Is danny trejo married after he divorced debbie shreve, his. Mar 23, 2018 after facing a possible death penalty, danny trejo wove his prison experience and toughguy persona into a successful movie career. Edward bunker who was a coinmate at san quentin prison during danny s time there remembered trejo for how good he was as a boxing champion. Because if kit harington wants to be the mostkilled actor in history, hell have to get past danny trejo. The rodrigueztrejo twosome found the actor taking on the role of uncle isadore machete cortez in the directors 2001 smash hit spy kids, and was later cast in both the films sequel and. Being an exconvict himself, bunker hired trejo to train eric roberts for a boxing scene. This simple recipe for easy carnitas slowcooked mexicanstyle pork shoulder with all the fixings is adapted from actor danny trejo s forthcoming cookbook, trejo s tacos. Hey, remember that movie where jake gyllenhaal was a bubble boy or whatever. My clients can relate to the experiences of drug problems of danny trejo and more importantly danny s substance use problems story gives. Champion, screening this weekend at the hollywood film festival. Champion available in dvd ship this item this item is available online through marketplace sellers. The blessing that this film business has given me is that when i walk into a.
Prior to that, trejo had served time in prison on multiple occasions and worked as a drug counsellor after his release. Trejo is also the father of sons danny boy and jose, and daughter esmeralda from other relationships. I went to the hole looking at three gaschamber offences. This is the documentary everyone has been waiting for.
Champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of danny trejo before hollywood, all the way to stardom. Sep 19, 2014 william rockman louis mandylor is a champion terminal combat fighter who retired from the sport after accidentally killing a young man while training. Danny trejo, stephen lang board gina caranos in the. Dan trejo is a mexicanamerican actor and voice actor who has.
Directed by brett harvey, the film will chronicle his tumultuous upbringings. 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. Fight for ny, a fighting game to which the actor lent his voice and likeness. Released september 6th, 2002, champion stars danny trejo, dennis hopper, robert rodriguez, steve buscemi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. He often portrays as villains and antiheroes in the movies. The first film produced by danny trejo was a family film called ambition. Mar, 2020 danny trejo biography affair, divorce, ethnicity, nationality, salary, net worth, height married biography who is danny trejo. Champion is a fascinating and insightful documentary about danny trejo, an exconvict who turned his life around to become an accidental character actor who was recruited into the craft to give. Danny trejo bio, net worth, trejo, movies, tv show. The movie the movie is trejo s cinematic memoir of the good and bad of his life in and out of prison. Danny trejo, from inmate to humanitarian, you know the man. After portraying several characters in films like the hidden 1987, lockup 1989, marked for death 1990, mi vida loca 1993, and heat 1995, trejo formed an alliance.
The most badass moments from danny trejos actual life complex. How danny trejo escaped the death penalty and fought his. The reallife diet of danny trejo, whos banging out twoa. Danny trejo is an american film actor born on may 16, 1944. At 16 he went to prison, where he would spend the majority of the next ten years. Danny trejo s rise to fame had quite a few twists and turns along the way. Even though hes part of an older generation of actors, he is still very well recognizable to the young generation of moviegoers thanks to his appearance in popular films where he has built a reputation of always playing villainous and ultramale roles. It features dennis hopper, val kilmer, steve buscemi and robert rodriguez. With danny trejo, dennis hopper, robert rodriguez, steve buscemi. The goofy 2001 comedy might be a punch line these days, but trejo who played slim, a bike gang leader who helps bubble jake get to niagara falls in order to stop the girl he loves from marrying the wrong man says he loves this one. Danny trejo is related to filmmaker robert rodriguez but the two were not aware of their relations until they filmed desperado in 1995. May 24, 2018 the awardwinning independent film, champion was released in 2005, documenting trejo s life.
Trejo s life is documented in the 2005 independent biographical film champion, which features dennis hopper, val kilmer, steve buscemi, and robert rodriguez. He is an associate producer on the action film bad ass 3. Jan 05, 2018 films releases long awaited documentary film champion the danny trejo story from inmate to humanitarium hollywood, calif. In 2014, trejo produced his first film, ambition, and then produced his second film, the action film bad asses. Champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of danny trejo before he turned himself around and after. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on. Filmmaker joe eckardt examines the life and work of actor danny trejo. Alamy were sitting in a manchester bar, the evening before trejo is due to appear at for the love of horror, a twoday film convention.
Worldrenowned actor danny trejo has teamed up with awardwinning filmmaker brett harvey ice guardians, the culture high to tell a story 71. Rent champion 2005 starring danny trejo and dennis hopper on dvd and blu ray. After twelve years of marriage, the couple divorced in 2009. Joker rising full length fan film dc joker origins duration. What i like about champion is it gives you hope, says trejo. We especially know him from his roles in heat 1995, desperado 1995, con air 1997 and spy kids 2001. He has appeared in many films, usually as a villain or antihero.
The film emporium, a motion picture companys documentary champion chronicles the life of danny trejo. They have two children together, gilbert and dannielle. Danny trejo biography facts, childhood, family life. Danny trejo married actress and realtor debbie shreve on december 12, 1997. A lifetime in the making champion is the original documentary which traces the incredibly inspirational and unique life of hollywoods most unlikely champion, danny trejo. Trejos life is documented in the 2005 independent biographical film champion, which features dennis hopper, val kilmer, steve buscemi. John stockwell is directing the film, which is designed to be a showcase for mma champion carano. I can say with great satisfaction that this piece champion a documentary about danny trejo s addiction of work is very original and real. A new survey by buzz bingo has revealed that trejo has died a whopping 65 times on film. The awardwinning independent film, champion was released in 2005, documenting trejo s life. The story of actor danny trejo, the award winning film chronicles his life, from a child drug addict, armed robber, to eventual prison time. The films screenwriter instantly recognized trejo and all his tattoos from trejos days as a prison boxing champion. An award winning independent film was made of danny trejos life. He spent 11 years in and out of jail serving terms for armed robbery and drug offenses.
