Danny Trejo Filmography

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Actors: Tom Papa, Paul Giamatti, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brian Posehn, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: Paul Giamatti, Brian Posehn, Rosario Dawson, Danny Trejo, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Kenny, Tom Papa, and, of course, Sheri Moon Zombie all lend their voices to director Rob Zombie's animated tale of a washed-up luchador who makes it his mission to battle the forces of the supernatural. As the heroic El Read More

Halloween

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif

Synopsis: The Devil's Rejects director Rob Zombie resurrects one of the most notorious slashers in screen history with this re-imagining of the 1978 John Carpenter classic that spawned numerous sequels and countless imitators. As a child, young Michael Myers (Daeg Faerch) committed one of the most Read More

Delta Farce

Actors: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, D.J. Qualls, Danny Trejo, Marisol Nichols

Synopsis: When a hard-luck blue-collar worker and his two best friends are mistaken for Army Reservists by a tough-talking Army sergeant, the plane set to fly them to the front lines of Iraq mistakenly drops them in the middle of Mexico to disastrous results in a freewheeling military comedy starring Larry the Cable Guy Read More

Toxic

Actors: Susan Ward, Corey Large, Master P, Dominique Swain, Charity Shea

Synopsis: Dominic Swain, Master P, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo star in this flashy action thriller about a beautiful mental patient who embarks on a violent killing spree after learning that her own father has put a bounty on her head. Anyone who gets in this lethal lady's way is sure to pay with their Read More

Juan Francés: Live

Actors: Lupe Ontiveros, Danny Trejo, Elisa Bocanegra, Spencer John French

Through the Valley

Actors: Pablo Bracho, Danny Trejo, Samantha Esteban, Noel G.

Synopsis: A reformed criminal who has dedicated his life to helping young kids avoid making the same mistakes that he once did is drawn back into a life of crime and framed for a murder by the local DA. Jaime Flores nearly threw away his entire life on the streets, but these days he's working to prevent the Read More

Valley of Angels

Actors: Danny Trejo, George Katt, Caroline Macey, Heather Trzyna

Synopsis: The Grand Prize winner of the 2004 WriteMovies.com International Screenwriting Contest, Valley of Angels follows a twenty-something drug dealer who falls into the dark side of the underworld after realizing that the City of Angels has lost its soul. Zachary "Zeus" Andrews is a Chicago transplant Read More

Machete

Actors: Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin

Smiley Face

Actors: Anna Faris, Roscoe Lee Browne, Danny Masterson, Ben Falcone, Adam Brody

Synopsis: One woman's day goes all to pot in this resinous comedy from independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Jane (Anna Faris) is a college dropout and aspiring actress who suffers from a certain lack of ambition, doubtless reinforced by her fondness for marijuana. One morning, Jane wakes with a busy day ahead Read More

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Actors: Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Daniella Alonso, Method Man

Synopsis: Hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg takes horror fans on a ride through the scary underside of life in the 'hood in this horror anthology. The self-described "gatekeeper of the after-party" (Snoop Dogg) introduces three stories of life in a ghetto neighborhood in which the unscrupulous get what's coming Read More

SherryBaby

Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Danny Trejo, Giancarlo Esposito, Ryan Simpkins

Synopsis: An emotionally stunted ex-convict whose recent release from prison finds her attempting to form a relationship with her young daughter finds that redemption doesn't come easy in this emotional family drama, the feature debut of award-winning documentary filmmaker Laurie Collyer. When Sherry Read More

Furnace

Actors: Ja Rule, Michael Paré, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Paul Wall

Synopsis: Michael Paré, Danny Trejo, Ja Rule, and Tom Sizemore star in this nightmarish tale of a maximum security prison overtaken by a malevolent supernatural force. Upon entering into a notorious penitentiary to explore a gruesome series of deaths, Detective Michael Turner (Paré) discovers that his Read More

Dreaming on Christmas

Death Row

Synopsis: A crew of documentary filmmakers exploring an abandoned prison which was shut down in the wake of a deadly riot discovers that sometimes the horrors of the past have a way of bleeding into the present. It was years ago when the inmates at Isla del Roca penitentiary rose up against the guards in a Read More

Jack's Law

Actors: Danny Trejo

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

Actors: Steve-O, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Preston Lacy, Chris Pontius

