Dan "Danny" Trejo born May 16, 1944) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, often as hypermasculine characters, villains and anti-heroes. Some of his notable films include Heat, Con Air, Machete, and Desperado, the latter two with frequent collaborator Robert Rodriguez.Dan Trejo was born in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[1][2] He is the son of Alice Rivera and Dan Trejo, a construction worker.[3][4] He is of Mexican descent.[5] He is a second cousin of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, though the two were unaware that they were related until the filming of Desperado