{"id":295849,"date":"2021-07-10T17:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-danny-trejos-criminal-past-helped-him-succeed-as-an-actor\/"},"modified":"2021-07-10T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:51:59","slug":"how-danny-trejos-criminal-past-helped-him-succeed-as-an-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-danny-trejos-criminal-past-helped-him-succeed-as-an-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Danny Trejo\u2019s criminal past helped him succeed as an actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41514c311fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41514c311fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-danny-trejos-criminal-past-helped-him-succeed-as-an-actor\/#The_Many_Deaths_of_Danny_Trejo\" >The Many Deaths of Danny Trejo\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Danny Trejo\u2019s criminal past helped him succeed as an actor<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 1993, actor Danny Trejo was walking through San Quentin State Prison, where he was filming scenes for the movie, \u201cBlood In, Blood Out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cast and crew stopped at cells C545 to C550, which were blocked off for the filming, and suddenly Trejo felt an eerie sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were climbing the stairs to the set and with every step, my heart pounded harder,\u201d Trejo writes in his new memoir, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Trejo-Life-Crime-Redemption-Hollywood-ebook\/dp\/B08QJRPJWR?tag=nypost-20\">Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood<\/a>\u201d (Atria Books), out now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we reached the flight between the fourth and fifth tier, I stopped. I was standing on the same steps where [fellow prisoner] Tyrone stabbed the man who tried to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C550 was his former cell, his home from 1966-1968 for selling heroin to an undercover cop.<\/p>\n<p>After rehearsing the scene, Trejo entered C550 with a fellow ex-prisoner on set and said a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got down on our knees and thanked God for our freedom from drugs and alcohol, our freedom from prisons, and we thanked him for our kids and our lives,\u201d writes Trejo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Ex-con Trejo brings authenticity to badass roles in films like 2007's &quot;Grindhouse.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-18773013 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-grindhouse.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-grindhouse.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-grindhouse.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-grindhouse.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-grindhouse.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ex-con Trejo brings authenticity to badass roles in films like 2007\u2019s \u201cGrindhouse.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Weinstein Company LLC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d come full circle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trejo, with over 300 film and TV roles to his credit, is best known to audiences for his roles in \u201cSpy Kids,\u201d \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d and \u201cMachete,\u201d which made him the first Chicano action star.<\/p>\n<p>But Trejo, 77, had an unlikely path to stardom. A heroin user by age 12 and dealer by 13, Trejo spent the better part of 1956-1969 in prisons like San Quentin and Folsom for a variety of crimes including drug dealing and armed robbery. From his prison tattoos to his world-weary look, he seems more like a bouncer you\u2019d never want to mess with than a kid-friendly action star.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Danny Trejo was paid $320 a day to train actor Eric Roberts to box for the film &quot;Runaway Train&quot; in 1985.\" class=\"wp-image-18773053 lazyload\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/eric-roberts-runaway-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/eric-roberts-runaway-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/eric-roberts-runaway-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/eric-roberts-runaway-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=233 233w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/eric-roberts-runaway-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=466 466w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 233px\"\/><figcaption>Danny Trejo was paid $320 a day to train actor Eric Roberts to box for the film \u201cRunaway Train\u201d in 1985.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MGM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>After finding God and sobriety in 1968, Trejo became an advocate for recovery, founding rehab centers and giving his phone number to every addict he met so he could help them break free from the nightmare of addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 1985, he got a plea from an addict that would change his own life.<\/p>\n<p>The call came from a man who said he was working on the set of the movie \u201cRunaway Train,\u201d where cocaine was plentiful, and he was afraid he\u2019d start using again.<\/p>\n<p>Trejo dropped everything and headed to the set. He never found the man and suspects he relapsed before Trejo arrived.<\/p>\n<p>But once there, an assistant director spotted Trejo\u2019s rough-hewn look and asked if he wanted a role as an extra, playing a convict. Trejo accepted and soon discovered that one of the film\u2019s screenwriters, Eddie Bunker, was a \u201ccareer criminal\u201d who Trejo and his uncle had bought plans for a heist from back in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>Bunker asked if Trejo, who had boxed in prison, was still fighting. Actor Eric Roberts played a boxer in the film and needed to be trained, a job that paid $320 a day.<\/p>\n<p>Trejo went to work and was quickly upgraded to Roberts\u2019 on-screen opponent. With acting, Trejo found a well-paid profession that seemed eerily natural.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"On the set of &quot;Death Wish 4,&quot; star Charles Bronson was impressed by Trejo's intensity.\" class=\"wp-image-18773066 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/charles-bronson-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/charles-bronson-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/charles-bronson-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/charles-bronson-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/charles-bronson-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>On the set of \u201cDeath Wish 4,\u201d star Charles Bronson was impressed by Trejo\u2019s intensity.