Synopsis: In his 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters Newton Minnow claimed that television had become a "vast wasteland," and with this comedy the warped folks at National Lampoon prove that Minnow's so-called "vast wasteland" has since been flooded by a festering cesspool of filth and Read More

The Devil's Rejects

Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory

Synopsis: Directed by the prolific Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects is a sequel of sorts to 2003's House of 1000 Corpses, and picks up several weeks after House left off. This time, the clash revolves around the tribe of violent lunatics and decidedly valueless family members of the original film, who have Read More

7 Mummies

Synopsis: Mummies stars Danny Trejo, Max Perlich, and Billy Worth as members of a group of criminals who set out to find a cache of gold hidden in Mexico. The group soon discovers that mummies are in charge of protecting the valuable commodity. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Lost

Actors: Dean Cain, Ashley Scott, Danny Trejo, Irina Björklund, Justin Henry

Synopsis: A man in the middle of nowhere finds his past catching up with him in this independent thriller. Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) is a businessman who is driving from Santa Barbara, CA, to his new home in a small town in Nevada. However, as Stanton makes his way through the desert, he loses his Read More

Chasing Ghosts

Actors: Michael Madsen

Synopsis: When a weary detective on the verge of retirement begins receiving ominous messages from a sadistic serial killer determined to stir up the past, the stage is set for a deadly confrontation in an all-star crime drama featuring Michael Madsen, Gary Busey, Meat Loaf, and Michael Rooker. Years on the Read More

All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos

Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Marisa Ramirez, Ellie Cornell, Travis Wester, Laz Alonso, Nichole M. Hiltz, David Keith, Laura Elena Harring, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: The horror film All Souls Day concerns a man and woman who can't seem to escape from Santa Bonita, Mexico. They would like to leave seeing as the town is filled with ghosts. In order to resolve the situation, the pair must face the feared criminal Vargaz Diaz, who apparently is almost 200 years Read More

Tennis, Anyone...?

Actors: Donal Logue, Kirk Fox, Jason Issacs, Kylie Bax, Kenneth Mitchell

Champion

Actors: Danny Trejo

Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to Jail

Synopsis: Death Row inmate Ray Kaspo (David Meunier) is poisoned to death--45 minutes before his execution. While investigating this curious turn of events, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is approached by another inmate, former billionaire Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck, whom Monk sent away for murder in the series' Read More

The Curse of El Charro

Actors: Andrew Bryniarski

Synopsis: The vengeful curse of a 19th Century Mexican land baron reaches through time to place the grip of death on a contemporary college student in director Rich Ragsdale's tale of a love most gruesome. It was a long time ago that wealthy land baron El Charro lusted after the most beautiful woman in the Read More

The Big Empty

Actors: Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Bud Cort, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: A guy looking for easy money gets a lot more than he bargained for in this noir-flavored independent comedy. John Person (Jon Favreau) is a struggling actor living in Los Angeles who is starting to buckle under the pressure of his own failures. With no acting jobs coming in and a massive credit Read More

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Rubén Blades, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt Read More

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalban

Synopsis: The first American theatrically released 3-D movie from a major studio since 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is the third entry in three years in Robert Rodriguez's family-oriented action-adventure series. Along with the four members of the Cortez family, played Read More

Alias: Countdown

Synopsis: Marshall (Kevin Weisman) explains the full significance of the Rambaldi manuscripts, thereby revealing a 500-year-old prophecy of the Apocalypse. To prevent this, Sydney (Jennifer Garner) and Dixon (Carl Lumbly) must track down a Panamanian named Di Regno (James Carraway) -- but Dixon, determined Read More

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara

Synopsis: The prepubescent, globetrotting, super-spy sibling duo from director Robert Rodriguez's surprise 2001 hit Spy Kids is back to save the world for a second time in this bigger-budget, larger-scale sequel. Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams opens with our heroes Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Read More

The Salton Sea

Actors: Val Kilmer

Synopsis: The feature film debut of producer and TV director D.J. Caruso, this pulpy noir mystery is a dark tale of redemption set among southern California crystal methamphetamine "tweakers." Val Kilmer stars as Danny Parker, a former trumpet player who has become a tattooed speed freak living in a Read More

