Danny Trejo filmography

Danny Trejo is an American actor. His filmography consists of about 250 film and television roles.^[1] His prominence in the B movie scene has resulted in disparate media sources referring to Trejo as an "iconic actor" and a "film legend", among other titles.^[2]^[3]

Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he "accidentally" landed a role in Runaway Train, playing a boxer for a daily fee of $320. Prior to that, Trejo had served time in prison on multiple occasions and worked as a drug counsellor after his release. Trejo credits the first film in which he was given a proper credited role as Art Sanella in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.^[4] He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Con Air, Reindeer Games, and Grindhouse, among others.^[5]

From 2001 to 2003, Trejo appeared in the Robert Rodriguez-directed Spy Kids franchise as Isador "Machete" Cortez, in the films Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. He also voiced Uncle Machete in the video game Spy Kids: Mega Mission Zone. In 2007, Trejo reprised his role in a fictional trailer in Grindhouse, also directed by Rodriguez; subsequently, in 2010, Trejo reprised his role as Machete in a spin-off exploitation film of the same name as the protagonist, also directed by Rodriguez. The character is cited as his "first major film role".^[6] Subsequently, Trejo reprised his role as Machete in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, with the success of Machete also resulting in a direct sequel, Machete Kills, with Trejo once again reprising his role.^[1] Trejo has been cast in many television programmes, including Baywatch, where he portrayed different characters for different episodes.^[7] Outside of film and television appearances, Trejo has also been featured in a handful of music videos, including the video for Dustin Tavella's "Everybody Knows (Douchebag)".^[8] He voiced the characters Umberto Robina for the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, himself in Def Jam: Fight for NY (2004), Raul Tejada in Fallout: New Vegas, Trainer Duke in The Fight: Lights Out, himself in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of The Dead and Call of Duty Black Ops 4: Blackout and also himself in Far Cry 6: Danny and Dani vs. Everybody, and SCUM, among others.^[7]

