Dan Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is a Native Mexican-American actor, and character actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, often as hypermasculine characters, villains and anti-heroes. Some of his notable films include Heat, Con Air, Machete, and Desperado, the latter two with frequent collaborator Robert Rodriguez.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2023
The Simpsons
2025
Family Guy
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Dad!
2019
Bones
2011
Saturday Night Live
2020
The Flash
2017
Modern Family
2010
Rick and Morty
2017
RuPaul's Drag Race
2023
Desperate Housewives
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
468
Producing
13
Crew
1
2026
Accursed
as Alejandro
2026
5 Things with Jay Mewes
as Self - Guest
2025
The Wrecker
as Eduardo
2025
American Warrior
2025
The Street Avenger
as Muerte
2025
Pug
2025
From a Son
as George
2025
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
as Royce
2025
Hubbard Street
as Sebastian
2025
Zootopia 2
as Jesús (voice)
2025
Goldfish
2025
Magical Meat
as Self
2025
Chibiverse
as Vasquez (voice)
2025
The Simpsons
as Danny Trejo (voice)
2025
Krapopolis
as Chief Ravdi (voice)
2025
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Gander (voice)
2024
Seven Cemeteries
as Bravo
2024
The Legend of Johnny Jones
as El Muerte
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Laurence (voice)
2024
The Night They Came Home
as Digger
2024
NHL Big City Greens Classic 2
as Vasquez (voice)
2024
I Heart Robots
as Bob
2024
Holy Cash
as Actor
2024
Wages of Sin
as Jimmy
2024
Reapers
as The Wanderer
2024
Mr. Birchum
as Switchblade (voice)
2024
Monsters at Work
as Terry (voice)
2024
Futurama
as Doblando Rodriguez (voice)
2024
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo
as Self - Presenter
2023
The Dream Americano
as Self
2023
Hunting Games
as Sheriff Ramos
2023
Death on the Border
as Father Francis
2023
Miami Bici 2
as Mr Susan
2023
Una preghiera per Giuda
as Carnizzari
2023
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom
as Ferdinand Magellan
2023
A Dark Way Out
as Ralph
2023
The Michoacan File
as Narrator
2023
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2023
Lopez vs Lopez
2023
The Muppets Mayhem
as Danny Trejo
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest / Big Daddy
2023
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Dewey (voice)
2023
Theme Song Takeover
as Vasquez (voice)
2022
Wolf Mountain
as Eddie
2022
VampFather
as Vampfather
2022
Caroltyn
as Wells
2022
Escándalo Secreto En Plena Cuarentena
as MMR, Mario Machin Rin
2022
A Tale of Two Guns
as Junior
2022
Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone
as Master Gin
2022
Good Mourning
as Method Cameo
2022
Renegades
as Sanchez
2022
Smile or Hug
2022
Clerks III
as Auditioner
2022
The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus
as Vega
2022
It's a Wonderful Binge
as Angel
2022
Fire-Man's Fetish
as Fire-Man
2022
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Oscar Diaz (archive footage)
2022
The Legend of La Llorona
as Jorge
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Stronghold (voice)
2022
PBC
as Ricky
2022
The Book of Boba Fett
as Rancor Keeper
2022
Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend
as Self - Guest Judge
2022
The Ghost and Molly McGee
as Bobby Daniels (voice)
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Huet
2021
American Sicario
as Pedro
2021
The Black Hole
as Edmund
2021
Comedy Chingonas
as Self - Host
2021
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2
as Self
2021
Shadow of the Cat
as Sombra
2021
Donny's Bar Mitzvah
as Self
2021
Death Rider in the House of Vampires
as Bela Latigo
2021
Pups Alone
as Vinnie P (voice)
2021
The Rebels of PT-218
as Seaman Edgar 'Cookie' Orozco
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
American Gods
as Mr. World
2021
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2021
The Masked Singer
as Raccoon
2021
The Wendy Williams Show
as Self
2021
American Horror Stories
as Santa
2021
Total Badass Wrestling
as Bobby 'The Body' Estrada
2021
Maya and the Three
as Cabrakan (voice)
2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
as Ram Man (voice)
2021
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as Tuco (voice)
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2020
LA Originals
as Self
2020
Bullets of Justice
as Gravedigger
2020
Final Kill
as Francesco
2020
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
as Janitor Steve Garcia
2020
Lumpia: With a Vengeance
as Reyes
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as El Diablo
2020
Cover Me
as Big Mike
2020
HA Festival: The Art of Comedy
2020
Pistolera
as Indio
2020
The Last Exorcist
as Marco
2020
All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
as Self
2020
Paragon: The Shadow Wars
as Kincaid
2020
Top Chef
as Himself - Guest Judge
2020
New Looney Tunes
as Lieutenant (voice)
2020
Victor and Valentino
as Paco (voice)
2020
Victor and Valentino
as The Cupcake Man (voice)
2020
The Conners
as Tito
2020
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2020
L.A.'s Finest
as Reuben Velazquez
2020
Muppets Now
as Self
2020
Reno 911!