Nightstalker

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Douglas Spain, Roselyn Sanchez, Bret Roberts, Danny Trejo, Evan Dexter Parke, Derek Hamilton, Brandi Emma

Synopsis: Richard Ramirez was a deeply disturbed Californian who worshiped Satan, believed he was in direct contact with demons, and was fascinated with the darker undercurrents of heavy metal music. Ramirez was also a serial killer; known as "The Night Stalker," Ramirez killed 19 people in Los Angeles and Read More

Bubble Boy

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch

Synopsis: Jake Gyllenhaal, the young star of the critically well-received October Sky (1999), follows up that film with this offbeat comedy. Gyllenhaal stars as Jimmy Livingston, a teenager with an immune system deficiency who has spent his entire life living in a plastic bubble under the doting Read More

XXX

Actors: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson

Synopsis: The director (Rob Cohen) and star (Vin Diesel) of the previous summer's hit The Fast and the Furious (2001) are reunited for this spy thriller billed as a next-generation James Bond adventure. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, a nihilist extreme sports enthusiast nicknamed "Triple X" because of a large Read More

Spy Kids

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: In this reteaming of actor Antonio Banderas and director Robert Rodriguez -- their first film together since the 1995 feature Desperado -- Banderas plays Gregorio; he and devoted partner Ingrid (Carla Gugino), comprise the greatest pair of secret agents working. Both are masters of disguise and Read More

Animal Factory

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Steve Buscemi follows up on his restrained 1996 directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) with this gritty, understated prison drama. Twenty-one-year-old suburban kid Ron (Edward Furlong) got busted for dealing drugs and slapped with an especially severe jail sentence. Though he Read More

Reindeer Games

Actors: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, James Frain

Synopsis: A burglar looking to make time with a beautiful woman after five years in prison falls into a dangerous trap in this action drama. Rudy (Ben Affleck) is serving time in prison for auto theft, where he becomes friendly with his cellmate Nick (James Frain). Nick has been enjoying a spicy courtship Read More

No Mothers Crying No Babies Dying

Actors: Mike Moroff, Lupe Ontiveros, Danny Trejo

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Actors: Ara Celi, Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks

Synopsis: An outlaw who recently defied death by escaping his noose is on the run with his gang and the daughter of his intended executioner in this prequel to the 1996 series original, From Dusk Til Dawn. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Six Days, Seven Nights

Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison

Synopsis: Ivan Reitman directed this romantic comedy-adventure that opens in New York where fast-paced magazine associate editor Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) and her boyfriend, Frank (David Schwimmer), leave for a week's vacation on a remote island. They've already been together for three years, so when Frank Read More

Point Blank

Actors: Mickey Rourke

Synopsis: Mickey Rourke, Frederick Forrest and Danny Trejo star in this action-packed drama about a gang of psychotic criminals who have taken control of a Texas shopping mall. Only one misfit cop is brave enough to go in and face the maniacs -- because he's looking for his brother, who lives on the other Read More

Soundman

Actors: Wayne Pere, Eliane Chappuis, William Forsythe, Wes Studi, Nick Stahl

Synopsis: Steven Widi Ho directed this drama about sound mixer Igby Walters (Wayne Pere), who's working on a western-style Hamlet titled Dead Cowboys. After Igby encounters young violinist Juliet (Eliane Chappuis), he attempts to score with a promise of film score work. Can he deliver on this promise? Shown Read More

The Replacement Killers

Actors: Carlos Gomez, Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jürgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: Music video and TV commercials director Antoine Fuqua made his feature directorial debut with this action thriller starring Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chinese immigrant John Lee (Yun-Fat) has a violent past as a professional killer. It brings him only remorse, but it makes him the ideal Read More

NYPD Blue: Numb & Number

Synopsis: Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) is edgier than usual as his ailing partner, Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits), goes in for more medical tests. Back on the job, the squad investigates the murder of a Pakistani in Central Park. The sole eyewitness is distressingly inconsistent in her testimony -- not because Read More

Desert Heat

Actors: Gregory Scott Cummins, Neil Delama, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Danny Trejo, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick

Synopsis: A group of bullies terrorizing a small town meet their match in the Muscles From Brussels in this action drama. Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town Read More

