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Danny trejo on playing the tough guy danny trejo talks about always being cast as the tough guy and his movie stunts. Dusk till dawn star danny trejo on playing tattooed tough. Thats the troubled path that spy kids 2 and xxx actor danny trejo took to hollywood. Christian celebrity danny trejo often plays the bad guy in his movies. Nov 24, 2019 grizzled character actor danny trejo has a soft spot for food as an awardwinning restaurateur. Actor danny trejo helps save baby trapped in car video. Aug 25, 2019 vancouver firefighters come facetoface with hollywood tough guy danny trejo. Hed seen me box in san quentin, so they hired me to train eric roberts how to box. I chose this actor as his acting role is often to be an archetypically tough man. But can he conquer his toughest role yet selling used cars to unsuspecting buyers. Actor danny trejo helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car. Interesting guy, he was a real piece of shit thug as a young man.
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The star of spy kids, from dusk till dawn, and the machete series is also a drug counselor, prison reform activist he got sober in the penitentiary. The actor talked to npr about being in prison, transitioning to tough guy movie roles and his new documentary, survivors guide to prison. Grizzled character actor danny trejo has a soft spot for food as an award winning restaurateur. He wanted to become a professional boxer but ended up becoming an addict and spent 10 years in prison for crimes. I learned how not to behave on a movie set from eric. Oct 31, 2016 danny trejo is a tough guy in some tougher roles. Danny trejo hits comiccon with machete and plans to craft tough guy vehicles. Sep 18, 2015 danny trejo has made a career of playing intimidating tough guys from his earliest roles to the new from dusk. We challenge you to find a hollywood mug with more character than danny trejos. Machete man danny trejo has conquered movies, tacos, doughnuts and now wants a slice of the music business. Trejosorry but he reminds me a bit of tough guy charles bronson only coming in at the end when he would reenact his boxing championships in the prisons where they took place.
Then he gets clean, gets his act together and decides. However, he is also in coutless b movies becoming one of the most recognizable and favorite actors in the genre. In 2011, he appeared in the action movie recoil with wwe wrestler steve austin. Sling tv whats scarier than movie tough guy danny trejo sharpening a huge machete. Actually i didnt expect this movie to be what it was. Moviedoms goto tough guy got off to a rocky start after a string of petty crimes and heroin trouble landed him in. Aug 25, 2019 danny trejo videos and latest news articles. Trejo, known for his tough guy movie roles, owns a successful taco business and has expanded to a coffee and donut place. One glance at danny trejo is enough to leave anyone shaking in their boots the guy looks rugged and tough, plain and simple. Robert deniro machete danny trejo movie tough guy etsy. I based this painting on a favorite movie of mine, machete. New york danny trejo has starred in blockbusters like machete, con air. Hollywood tough guy danny trejo shares mouthwatering taco. But this tough guy is a hero in real life after pulling a 5yearold boy with special needs out of a car wreck.
The first five years of my career, i played inmate number one. Machete star danny trejo is an illustrated man, in many ways. Jan 06, 2011 danny trejo, perhaps best known for his role as the scariest looking man in any movie he ever appears in, ever, is a badass. His directors clearly like to see tough guy trejo dead in his movies.
In the film robert deniro plays an unscrupulous senator from texas. Hollywood tough guy danny trejo speaks about his love of tacos and the mouthwatering recipes in his new cookbook hello. Actor danny trejo on trading his machete for a spatula more trejo, known for his tough guy movie roles, owns a successful taco business and has expanded to a coffee and donut place. Sam spade is the founding father of movie tough guys. However, his journey from a young criminal to a charitable celeb is incredible. Mar 10, 2018 tom hardy has played many rugged tough guy roles in movies such as bronson 2008, warrior 2011, the dark knight rises 2012, the revenant 2015, and mad max. As an actor, the 75yearold is known as the ultimate tough guy from films like heat. From tough guy to taquero, danny trejo spills on his. The now wellknown actor spoke of how striking a corrections officer in the head with a rock during a prison riot inevitably changed his life, as contained in a dec. Danny trejos path from prison, drug abuse to acting fame. Hollywood actor danny trejo, known for his toughguy roles in such films as machete, helped rescue a young boy who was trapped in a car.
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