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Cannon Films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cActing wasn\u2019t new to me,\u201d Trejo writes. \u201cI\u2019d acted to survive my childhood. I\u2019d acted like I wasn\u2019t scared when I was terrified. In Folsom, I acted to keep my sanity. Now that I was doing it for fun, I loved acting. I loved the feeling. Like a new drug, I was hooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, his tough-guy persona would help him in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n<p>On the set of 1987\u2019s \u201cDeath Wish 4,\u201d a veteran character actor named Perry Lopez, \u201ca legend among Latino actors,\u201d Trejo writes, was guiding the actors through a scene.<\/p>\n<p>A younger actor objected to this, and said to Lopez, \u201cWho the f\u2013k made you the director?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerry looked like he\u2019d been punched,\u201d Trejo writes. \u201cI sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed. I said, \u2018I did, motherf\u2013ker. Do what he says or I\u2019ll beat you to death.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just then, Trejo felt someone hovering behind him. The film\u2019s star, Charles Bronson, had heard the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBronson gave me a once over and said, \u2018I heard you\u2019re some kind of drug counselor.\u2019\u2009\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trejo responded that he was and Bronson smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the way you counsel,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the set of the 1993 prison flick \u201cLast Light,\u201d director Kiefer Sutherland cast a friend who wound up being a loose cannon, and was fired and escorted off the set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About a week later, Trejo noticed something was bothering Sutherland. The director confessed that the fired actor was threatening him and his children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was an actor, but I was also seen as a bit of a fixer,\u201d Trejo writes. \u201cIf people had problems that they didn\u2019t think had a legal solution, they hit me up for advice and help. I told Kiefer not to worry about it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Trejo \u2014 here with \u201cSpy Kids\u201d Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega \u2014 is now known for his role in the kids' film.\" class=\"wp-image-18773120 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/daryl-sabara-danny-trejo-alexa-vega.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/daryl-sabara-danny-trejo-alexa-vega.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/daryl-sabara-danny-trejo-alexa-vega.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/daryl-sabara-danny-trejo-alexa-vega.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/daryl-sabara-danny-trejo-alexa-vega.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trejo \u2014 with \u201cSpy Kids\u201d Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega \u2014 is now known for his role in the kids\u2019 film.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trejo and a friend visited the man, who said he was upset because Sutherland had implied the role would earn him a SAG card, giving him entry to the Screen Actors Guild, and that opportunity was now gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to be diplomatic,\u201d Trejo writes. \u201cI said, \u2018Maybe the card didn\u2019t work out on this one. But if you don\u2019t cut it out, someone might put an M-80 up your ass and light it.\u2019\u2009\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next day, the man sent flowers to Sutherland and apologized to his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trejo\u2019s career was filled with poignant moments, too. Filming \u201cMuppets Most Wanted\u201d in London in 2013, he and Ray Liotta played convicts who sang and danced while prison guard Tina Fey gave Kermit the Frog a tour of the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While on set, Trejo learned that his mother had died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight before we started filming, Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer who did Kermit, put the puppet close to my face and said, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry your mommy died, Danny,\u2019 \u201d Trejo writes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Trejo experienced an especially emotional moment on the set of \u201cMuppets Most Wanted\u201d in 2013. \" class=\"wp-image-18773149 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-muppets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-muppets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-muppets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-muppets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-muppets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trejo experienced an especially emotional moment on the set of \u201cMuppets Most Wanted\u201d in 2013. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a rule Steve was abiding to that when you are working with the Muppets you always have to stay in character. Steve was sincere. Kermit was sincere. He scrunched up his little face and that puppet showed so much emotion it cut through all the layers of hurt I was holding on to. I bolted off the set .\u2009.\u2009. and burst into tears. To this day I\u2019m convinced it was my mother who told Kermit to say something.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trejo also became a regular in the films of director Robert Rodriguez. Playing Uncle Machete in Rodriguez\u2019s \u201cSpy Kids\u201d made him recognizable to children around the world, changing his image in a way that thrilled him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOvernight, with \u2018Spy Kids,\u2019 I\u2019d gone from being the bad guy, a Mexican stereotype, to someone kids could look up to,\u201d writes Trejo, who is divorced and has three grown children. \u201cOver the years, I\u2019ve probably heard, \u2018Look, Mommy, it\u2019s the man from \u201cSpy Kids\u201d\u2009\u2019 in forty different languages.