Danny Trejo (Danny Trejo) - biography, filmography and the best movies with the actor

Life is an amazing thing, completeunexpectedness, sometimes pushing into the abyss, and sometimes elevating to the pedestal. The clearest example is Danny Trejo, whose biography seems incredible. This man, thanks to a happy occasion, was able to drastically change his destiny and from the very bottom of society to rise to shining heights.

The Motherland of the Actor

Danny Trejo was born on May 16, in a wonderfulspring day. It was 1944, somewhere in far Europe bombed, shot, killed, but in Los Angeles, the birthplace of little Danny, it was quiet and calm. It seemed that a bloody war did not touch this paradise. But here, too, well-being was only visible. In these years in Los Angeles, there were many laws that limit the rights of Hispanics. They were forbidden to live in decent areas, they were not taken to a good job, and where they took, they paid in pennies. In addition, many gangs were operating in the city, drug trafficking and prostitution flourished, while armed raids and looting were common. It was in this environment that Danny Trejo, Jr. grew up.

Difficult childhood

Father of the future actor, Dan Trejo senior -an American with Mexican roots. To feed his family, he was forced all day to bend his back on the construction sites. Danny's mother, Alice Rivera, a Spaniard by birth, also worked all day. Danny was left to himself. His upbringing was taken up by the street. A smart, agile and fast boy often took part in fights, made petty thefts and raids on the shops in a group of the same like him, street boys. The police repeatedly brought him to justice, but did not expose serious penalties due to his young age. On the outskirts of the city in a simple caravan lived the younger brother of his father, unemployed, not engaged in anything. When Danny Trejo was 9 years old, he gave his nephew a smoke travku. At 12 he treated him with cocaine, and then offered to do a lucrative business - drug trafficking. For this young Trejo and got to prison.

Crazy youth

Los Angeles streets taught Danny much. In the same place he received the first lessons of fistfight, learned to box. He liked boxing. The remarkable strength of iron fists allowed him to win many times in the battles. Danny Trejo in his youth even dreamed of seriously tackling the career of a boxer, but life has developed differently. In 1963, for robbery and drugs, he was arrested and sentenced to two years in Tracey Prison. Danny expected to be released soon, but his prison life lasted for 11 long years. Three could not become an exemplary prisoner. Behind the bars he often fought, several times tried to run. For this he was added time and moved to other prisons. For 11 years he visited Soledad, Falso, Sierre, Vacaville and many others. But Trejo did not waste time and used every free minute to improve his boxing skills, the good in American prisons are gyms.

The first steps to fame

In America for the purpose of educational work betweenprisoners are held sports. Trejo took part in boxing and became the champion of Pennsylvania, and immediately in light and middle weight. His fame, as an excellent boxer, quickly spread to the prisons. Cellmates began to respect and even fear Trejo. Danny, whose height is only 1 meter and 69 centimeters, could knock anyone out. But the prison, having lifted it on a pedestal, did not relieve drug addiction, because castles, guards and prison walls are not an insurmountable obstacle to drugs. One day during an Indian holiday, Danny and his cellmates got drunk and fumigated. Nothing came up with a fight. The police rushed to clean up, and someone started one of them in the head with a stone. In all, Trejo was accused and he was imprisoned for 4 months in a punishment cell. There, Danny decided to hang himself up with a drug addiction. Later it became for him one more step to fame.

A happy twist of fate

To finally get rid of drugs,future actor Danny Trejo agreed to become a member of the "12 Steps" program, one of which events are meetings of group members, their stories about achievements in life without drugs, as well as helping others. Out of prison, Trejo did not know what to do. His capital was zero, he had no professional skills except boxing, he did not have a beautiful appearance. It is not known how his life would have developed if he had not met with former cellmate Eddie Banker at one of the meetings of the group of anonymous drug addicts. He recognized the champion in boxing and after a while called him with a request to help one friend resist the narcotic temptation. Eddie Bunker at that time became a respected man, a screenwriter, just in conjunction with Andrei Konchalovsky worked on the painting "Fugitive Train."