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Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref(s)
1989	Shannon's Deal	Raul Galindez	Television film	^[94]
1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Gabriel	3 episodes	^[7]
1991	Doublecrossed	Lito	Television film
1991–1992	Baywatch	Carlos Urueta / 'Chulo'	2 episodes	^[7]
1992	Jake and the Fatman	Mumbling Prisoner	Episode: "Last Dance"
1992	Reasonable Doubts	Cholo #2	2 episodes	^[7]
1992	Nails	Las Virgenes bartender	Television film	^[95]
1993	12:01	Prisoner	Television film	^[96]
1993	Last Light	2nd Inmate	Television film	^[7]
1993	Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater	Tong (archive footage)	Episode: "Femme Fatale Month: Part 4"
1994	Against the Wall	Luis	Television film	^[7]
1995	Vanishing Son	Out-of-Breath Man	Episode: "Dance of the Dust"
1995	Fallen Angels	Boxer	Episode: "Love and Blood"	^[7]
1996	Renegade	Freddie	Episode: "Hog Calls"	^[7]
1996	Nash Bridges	Sid Benedict	Episode: "Internal Affairs"
1996–1998	NYPD Blue	Gabriel Mota, Frankie Soto	2 episodes	^[7]
1998	Tracey Takes On...	Hispanic Man, Pool Player	2 episodes	^[97]
1998	Brooklyn South	Louis - Hertz's Bodyguard	Episode: "Skel in a Cell"
1998–1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Joe Lopez, José Rodriguez	2 episodes	^[7]
1999	No Mothers Crying, No Babies Dying	Unknown role	Television film
2000	The X-Files	Cesar Ocampo	Episode: "Redrum"	^[98]
2001–2010	King of the Hill	Enrique, Octavio, Victor Velasquez, Lifeguard, Waiter	Voice, 20 episodes	^[7]
2002	The District	Himself	Episode: "Convictions"	^[7]
2003	Kingpin	Manny	Episode: "El Velorio"	^[99]
2003	Alias	Emilio Vargas	Episode: "Countdown"	^[100]
2003	The Brothers García	Eduardo 'Ed' García	Episode: "It Was Fun While It Lasted"	^[7]
2004	Grounded for Life	Raúl	Episode: "(She's Got) Kegs"	^[7]
2004	Monk	'Spyder' Rudner	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"	^[101]
2005	George Lopez	Bobby	Episode: "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition"	^[7]
2005	Desperate Housewives	Héctor Ramos	Episode: "The Sun Won't Set"	^[102]
2006	Heist	Ernesto	2 episodes	^[7]
2006	Slayer	Montegna	Television film	^[103]
2006	Death Row	Priest	Television film	^[104]
2007	The Knights of Prosperity	Hector	Episode: "Operation: Open the Safe"	^[105]
2007	Stargate: Atlantis	Omal	Episode: "Missing"	^[106]
2007	Blood Ties	Pacha Kamaq	Episode: "Wrapped"	^[107]
2007	Greatest Ever Disaster Movies	Himself	Television special
2008	The Young and the Restless	Bartender	15 episodes	^[108]
2008	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	'El Mal Verde'	Voice, episode: "No Belts, No Boots, No Brero"	^[43]
2009	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Ox	Voice, episode: "Probable Cause"	^[9]^[43]
2009–2010	Breaking Bad	'Tortuga'	2 episodes	^[109]
2009	Pit Bulls and Parolees	Himself	Episode: "Blackout"
2010	Burn Notice	Vega	Episode: "Friendly Fire"	^[110]
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Suspect	Episode: "Comedy"	^[111]
2010	The Good Guys	Alfredo	Episode: "Little Things"	^[112]
2010	Modern Family	Gus	Episode: "Dance Dance Revelation"	^[9]
2011–2019	Young Justice	Bane	Voice, 2 episodes	^[9]^[43]
2011	Bones	Bishop	Episode: "The Finder"	^[113]
2011	The Cleveland Show	Himself	Voice, episode: "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"
2011	Franklin & Bash	Último	Episode: "Go Tell It on the Mountain"	^[9]
2011–2012	Sons of Anarchy	Romero 'Romeo' Parada	14 episodes	^[66]
2011	St. James St. James Presents: Delirium Cinema	Tijuanna Maxx	Television film
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Cupcake Leader, El Dente	Voice, 2 episodes
2012	Dr. Fubalous	Tyrannosaurus Death	4 episodes
2012	Ghostquake	Ortiz	Television film	^[114]
2013	Maron	Manny	Episode: "Sponsor"	^[115]
2013	Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel	Venom	Voice	^[116]^[43]
2013	ETC: Machinima	Future Khail	Episode: "Machete Wants your GTA 5"
2013	Circus Halligalli	Himself	Episode: "Ohr du Frohliche/Machete vs. Violetta/Pointen-Raten/Der 2.000 Gag"
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Tuhon	Episode: "Tuhon"
2014	Saint George	Tio	10 episodes
2014–2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Newtralizer	Voice, 3 episodes	^[43]
2014	Habla Men	Himself	Television film, documentary
2015–2018	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	El Moco	Voice, 11 episodes	^[43]
2015	China, IL	Pony's father	Voice, episode: "Parent's Day"
2015	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	The Regulator	7 episodes	^[117]
2015	Mavericks	Himself - Host	Television series
2015	Mickey Mouse	Piñata Boss	Voice, episode: "Feliz Cumpleanos!"
2015	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Filthy the Foot	Voice, episode: "Happy Chalawunga!"	^[43]
2016	Angie Tribeca	Himself	Episode: "Inside Man"
2016	Snaketacular	Himself - Host	Television special
2016–2021	Home & Family	Himself	4 episodes
2016	Map of Hell	Himself - Host	Television film, documentary
2016	TripTank	Bartender, Gambler, Caller	Voice, 2 episodes	^[43]
2016	Stars Selling Cars	Car Salesman	Episode: "Danny Trejo"
2016	Man At Arms: Reforged	Himself - Guest Host	2 episodes
2016–2021	Suelta La Sopa	Himself	2 episodes
2016	Rudy	Uncle Lester	Voice, television film
2017	What Would Trejo Do?	Danny
2017–2023	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	2 episodes
2017–2019	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Wreck Marauder, Malice Marauder	Voice, 2 episodes	^[43]
2017–2018	Man At Arms: Art of War	Himself - Host	18 episodes
2017	Rick and Morty	Mr. Jaguar	Voice, episode: "Pickle Rick"
2017	Explosion Jones	The Specialist	Voice
2017–2019	American Dad!	Mexican Thugs	Voice, 2 episodes
2017–2020	Elena of Avalor	Antonio Agama	Voice, 3 episodes
2017	Real Rob	Danny	Episode: "Zen What Happens"
2017–2019	The Flash	'The Breacher'	3 episodes
2017	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Oscar Diaz	Episode: "Game Night"	^[118]
2018	Hooked	Jesus	Television film
2018–present	Big City Greens	Vasquez	Voice, recurring role	^[43]
2018	Kidding	Himself	Episode: "Green Means Go"
2019	Blue Bloods	Jose Rojas	Episode: "Common Enemies"
2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Danny	Episode: "The Trial"
2019	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Tronos Madu	Voice, 6 episodes	^[43]
2019	We're Alive: Goldrush	Danny Blackburn	Episode: "On the Road Again"
2019	Seis Manos	'El Balde'	Voice, 8 episodes
2019	Family Guy	Clint Beltran	Voice, episode: "Shanksgiving"
2020	New Looney Tunes	Lieutenant	Voice, episode: "Dorlock Vice"
2020–2022	Victor & Valentino	Paco, Cupcake Man, additional voices	Voice, 5 episodes
2020	Top Chef	Himself - Guest Judge	Episode: "Pitch Perfect"
2020	Dynasty	Himself	Episode: "Robin Hood Rescues"
2020	Reno 911	Assassin	Episode: "Lil'Primo"
2020	Danny's Diary	Himself	3 episodes
2020	Lead with Love	Himself	Television special
2020	Muppets Now	Himself	Episode: "Fever Pitch"
2020	L.A.'s Finest	Reuben Velazquez	Episode: "The Curse of the Black Pearl", uncredited
2020	Helpsters	Cookie Cornelius	Episode: "Cookie Cornelius"
2020	The Conners	Tito	Episode: "Keep On Truckin' Six Feet Apart"
2020	Paragon: The Shadow Wars	Kincaid	6 episodes
2021	American Gods	Mr. World	2 episodes
2021	The Masked Singer	Himself / Raccoon	3 episodes
2021	My American Family	Ricardo De La Rossa (2019-2020)	1 Episode
2021	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Tuco	Voice, recurring role	^[43]
2021	The Casagrandes	Danny	Voice, episode: "Battle of the Grandpas"	^[119]
2021	American Horror Stories	Santa Claus	Episode: "The Naughty List"
2021	Muppets Haunted Mansion	The Ghost of Huet	Voice, TV special	^{[citation needed]}
2021	The Next Thing You Eat	Himself	Episode: "Breakfast: An Illusion of Choice"
2021	Maya and the Three	Little Boy, Cabrakan	Voice, 3 episodes	^[43]
2021	Masters of the Universe: Revelation	Ram-Man	Voice, episode: "Comes with Everything You See Here"	^[43]
2021	The Black Hole		Voice, pilot
2022	The Book of Boba Fett	Rancor Keeper	Episode: "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"
2022	PBC	Ricky	5 episodes
2022	Better Things	Himself	3 episodes
2022–2023	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Bobby Daniels	Voice, 3 episodes	^[43]
2022	Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend	Himself - Guest Judge	Episode: "Battle Tailgate"
2023	Hell's Kitchen	Himself - Guest Judge	Episode: "Everyone's Taco'ing About It"
	RuPaul's Drag Race	Big Daddy	Episode: "The Daytona Wind 2"
	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Himself	Episode: "Untucked - The Daytona Wind 2"
	Lopez vs Lopez	Danny Martinez	Episode: "Lopez vs Bucket Crabs"
	The Patrick Star Show	Sockeye Sammy	Voice, episode: "Patrick's Prison Pals"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Sheriff	Episode: "Die blutige Spur"
2024–2025	Hot Wheels Let's Race	Striker Spoiler	Voice, 3 episodes
2024	Mr. Birchum	Switchblade	Voice, episode: "Oh, the Humanity"
	Bar Rescue	Himself	Guest host, 2 episodes
	Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Mustang Sally	Voice
	Futurama	Doblando	Voice, episode: "The One Amigo"	^[120]
2025	Chibiverse	Vasquez	Voice, episode: "Journey to the Center of the Chibiverse"
2025	Krapopolis	Chief Ravdi	Voice, episode: "The Weather Stick"