as Assassin
2019
Black Licorice
as Donicio
2019
Madness in the Method
as Danny
2019
3 from Hell
as Rondo
2019
Big Kill
as General Morales
2019
Bare Knuckle Brawler
as Santo Ariza
2019
Slasher Party
as Danny Trejo
2019
Grand-Daddy Day Care
as Eduardo Hernandez
2019
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Boots (voice)
2019
The Short History of the Long Road
as Miguel
2019
The Outsider
as Carlos
2019
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
as Self
2019
Wish Man
as Jose
2019
Cross: Rise of the Villains
as Muerte
2019
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
as Self
2019
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
as Danny
2019
Acceleration
as Santos
2019
The Margarita Man
as Dr. Valenzuela
2019
Every 9 Hours
as Raul
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
2019
Family Guy
as Clint Beltran (voice)
2019
American Dad!
as (voice)
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
as Danny
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Seis Manos
as Baldemar / El Balde (voice)
2019
The Price Is Right
as Self
2018
Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
2018
Frat Pack
as Dirty
2018
#Roxy
as Principal Castillo
2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Goldberg
2018
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
as Nino Grande
2018
Gone Are the Days
as River Man
2018
Silencer
as Lenard "Big Daddy" Ochoa
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
American Nightmares
as Mister Malevolent
2018
Bully
as Manny
2018
Death House
as Inmate (uncredited)
2018
Big City Greens
as Vasquez (voice)
2018
Family Guy
as (voice)
2018
Kidding
as Danny Trejo
2017
Calico Queens
as Bill Gallows
2017
McDick
as Oscar
2017
Cross Wars
as Murete
2017
Juarez 2045
as Angel Malvado
2017
All About the Money
as Luis Diego
2017
Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale
as El Moco (voice)
2017
Dead Again in Tombstone
as Guerrero
2017
Not a War Story
2017
Avenge the Crows
as Antonio
2017
Maximum Impact
as Don Sanchez
2017
Murder in the Woods
as Sheriff Lorenzo
2017
BorderCross
2017
Real Rob
as Danny
2017
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
as Self
2017
Rick and Morty
as Jaguar (voice)
2017
The Flash
as Breacher
2017
Hell's Kitchen
as Self
2017
American Dad!