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-nypost-small-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"351\" alt=\"Trejo\" class=\"wp-image-18772909 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMachete,\u201d an adult expansion of his \u201cSpy Kids\u201d role, gave him top billing for the first time, marking the pinnacle of a life that saw him vault from childhood heroin dealer to hardened convict and, finally, to Hollywood star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His first day on the set, he stepped out of his trailer and saw co-star Robert De Niro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe smiled that world-famous smile and pointed at me,\u201d Trejo writes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber one on the call sheet!\u201d De Niro said of the list of the film\u2019s cast ordered by priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Robert pointed at me and made a number one with his finger, he was saying I was the captain on this one and giving me his blessing,\u201d Trejo writes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bowed. \u2018Mr. De Niro, sir, can I get you a cup of coffee?\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>De Niro laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s both get one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Many_Deaths_of_Danny_Trejo\"><\/span>The Many Deaths of Danny Trejo\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Danny Trejo has died on-screen 65 times, the most in movie history, according to the site Movie Mortality. (The late horror film star Christopher Lee is second with 60.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been shot, stabbed, blown up and hanged. You name it, it\u2019s been done to me,\u201d Trejo writes. \u201cI know some actors who refuse to have death scenes, especially older actors. For me, it\u2019s fun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are seven of Trejo\u2019s most memorable on-screen deaths:\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cDeath Wish 4\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-18772916 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-death-wish.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Cannon Films\/Paramount Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cDeath Wish 4\u201d (1987)<\/strong> Charles Bronson places a wine bottle on a restaurant table where Trejo sits with two associates, calling it a gift on the house. Moments later, the bottle explodes, killing Trejo instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cHeat\u201d (1995\" class=\"wp-image-18772926 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-heat.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-heat.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-heat.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-heat.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-heat.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cHeat\u201d (1995)<\/strong> Beaten within an inch of his life, Trejo tells Robert De Niro, \u201cDon\u2019t leave me like this.\u201d So De Niro shoots him to death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cFrom Dusk Till Dawn\u201d (1996\" class=\"wp-image-18772927 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-from-dusk-til-dawn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-from-dusk-til-dawn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-from-dusk-til-dawn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-from-dusk-til-dawn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-from-dusk-til-dawn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dimension Films<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cFrom Dusk Till Dawn\u201d (1996)<\/strong> Trejo is slain when a pool cue impales his heart, disintegrating his vampire body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cCon Air\u201d (1997) \" class=\"wp-image-18775086 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/con-air.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/con-air.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/con-air.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/con-air.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/con-air.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">??????????????<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cCon Air\u201d (1997)<\/strong> Trejo, handcuffed to a fixture in an airplane, dies when it crashes. His body is taken away. His arm remains inside the plane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Breaking Bad\u201d (2009)\" class=\"wp-image-18772933 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-breaking-bad.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-breaking-bad.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-breaking-bad.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-breaking-bad.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-breaking-bad.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AMC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cBreaking Bad\u201d (2009)<\/strong> Trejo is decapitated and his head is placed on a turtle with the words \u201cHola DEA\u201d written on it. When a DEA agent later lifts the head, it explodes, killing him as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cPredators\u201d (2010)\" class=\"wp-image-18772935 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-predators.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-predators.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-predators.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-predators.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-predators.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cPredators\u201d (2010)<\/strong> Trejo is murdered by \u201cHell-Hounds\u201d at the Predators\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> Preserve Planet, then propped up in a trap that kills anyone who tries to help him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\u201cZombie Hunter\u201d (2013)\" class=\"wp-image-18772938 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-zombie-hunter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-zombie-hunter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-zombie-hunter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-zombie-hunter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/trejo-zombie-hunter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Arrowstorm Entertainment\/Highland Film Group<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cZombie Hunter\u201d (2013)<\/strong>\u00a0Playing Father Jesus, who uses an ax to lop off the heads of the undead, Trejo is decapitated himself by a giant zombie.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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