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2009	This Guy	Himself	The commercial for the live broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games on ESPN in the United States (US) which was entitled ESPN Monday Night Football, Parking garage scene only
2010	Machete: A Brisk Story by Danny Trejo	Himself	Voice over
2011	The Black Mamba	Himself		^[121]
2011–2012	Old El Paso	Himself	Voice over
2012	The Ad Council GED Pep Talk Center	Himself
2013	Old El Paso's Smoky BBQ Fajitas	Himself	Voice over, This commercial is for the United Kingdom (UK) only
2013	Miller Lite	Himself	This commercial is for Spain only
2014	Old El Paso Taco Sauce	Himself	Voice over
2015	Snickers: The Brady Bunch	Isador 'Machete' Cortez A.K.A Marcia Brady	The commercial to promote the NFL 2015 Super Bowl game which was entitled Super Bowl XLIX	^[122]
2015–2016	Dodge	Himself	The Dodge commercials for Trejo are for Spain (Spanish) only
2015	Bergener Mirejovsky	Himself
2015	James Bergener: Los Abogados de Accidentes	Himself	Also known in English as Accident Lawyers, This commercial is for Spanish only
2015	The Lost Snickers Commercial Starring Danny Trejo	Himself / The Regulator	Note: This new commercial was from the Season Premiere of the Flash which premiered on October 6, 2015, Also this commercial was to promote Season 2 of the From Dusk til Dawn Series on the defunct El Rey Network.
2016–2018	Sling TV	Himself	Various A La Carte and Get Picky commercials
2017	AARP: Tougher than Tough	Himself
2019	SALITOS	Himself
2020	Sweet James	Himself
2020	Cri-Help	Himself
2021	AT&T Wireless Active Armor: March Madness: Muscle	Himself	The commercial to Promote the 2021 NCAA March Madness Basketball game
2021	Tostitos: 5 Ways to Cinco with Danny Trejo	Himself	The commercial to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Note: The tostitos5waystocinco.com is the Website and the Sweepstakes began from April 1, 2021, and ended on May 5, 2021, to win festive Cinco de Mayo prizes such as Danny Trejo's cookbook (which was called Trejo's Tacos: Recipes and Stories from L.A.), exclusive SCOOPS! a-rita glasses, Bluetooth speakers and more.
2021	Clorox Product Ad Campaign Starring Danny Trejo	Himself	The commercial for Clorox Turbo Disinfectant Cleaner, Also for Trejo's Tacos
2022	Planet Fitness - What's Gotten into Lindsay?	Himself	With Lindsay Lohan and William Shatner, The commercial to promote the NFL 2022 Super Bowl game which was entitled Super Bowl LVI.

