- Source of Wealth: Film, Television, Games
- Age: 75
- Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Marital Status: Divorced (Debbie Shreve)
- Full Name: Dan Trejo
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: May 16, 1944
- Ethnicity: Mexican
- Occupation: Actor
- Children: 5 (Danielle Trejo, Gilbert Trejo, Danny Boy Trejo, Esmeralda Trejo, Jose Trejo)
Action Movie Star Danny Trejo has an estimated net worth of $16 million. Trejo was in and out of prison as a juvenile, spending five years in San Quentin Prison where he became a welterweight, and lightweight prison boxing champion.
He got his life together and got his first start in movies in Project A, it was a voice over job. He got roles as a “tough guy” or “enforcer” type character. He gained a lot of attention for his knife thrower role in Desperado, which was directed by his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, and has been in every other Rodriguez movie since, including a small role in “Spy Kids.”
Today most fans know him as “Machete” the character he played in the movie with the same name, he recently played a CIA agent in the FX network show “Sons of Anarchy,” and he is currently working on “Machete Kills,” the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster.