumare
1995
- Heat as Trejo
- Desperado as Navajas
- The Stranger as Hawk
- Dead Badge as El Tango Bartender
1994
- Vanishing Son as Out-of-Breath Man
- High Tide as Tattooist
- Mi Vida Loca as Frank
- Against the Wall as Luis
- Criminal Passion as Construction Worker
- Victor One as Sergeant Aguilar
1993
- The X-Files as Cesar Ocampo
- NYPD Blue as Gabriel mota
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Joe Lopez
- Fallen Angels as Boxer
- Bound by Honor as Geronimo
- Doppelganger as Hard Hat
- Love, Cheat & Steal as Cuban
- 12:01 as Prisoner
- Sunset Grill as Young Mexican
- Last Light as 2nd Inmate
1992
- Renegade as Freddie
- Nails as Las Virgenes bartender
- Sex Crimes as Palmer
1991
- Reasonable Doubts as Cholo #2
- FBI: The Untold Stories as Snowman
- Wedlock as Tough Prisoner #1
- Whore as Tattoo Artist
- Femme Fatale as Toshi
- Doublecrossed as Lito
- Carnal Crimes as Ticket Agent
- Lonely Hearts as Angry Client
- The Last Hour as Spider
1990
- Drug Wars: The Camarena Story as Gabriel
- Marked for Death as Hector
- Maniac Cop 2 as Prisoner
- Guns as Tong
1989
- The Simpsons as Danny Trejo (voice)
- Baywatch
- Lock Up as Chink's Gang Member
- Cage as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects as Prison Inmate
- Bail Out as Mean
1988
- Bulletproof as Sharkey
1987
- Jake and the Fatman as Mumbling Prisoner
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown as Art Sanella
- The Hidden as Prisoner
- Terminal Exposure as man in crowd (uncredited)
- Penitentiary III as See Veer
1985
- Runaway Train as Boxer
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1972
- The Price Is Right as Self