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
2010	Without Your Head	Himself	Episode: "Danny Trejo"
2019	Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson	Himself	Episode: "Danny Trejo"
2021	WTF with Marc Maron	Himself - Guest	Episode: "Danny Trejo"
2021	The Steve-O Wild Ride! Show	Himself	Episode: "Danny Trejo"
2021	The Adam Carolla Show	Himself	Episode: "Danny Trejo + Donal Logue"
2021	Modern Wisdom	Himself - Guest	Episode: "The Most Killed Man in Hollywood"

Year	Title	Voice role	Note(s)	Ref(s)
1993	Ground Zero: Texas	'Shotgun'
2002	Spy Kids: Mega Mission Zone	Isador "Machete" Cortez
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Umberto Robina		^[7]^[43]
2004	Def Jam: Fight for NY	Himself		^[16]^[43]
2006	Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover	Himself
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Umberto Robina		^[123]^[43]
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Raul Alfonso Tejada	Credited as Danny 'Machete' Trejo	^[124]^[43]
2010	The Fight: Lights Out	Duke		^[9]
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Himself	Escalation and the 2011 DLC expansion Call of the Dead.	^[125]
2012	Danny Trejo's Vengeance: Woz with a Coz	Himself - Host - Vengeance
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze	Newtralizer		^[43]
2017	Taco Run!	Himself
2018	Guns of Boom
2019	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4		Blackout Mode DLC character	^[126]
2021	Far Cry 6		Danny and Dani vs Everybody DLC
2021	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition	Umberto Robina	Archival recordings Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City only	^[43]
2022	OlliOlli World	Himself	His appearance in the Multiverse where you can find him on your journey across Radlandia.
2022	Scum	SCUM: Danny Trejo Character Pack DLC	^[127]
2023	Crime Boss: Rockay City	'The Dragon'
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Dwight Méndez	Also likeness	^[43]