as Mexican Thugs (voice)
2017
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Oscar Diaz
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Wreck Marauder (voice)
2016
Street Level
as Carlton the Doorman
2016
North by El Norte
as Uncle John
2016
Boost
as Roy Casares
2016
Cyborg X
as Captain Machine Gun
2016
Range 15
as Zombie Trejo
2016
Vigilante Diaries
as Crazy Joe
2016
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
as Mr. Morgo
2016
Storks
as Jasper (voice)
2016
Halloweed
as Patch
2016
1st Strike
as Manny Garcia
2016
Map of Hell
as Himself
2016
Bridesman
as Eduardo
2016
Chronology
as Jackhammer
2016
Good Fortune
as Self
2016
Fluffy's Food Adventures
as Himself
2016
Angie Tribeca
as Self
2016
Misfit Garage
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
as Newtralizer (voice)
2015
The Night Crew
as Aguilar
2015
Hope Lost
as Marius
2015
The Burning Dead
as Night Wolf
2015
VANish
as Carlos
2015
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
as Self
2015
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Frank Vega
2015
L.A. Slasher
as The Drug Dealer #2
2015
3-Headed Shark Attack
as Max Burns
2015
No Way Out
as Don Caceres
2015
The Ridiculous 6
as Cicero
2015
4Got10
as Mateo Perez
2015
The Weight of Blood and Bones
as Espada
2015
East LA Interchange
as narrator
2015
A Horse Story
as Moonlight (voice)
2015
Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
as Narrator (voice)
2015
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
as The Regulator
2015
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
as Filthy the Foot (voice)
2015
Mickey Mouse
as Piñata Boss (voice)
2015
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
as El Moco (voice)
2015
China, IL
as (voice)
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
as Danny Trejo
2014
Bullet
as Frank
2014
Force of Execution
as Oso
2014
Voodoo Possession
as Kross
2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Frank Vega
2014
In the Blood
as Big Biz
2014
20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending
as Angel
2014
Throwdown
as Tattoo
2014
Beyond the Game
as José
2014
Reaper
as Jack
2014
Vieques
2014
Strike One
as Manny Garcia
2014
Reach Me
as Vic
2014
Preggoland
as Pedro
2014
The Book of Life
as Skeleton Luis (voice)
2014
Five Thirteen
as El Loco
2014
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
as Reynaldo (voice)
2014
Habla Men
as Self
2014
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Tuhon
2014
Saint George
as Tio
2013
Violet & Daisy
as Russ
2013
Machete Kills
as Machete
2013
Dead in Tombstone
as Guerrero
2013
Death Race: Inferno
as Goldberg
2013
Counterpunch
as Manny Navarro
2013
Zombie Hunter
as Jesús
2013
Chavez Cage of Glory
as Mando
2013
Tattoo Nation
as Himself
2013
The Contractor
as Javier Reyes
2013
Pendejo (Idiot)
as Pedro
2013
Courier from 'Paradise'
2013
American Lowrider
as The O.G.
2013
The Insomniac
as Jairo Torres
2013
Ticket to Vegas
as Mister Chich
2013
Amelia's 25th
as Don Javier
2013
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
as Venom (voice)
2013
Circus Halligalli
2013
Phineas and Ferb
as Venom (voice)
2013
Fra Sydhavn til West Coast
as Sig selv
2013
Maron
as Manny
2012
Sushi Girl
as Schlomo
2012
Recoil
as Drayke
2012
Bad Ass
as Frank Vega
2012
The Cloth
as Father Connely
2012
Rise of the Zombies
as Caspian
2012
Haunted High
as Ortiz
2012
Bro'
as Gilbert
2012
Short Handle
as Carson
2012
Breaking Wind
as Billy Black
2012
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
as Cupcake Leader (voice)
2011
Cross
as Lexavier
2011
House of the Rising Sun
as Carlos
2011
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
as Ceasar
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
as Mr. Perez
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
as Uncle Machete
2011
In the Shadow
as Hermit
2011
