Birth Name
Dan Trejo
Nickname
The Mayor
Height
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
When he was a child Dany Trejo was addicted to drugs and also a criminal, he was in jail for 11 years. He won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for an armed robbery and drug offenses, he completed a rehabilitation program that changed all his life. While speaking at a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Dany Trejo met a young man who later called him for support. Trejo went to meet him at what turned out to be the set of Runaway Train (1985). Trejo was immediately offered a role as a convict extra, probably because of his tough tattooed appearance. Also on the set was a screenwriter who did time with Trejo in San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, the screenwriter offered him $350 per day to train the actors for a boxing match. Director Andrei Konchalovsky saw Trejo training Eric Roberts and immediately offered him a featured role as Roberts' opponent in the film. Trejo has subsequently appeared in many other films, usually as a tough criminal or villain.
Here some of the movies he played in:
• Desperado
• Spy Kids
• Machete
• Once upon a time in Mexico
• Heat
• The replacement killers
• Blood in Blood out
• The Devil’s rejects
• Anchorman
And many more…
As he started to get a good job (actor) Dany Trejo changed his life to 100%...