Year	Music video	Artist(s)
1995	"La Familia"	Kid Frost
1996	"Attitude"	Sepultura
1998	"Keep Hope Alive"	The Crystal Method
2002	"Isle of Dreams"	Alexa Vega
2003	"Double Blade"	Jay Chou
2004	"Got It Twisted"	Mobb Deep — Mob Boss
2005	"Play for Real"	B-Real & DJ Lethal
2007	"Definition of an Ese"	Down AKA Kilo
2008	"Cracker Ass Fantastic"	Simon Rex
2008	"Bartender Song"	Rehab, With actor Larry Wilcox
2008	"Burnin' Up"	Jonas Brothers
2008	"Like Yeah"	Tech N9ne
2010	"Sebring"	Do It Live featuring Danny Trejo
2010	"Fantasy Girl"	Baby Bash & Marty James
2012	"Open Your Eyes"	Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
2012	"Whistle Dixie"	Travis Barker & Yelawolf
2012	"We Are the Party"	The Ex-Girlfriends
2013	"Everybody Knows"	Dustin Tavella
2013	"Loco"	Enrique Iglesias featuring Romeo Santos
2014	"Angel in Blue Jeans"	Train^[128]
2014	"The Kill"	Cal Scruby
2015	"Norma and Jessica"	SadGirl
2015	"Repentless"	Slayer
2016	"Money"	Broiler featuring Bekuh BOOM
2016	"Pride in Prejudice"	Slayer
2017	"Walk on Water"	Thirty Seconds to Mars
2018	"The Arrow of Our Youth"	The Zephyr Bones
2018	"Suga Suga (Acoustic Version)"	Baby Bash & Frankie J
2018	"Flames"	David Guetta & Sia
2019	"Wreck the Rod"	Nick Waterhouse
2019	"Mama Don't Lie"	Tarah New
2019	"Mamacita"	Tyga, YG & Carlos Santana
2020	"Satisfy My Soul"	Tarah New & Baby Bash
2020	"Life is Beautiful"	Black Oxygen
2021	"Netflix (Your Product is Too Good)"	OYLS
2021	"Goodtime Girl"	Starcrawler, With actor David Hasselhoff
2021	"If You Don't Mind"	Cota & Trish Toledo
2021	"La Fama"	Rosalia & The Weeknd
2022	"Drama"	Tarah New
2023	"La Chamba"	Arcángel & Peso Pluma

Danny Trejo filmography

Film

Television

TV commercials

Podcast series

Video games

Music videos

Soundtrack

References

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Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref(s)
1983	Project A	Lo Sam Pau	Voice role
1985	Runaway Train	Boxer	Credited as Daniel Trejo Also uncredited boxing coach: Eric Roberts^[4]^[9]
1987	Bulletproof	Sharkey		^[10]
	Penitentiary III	See Veer		^[9]^[11]^: 327-
	The Hidden	Prisoner		^[12]^: 1180
	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Art Sanella		^[4]^[9]
1989	Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects	Prison Inmate		^[7]
	Lock Up	Chink's Gang Member		^[11]^: 257-
	Cage	Costello's Bodyguard	Uncredited	^[7]
	Bail Out	'Mean'	Direct-to-video	^[7]
1990	Maniac Cop 2	Prisoner		^[13]^: 110-
	Marked for Death	Hector		^[7]
	Guns	'Tong'		^[7]
1991	Wedlock	Tough Prisoner #1		^[7]
	Femme Fatale	Toshi		^[7]
	The Last Hour	'Spider'		^[7]
	Whore	Tattoo Artist		^[14]
	Carnal Crimes	Chandra the Ticket Agent	Direct-to-video	^[15]
	Lonely Hearts	Angry Client		^[7]
	By The Sword		Assistant: Mr. Roberts)
1992	Sex Crimes	Palmer
1993	Doppelganger	Hard Hat		^[7]
	Blood In Blood Out	'Geronimo'		^[7]
	Sunset Grill	Young Mexican		^[12]^: 1053-
	Mi Vida Loca	Frank		^[16]
	Love, Cheat & Steal	Cuban		^[7]
1994	Angel of Desire	Construction worker		^[7]
1994	Victor One	Sergeant Aguilar
1995	The Stranger	Hawk	Direct-to-video	^[7]
	Dead Badge	El Tango Bartender		^[7]
	Desperado	Navajas		^[7]
	Heat	Trejo		^[9]^[17]
1996	From Dusk till Dawn	Charlie 'Razor Charlie'		^[5]^[9]
1996	Le Jaguar	Kumare		^[7]
1997	Anaconda	Poacher		^[18]
	Champions	Max Brito		^[19]
	Con Air	Johnny 'Johnny 23' Baca		^[5]
	Full Tilt Boogie	Himself	Documentary
	Trojan War	'Scarface'		^[7]
	Los Locos	Manuel Batista		^[7]