Blacktino
as Rogelio
2011
Dark Games
as Archie
2011
Sons of Anarchy
as Romero 'Romeo' Parada
2011
Young Justice
as Bane (voice)
2011
Bones
as Bishop Edward Galano
2011
Franklin & Bash
as Ultimo
2010
Machete
as Machete
2010
Predators
as Cuchillo
2010
Justin Time
as Mardok
2010
The Killing Jar
as Jimmy
2010
Shadows in Paradise
as Matador
2010
Shoot the Hero
as Crazy Joe
2010
Beatdown
as Marcus
2010
The Lazarus Papers
as Aroon
2010
Death Race 2
as Goldberg
2010
The Bill Collector
as Frankie Gutierrez
2010
Modus Operandi
as Director Holiday
2010
Pastor Shepherd
as Phil Harrison
2010
Boston Girls
as Uncle Reggie
2010
American Flyer
as Uncle John
2010
Saint John of Las Vegas
as Bismarck
2010
Gun
as Frankie Makina
2010
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Cuchillo (voice)
2010
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
as Self
2010
Six Days in Paradise
as Ruben Skinner
2010
Modern Family
as Gus
2010
Burn Notice
as Felipe Vega
2010
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Criminal
2010
The Good Guys
as Alfredo
2009
The Line
as Mario
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Rico (voice)
2009
The Boys of Ghost Town
as Father
2009
Fanboys
as The Chief
2009
Eyeborgs
as G-Man
2009
The Grind
as Nicholi Guzman
2009
Official Rejection
as Self
2009
Babysitters Beware
as Clyde / The Guard
2009
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
2009
Cowboy Dreams
as Lobo
2009
Breaking Bad
as Tortuga
2009
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Ox (voice)
2008
Necessary Evil
as Barro
2008
Alone in the Dark 2
as Perry
2008
Toxic
as Antoine
2008
Ranchero
as Capone
2008
Juan Frances: Live
as E.J.
2008
Valley of Angels
as Hector
2008
Jake's Corner
as Clint
2008
D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually
as Narrator
2008
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Manolo
2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008
The Art of Travel
as Limo Driver
2008
Through The Valley
as Don Reyes
2007
Halloween
as Ismael Cruz
2007
Smiley Face
as Albert
2007
Heckler
as Self
2007
Furnace
as Fury
2007
Urban Justice
as El Chivo
2007
Richard III
as Major
2007
Delta Farce
as Carlos Santana
2007
Grindhouse
as Machete (segment "Planet Terror")
2007
On Bloody Sunday
as The Ref
2007
Battle for Terra
as Elder Barum (voice)
2007
Planet Terror
as Machete
2007
The Blue Rose
as Junk
2007
Stargate Atlantis
as Omal
2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007
Blood Ties
as Pacha Kamaq
2006
7 Mummies
as Apache
2006
High Hopes
as Shady
2006
Sherrybaby
as Dean Walker
2006
Jack's Law
as Jack Santos
2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Derelict
2006
Slayer
as Montegna
2006
Tennis Anyone?
as Hector
2006
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
as Crow
2006
Propensity
as Roy
2006
Death Row
as Priest
2006
Living the Dream
as Chuck
2006
Danny Roane: First Time Director
as Hector
2006
Heist
as Ernesto
2006
King of the Hill
as (voice)
2005
The Devil's Rejects
as Rondo
2005
Champion
as Self
2005
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
as Self
2005
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as Harold
2005
Nobody Wants Your Film
as Self
2005
The Curse of El Charro
as El Charro (Voice)
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2005
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
as Vargas Diaz
2005
Chasing Ghosts
as Carlos Santiago
2005
Venice Underground
as Papi
2005
Desperate Housewives
as Hector Ramos
2005
George Lopez
as Bobby
2005
King of the Hill
as Lifeguard / Waiter (voice)
2005
Unscripted
as Danny Trejo
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Bartender
2004
Lost
as Edward James Archer
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Bartender
2004
Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
as Narrator
2004
Monk
