Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo
Trejo in 2017
Born	(1944-05-16) May 16, 1944 (age 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouses	Laura ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1965)​ Debbie ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1975)​ Joanne ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1978)​ Debbie Shreve ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2009)​
Children	3
Relatives	Robert Rodriguez (second cousin) Patricia Vonne (second cousin)

Danny Trejo (/ˈtreɪhoʊ/, Spanish: [ˈtɾexo]; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. Born in 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 proper credited role was as Art Sanella in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987).^[1] He went on to star in a multitude of other films, many of which were small parts as inmates, gangsters, or other criminals,^[2] appearing in Desperado, Heat (both in 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.

From 2001 to 2003, Trejo appeared in the Robert Rodriguez-directed Spy Kids franchise as Isador "Machete" Cortez. Subsequently, in 2010, Trejo reprised his role as Machete in the spin-off exploitation action film Machete as the protagonist. In 2011, Trejo reprised his role as Machete in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. With the success of Machete (2010), Trejo once again reprised his role in a direct sequel, Machete Kills (2013).