He successfully overcame his drug addictions, recalling in 2011 that he had been sober for the previous 42 years. While in solitary, Trejo found faith and became a member of a 12-step program, having first attended one "by accident" aged 15. From that fracas, Trejo ended up in solitary confinement, facing capital charges and, potentially, the death penalty, after hitting a guard with a rock. In 1968, a prison riot broke out during Cinco De Mayo at Soledad. Regarding himself, Trejo has suggested his physical appearance contributed to his constantly getting into trouble. Simultaneously while imprisoned, Trejo focused on boxing and became a champion in San Quentin's lightweight and welterweight divisions. He was a debt collector and drug dealer, often participating in or witnessing acts of serious violence, including murder.
Trejo arrived at San Quentin State Prison in 1966, and his heroin use was exacerbated shortly thereafter. While doing a stint in Los Angeles County jail in 1961, he met Charles Manson, whom he described as a "dirty, greasy, scrawny, white boy" who was allegedly a talented hypnotist. The accounts of his prison chronology, though, are notably conflicting by one account, his final term in custody is said to have ended in 1972, but in reality, Trejo did time in various juvenile offenders' camps, including three years at Camp Glenn Rockey, San Dimas, for maiming a sailor (stabbing him in the face with broken glass), followed by numerous California prisons between 19 "I was in San Quentin, Folsom, Soledad, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra". Throughout the 1960s, Trejo's life consisted predominantly of intermittent jail stints in the California prison system. He was first arrested at the age of 10, but experienced his first incarceration at Eastlake Juvenile Hall in 1956. Life of crime and incarceration Īged seven, Trejo participated in his first drug deal. Years later, he purchased his childhood home and often lived in it. When he was 13, he moved to the diverse neighborhood of Pacoima, Los Angeles, and says he didn't experience racism while growing up. Trejo's uncle Gilbert introduced him to all three and was responsible for Trejo overdosing on his first heroin fix. Trejo was using marijuana, heroin, and cocaine by ages eight, 12, and 18, respectively. His stepmother was Alice Mendias, "his only source of comfort" when he lived with his father. By 1949, Trejo shared a room with his cousins at their grandmother's house. After a year, they returned to Los Angeles and Trejo's father turned himself in. Shortly after his birth, Trejo and his family briefly lived in San Antonio, Texas they fled Los Angeles because Dionisio was wanted by police for stabbing another man. He had a maternal half-sister, Dyhan, but saw neither her nor Delores from 1949 until 1965 his father banned his mother from seeing him after Trejo sprained his arm in her care. His parents met at a dance hall in Highland Park, Los Angeles in 1943. Trejo was the result of an extramarital affair Delores's husband was away fighting in World War II. He is the son of Delores Rivera King and Dionisio "Dan" Trejo (1922–1981), a construction worker. Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, to Mexican-American parents. He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Con Air, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, Reindeer Games, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Grindhouse. Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed in the American indie film Runaway Train, where he played the role of a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars.
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With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the Spy Kids series and was later expanded into its own franchise of the same name. He has appeared in films including Desperado, Heat, and the From Dusk Till Dawn film series. Danny Trejo ( / ˈ t r eɪ h oʊ/ Spanish: born May 16, 1944) is an American actor.
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