as Spyder Rudner
2004
Grounded for Life
as Raul
2004
King of the Hill
as Enrique / Octavio (voice)
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Cucuy
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Machete
2003
The Big Empty
as Lt. Gates
2003
Alias
as Emilio Vargas
2003
King of the Hill
as Victor Velasquez (voice)
2003
Kingpin
2003
King of the Hill
as Enrique (voice)
2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Machete
2002
13 Moons
as Hoodlum
2002
Nightstalker
as Officer Frank Luis
2002
Beat the Devil
as Bob
2002
Do It for Uncle Manny
as Pedro
2002
xXx
as El Jefe
2002
The Salton Sea
as Little Bill
2002
The District
as Self
2002
The Hire
as Bob
2001
Spy Kids
as Machete
2001
Bubble Boy
as Slim
2001
Skippy
as Hitman
2001
King of the Hill
as Octavio (voice) (uncredited)
2000
Reindeer Games
as Jumpy
2000
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
as Razor Charlie
2000
Animal Factory
as Vito
2000
Cuenta Saldada
as Secuestrador 1 (as Daniel Trejo)
2000
The X-Files
as Cesar Ocampo
1999
Inferno
as Johnny Six Toes
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
as Razor Eddie
1999
Whiteboyz
as Prisoner
1999
Soundman
as Duce's Father
1999
Walker, Texas Ranger
as José Rodriguez
1998
The Replacement Killers
as Collins
1998
Champions
as Max Brito
1998
Point Blank
as Wallace
1998
Six Days Seven Nights
as Pierce
1998
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Joe Lopez
1998
Brooklyn South
as Louis
1998
NYPD Blue
as Frankie soto
1997
Con Air
as "Johnny-23"
1997
Anaconda
as Poacher
1997
Dilemma
as Rudy Salazar
1997
Los Locos
as Manuel Batista
1997
Trojan War
as Scarface
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Razor Charlie
1996
Jaguar
as Kumare
1996
Renegade
as Freddie
1996
NYPD Blue
as Gabriel mota
1995
Heat
as Trejo
1995
Desperado
as Navajas
1995
The Stranger
as Hawk
1995
Dead Badge
as El Tango Bartender
1995
Fallen Angels
as Boxer
1995
High Tide
as Tattooist
1995
Vanishing Son
as Out-of-Breath Man
1994
Criminal Passion
as Construction Worker
1994
Against the Wall
as Luis
1994
Mi Vida Loca
as Frank
1994
Victor One
as Sergeant Aguilar
1993
Last Light
as 2nd Inmate
1993
Doppelganger
as Hard Hat
1993
Sunset Grill
as Young Mexican
1993
Bound by Honor
as Geronimo
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Cuban
1993
12:01
as Prisoner
1992
Nails
as Las Virgenes bartender
1992
Sex Crimes
as Palmer
1992
Baywatch
1992
Reasonable Doubts
as Cholo #2
1992
Jake and the Fatman
as Mumbling Prisoner
1991
Whore
as Tattoo Artist
1991
Femme Fatale
as Toshi
1991
Lonely Hearts
as Angry Client
1991
The Last Hour
as Spider
1991
Doublecrossed
as Lito
1991
Carnal Crimes
as Ticket Agent
1991
Wedlock
as Tough Prisoner #1
1991
FBI: The Untold Stories
as Snowman
1991
Baywatch
as Carlos Urueta
1990
Guns
as Tong
1990
Marked for Death
as Hector
1990
Maniac Cop 2
as Prisoner
1990
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
as Gabriel
1989
Lock Up
as Chink's Gang Member
1989
Bail Out
as Mean
1989
Cage
as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)
1989
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Prison Inmate
1988
Bulletproof
as Sharkey
1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Art Sanella
1987
Penitentiary III
as See Veer
1987
The Hidden
as Prisoner
1987
Terminal Exposure
as man in crowd (uncredited)
1985
Runaway Train
as Boxer
Detour 95
as Muerte
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
The Damned
as Chimalle
Downtown Bus
as Sancho 'The Jailbird' Sanchez
Machete Kills Again... in Space
as Machete
RZR Cyber Protocol
as Manolo
Unconsensual Activity
as Juan
La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
La Venganza Rodríguez
as El Super Muerto Infernal (VOICE)
Armadillo United
as Coach Koko
Counterpunch 2
as Manny Navarro
Choir Practice
Another Ice Cream Man
Run Hide Fight: Pawn Shop