The face and the name of
Danny Trejo safe that you sound to more than one. This peculiar actor to have appeared in hundreds of films and famous series. Due to its physical characteristic almost always to incarnate the role of criminal, ex convict or anti-hero.
What little people knows is that many of these roles are more near your life real of what we believe. The history of this American actor - Mexican - descent not resembles that of the majority of their colleagues. In fact, his life could be perfectly the script of a film's success.
Danny Trejo was born in a neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 16, 1944. Your mother and your father were of class worker and tried to that Danny continue the good road. But he was a rebellious youth. From very young began to frequent bad companies and to commit a crime. With 8 years already consumed marijuana regularly, to the 12 was addicted to the heroin.
His adolescence and youth it spent entering and coming out of the prison. Although there are contradictory versions about his stay in prison, know that he came to fulfill nine years of armed robbery conviction and possession of narcotics. Stay at San Quentin prison was the moment in which Danny decided to straighten their lives.
During those 9 years he practiced one of his passions, boxing. He won several Championships in prison. When he served the sentence he pointed to a detoxification program. Once overcame his addiction was devoted to helping young drug addicts so that they follow his steps.
His film career began by chance. In 1985 Trejo visited the set of filming of the film "The train from hell" (Runaway Train). Their mission was to advise the actor Eric Roberts in some pugilistic movements. To see his peculiar appearance he was quickly offered a role as convicted.
Since that time his career soared, and ended up appearing in countless movies. Their roles have always been criminal, ex convict, drug trafficker, etc.
Danny Trejo and director Robert Rodriguez are second cousins, but neither of them knew it until 1995, when both were working on the film "Desperado" (American remake of "El mariachi"). It has slowly been gaining importance within the industry and in 2010 I get to star in his own movie, "
Machete".
Although it was already a well-known actor, this film was that exalted as a media star. Starting from that's when their roles have been gaining in depth and importance. In fact in the series "Sons of anarchy" (Sons of Anarchy) plays the head of a drug cartel with too much weight in the plot.
Its popularity has led him to appear in comics, videos music, and even video games. Currently his career professional passes by being owner of a producer and continue with their roles of type hard.
It also has a chain of Mexican restaurants, a brand of beer, coffee, etc. Danny Trejo was able to steer his life in time. It went from being a young man with a bad future a star recognized and famous around the world.