Danny Trejo is an American actor. A native of Los Angeles, Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he landed a role in
Runaway Train (1985). The first film in which he was given a proper credited role was as Art Sanella in
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987). He went on to star in a multitude of other films, many of which were small parts as inmates, gangsters, or other criminals, appearing in
Desperado,
Heat,
From Dusk till Dawn (1996),
Con Air (1997),
The Replacement Killers (1998),
Reindeer Games (2000), and
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), among others.