Films releases long awaited documentary film champion the danny trejo story from inmate to humanitarium hollywood, calif. The reallife diet of danny trejo, whos banging out twoadays in isolation. It was written and directed by peter gathings bunche. He has often appeared in films as a villain or an antihero. Champion offers an intimate view into the life of danny trejo before he turned himself around and after. The film is danny and a few friends and family discussing his life. Danny trejo escaped the death penalty when the court had no witnesses to. The films director andrei konchalovsky later offered trejo a small part in the project. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a troubled childhood which included drug addiction, armed robbery and extensive prison time. I am very impressed that it lives up to my expectation and more. Films releases long awaited documentary film champion. He was born to a father, dionisio dan trejo, and a mother, alice rivera. Danny and director joe eckardt where they explained that this movie came from an. How tall is danny trejo, the famous hollywood villain and.
Champion is a fascinating and insightful documentary about danny trejo, an exconvict who turned his life around to become an accidental character actor who. Trejo was born in echo park and he began his career as an actor when he got small roles in. Champion is a fascinating and insightful documentary about danny trejo, an ex convict who turned his life around to become an accidental character actor who. Is danny trejo married after he divorced debbie shreve. A child drug addict and criminal, trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years.
Imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses, he successfully. Rent champion 2005 starring danny trejo and dennis hopper on dvd and bluray. Oct 20, 2005 mexicanamerican actor danny trejo has appeared in about 100 films, usually playing the perfect bad guy. Introduction danny trejo is a mexicanamerican actor who has appeared in several hollywood films throughout his career. Thinking back on his crimes, drugs and alcohol were always the common denominator. While serving time in san quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. His most memorable films include con air, desperado, heat, and machete. Champions is a 1997 american film, starring louis mandylor, danny trejo and ken shamrock. Champion featured dennis hopper, val kilmer, steve buscemi, and robert rodriguez. Louis mandylor, danny trejo, ken shamrock, lee reherman, cristo andrew, official content from ardustry home entertainment movie, champions. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies.
Mar 12, 2005 danny trejo is probably the busiest guy in hollywood. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Danny trejo documentary to chronicle his life after prison. When they take him back to prison to do the movie he is ok talking outside, but when he goes back to his old cell, you can tell he is having flashbacks. The following is a filmography of his workconsisting of about 250 film and television roles. Daniel trejo, popularly known as danny trejo is an american actor. I was lightweight or welterweight champion of every penitentiary ive been in, trejo once told tmz. Mar 05, 2004 mr monk goes to jail is not quite a monk classic and there are slightly better episodes of season 2, but that it is still a great episode that personally have always had a fondness for is testament to how strong a season season 2 is, one where the only disappointment also the first notsogood episode of monk from personal opinion was. In 2015, trejo appeared in a television commercial for snickers that aired during super bowl xlix, in which he portrayed marcia brady prior to eating the candy bar. I became the lightweight champion of every institution in the state of california. In the comic series dmz a character named danny with the same appearance as danny trejo appears, he also makes indications that he was formerly a criminal as well. Danny trejo, dennis hopper, robert rodriguez, steve. Danny trejo celebrity profile check out the latest danny trejo photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Trejos film career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed a role in runaway train. Before he became the big movie star that he is today, trejo was a labor foreman in construction. He played the role of trejo in the movie heat and as machete in the spy kids series of movies. Years before he took up acting, he was actually a violent criminal whod spent time in multiple prisons. Dec 20, 2017 champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of danny trejo before hollywood, all the way to stardom. Feb 24, 2018 danny trejo on donald trump, how he got into acting and trejo s tacos full interview. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a. As a teen, he was a crazy punk with an apparent death wish. Champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of danny trejo before.
Danny trejo bio, net worth, trejo, movies, tv show, actor. The 10 most badass danny trejo roles, ranked cinemablend. His life is documented in the 2005 independent biographical film champion. I expected it to be lifestory reenactments, with mr. Behind the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a childhood which included drug addiction, armed robbery, prison time. In 2014, he appeared in about 20 different filmsnow that is clearly busy. Champion by joe eckardt joe eckardt, danny trejo, val kilmer.
Danny trejo met him on the set of the film runaway train in 1985 and was recognized by the screenwriter edward bunker. Bunker also served time in jail, and remembered trejo as a boxing champion. But in real life, trejo is dedicated to helping others. Actually i didnt expect this movie to be what it was. Actor danny trejos easy carnitas tacos easy carnitas recipe. Danny trejo, shown here at the premiere of the 2010 film machete, is famous for playing macho roughs. He offered him a job on set to train one of the movie lead stars eric roberts. His prominence in the b movie scene has resulted in disparate media sources referring to trejo as an iconic actor and a film legend, among other titles. Danny trejo is a popular actor that was once referred to as the mexican james bond. William rockman louis mandylor is a champion terminal combat fighter who retired from the sport after accidentally killing a young man while training. Danny trejo, dennis hopper, robert rodriguez, steve buscemi, antonio banderas, val kilmer, edward bunker, cecily gambrell, dana gonzales, daniel.
Trejo was offered a chance to train eric roberts for a film, and interestingly he was eventually offered the role as his opponent in the ring. Champion by joe eckardt joe eckardt, danny trejo, val. The most badass moments from danny trejos actual life. Danny trejo and stephen lang are in negotiations to join gina carano in the action thriller in the. Films releases documentary film champion the danny. He was so good at the job that it caught the admiration of the movie.