Anaconda

Actors: Don La Fontaine, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde

Synopsis: A group of filmmakers looking for a lost native tribe instead find a man-eating monster in this thriller. Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) is a documentary filmmaker on assignment to make a film about the Shirishama Indians of the Amazon, a mysterious tribe known as "the People of the Mists." As Read More

Con Air

Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames

Synopsis: Former war hero Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is sentenced to eight years in prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl while defending his pregnant wife. When his release comes through, he's eager to see the daughter he's never met. However, Poe's original flight is delayed, so he's Read More

Los Locos

Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Melora Walters, René Auberjonois, Paul Lazar, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: Mario Van Peebles wrote, produced, and starred in this follow-up to his 1993 Western Posse. Chance (Van Peebles) is a cavalry scout in the old west who accidentally gives his battalion wrong directions going into a battle. Not being a forgiving bunch, the soldiers beat Chance, tar and feather him Read More

Dilemma

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: A condemned man's benevolent act turns out to be a desperate bid for freedom in this action thriller. Rudy Salazar (Danny Trejo) is a multiple murderer who has been sentenced to death, but an unexpected act of generosity takes him off death row. Rudy's bone marrow type matches that of a young girl Read More

From Dusk Till Dawn

Actors: George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko. After a string of robberies that left a river of blood in the Geckos' wake, the sadistic siblings Read More

Le Jaguar

Actors: Jean Reno, Patrick Bruel, Harrisson Lowe, Patricia Velasquez

Synopsis: In this fast-paced French comedy, a gambler, anxious to escape the thugs who pursue him after her reneged on a bet, mistakenly agrees to enter the safety of the Amazon jungle with an ethnologist's son to search for the missing soul of an ailing Indian. Perrin's ordeal begins in an elevator where Read More

Champions

Actors: Louis Mandylor, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: William Rockman retires from the illegal sport of extreme fighting while he's still at the top of his game. But when he discovers his brother has followed in his footsteps and lost his life in the ring, William must stage a comeback to avenge his brother's death. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

NYPD Blue: Hollie and the Blowfish

Synopsis: An obnoxious agent from a Federal anti-drug unit makes a fatal error when following up on an informant's tip about a group of drug dealers who killed a girl during a shoot-out. Sipowicz (Dennis Franz), Simone (Jimmy Smits), and Diane (Kim Delaney) all have ample reason to be maddened by the Read More

Desperado

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the Read More

Heat

Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora

Synopsis: A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs Read More

Last Light

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker

Synopsis: Kiefer Sutherland directed and stars in this death-row drama, playing an inmate who forms a complex relationship with a guard (Forest Whitaker). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Blood In Blood Out

Actors: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique J. Castillo, Victor Rivers

Synopsis: Taylor Hackford directed this urgent melodrama about the realities of street crime, gangs, and prison life among the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. Miklo (Damian Chapa), Paco (Benjamin Bratt) and Cruz (Jesse Borrego) are three friends who are living in the East Los Angeles of 1972 as it is torn Read More

12:01

Synopsis: Based on a story by Richard Lupoff (a short filmization of the same story earned an Oscar nomination for 1990), 12:01 centers on a member of the personnel department in a science lab, who discovers that the world has become somehow trapped in a strange time warp that causes the same 24-hour period Read More

My Crazy Life

Actors: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas

Synopsis: Neighborhood pride runs deep in Echo Park, so when two lifelong friends join the local gang as a matter of course, they're handed down gang names from the previous generation of homegirls. Unfortunately, Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) and Mousie (Seidy Lopez) don't remain friends for long. When Mousie Read More

Femme Fatale

Actors: Simon Callow, Donald Pleasence, Colin Welland, Jacqueline Tong

Synopsis: Poor Maddalena (Sophia Diaz). She's so beautiful and sexy that men in her native Italy could not stop trying to romance her. She could have gone to a convent and she would have had trouble with the priests. There was no place that she could think of that she wouldn't be constantly subject to Read More

Nails

Actors: Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: Maniacal Dennis Hopper plays a high-strung L.A. homicide detective who embarks upon a vengeful hunt for the drug pushers who brutally murdered his partners. His investigation soon reveals that the dealers' influence extends to the highest echelons of city government. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More