First role

Arriving, as Bunker asked, in Hollywood, Trejogot to the set where they shot the prison scenes. Seeing the "prisoners" with the wrong tattoos and never sniffing prison life, Danny was amused. The guy who needed to be saved from drugs, invited him to play a prisoner, after asking Danny if he would pull such a role. This amused Trejo even more. He easily fit into the crowd, because it was necessary to depict himself. When he was given an orange robe, Danny began to change clothes, but the director, amazed at his tattoos, invited him to play naked to the waist. Danny paid $ 15 a day, and he was quite pleased. But Eddie Bunker, remembering the remarkable fights of Trejo, invited him to become a consultant to a young actor who also plays a prisoner and does not know how to fight at all. The salary Bunker promised as much as $ 320 a day. Threekho gladly agreed. One of his trainings with Eric Roberts - that was the name of that actor - was seen by Andrei Konchalovsky. An impatient, stern consultant with the face of a typical bandit struck him. Konchalovsky gave a small role as a boxer in his film to the unknown to Danny Trejo. The filmography of the future star began.

Uncontrollable career growth

The film "The Runaway Train" came out on the screens and began to beatall records. He even participated in the Cannes festival and was nominated for an Oscar for the best male roles of the first and second plan. And although Danny Trejo appeared there only in the episode, the beginning actor showered suggestions. In the overwhelming majority, these were the roles of villains. Danny did not refuse. He is sure that the roles of bad guys are as important as the roles of good guys, because they teach that evil is always punishable. He played Trejo most often in episodes, and all his replicas boiled down to two words: "Urine's Revenge!", Etc. Gangster in the film "Shut Up", the poacher in the Anaconda, Hector in "Marked by Death," Johnny in " Air Jail, Jamp in Gambling, Kumare in Jaguar, Navajas in Desperate, barmen Charlie in the blockbuster From Dusk Till Dawn is all Danny Trejo. The filmography of the actor has about 270 films, and of course, in a short article it is difficult to list them all. The actor has worked with such world stars as Antonio Banderas, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Steven Seagal, Lady Gaga, Nicolas Cage and others. He speaks particularly warmly of Robert de Niro, with whom everything turns out especially easily.

Main roles

In 2010, the list of films with Danny Trejo enteredtape "Machete". In it, the actor played the main role. Robert de Niro, also engaged in this film, heartily congratulated his partner, which he offered to bring a star to coffee. Such he is, Danny Trejo, despite his glory remaining a simple guy from the people. Danny sincerely believes that the star can be considered only for the public. And for yourself you just have to be human. "Machete" was shot by Robert Rodriguez, Danny's second cousin. The famous relative often invited him to his paintings, but not only in a family way, but also for the excellent acting and human qualities of a stern cousin. In 2013, there was a continuation of the tape, called "Machete Kills". Danny proved that he had a lot more teeth than playing in short episodes. Now he was invited to the main roles more often. Moreover, Danny began to act not only in cool fighters, where blood rivers flow, but also in comedies. With pleasure he took part in the Russian film "Courier from Paradise". Russian actors Hollywood star fell in love.

Curious facts about the life of a star

Danny Trejo, starring in more than two hundredpaintings, decided to try his hand as a producer. His first production work was the film "Factory of Pets", then there were the tapes "Night Hunter", "Jack's Law" and others. Danny also takes an active part in the soundtrack of cartoons for children. He himself has three children (according to some sources - five from different marriages). The actor keeps his private life a secret. It is known only that he was married to Debbie Trejo and already divorced her. Danny loves dogs, takes pictures with pleasure and gives out autographs. He willingly speaks in schools and in prisons, where he tells what drugs are, and what they can lead to. A distinctive feature of this remarkable person is his willingness to appear in the pictures of young, yet unknown to the directors, who are not able to offer the star a decent fee.

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