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. [23] In 1997, he married Debbie Shreve; they separated in 2005 and he filed for divorce in 2009. [104] [105] Avila, Pamela. (2021) "Danny Trejo on his new memoir, toxic masculinity and how his daughter 'helped me change my life'", USA Today, July 13. Retrieved August 6, 2021. The guy started choking. Then the little one said the magic words: “Just wait till after school, beaner.” We started early the day before and went all night. That next morning, I was settling in when the Captain’s voice came over the loudspeaker. He announced we were having an outside activity that day: a local junior college baseball team would be playing a team of inmates in an exhibition game.

Oh Yeah, THAT Guy Files for Divorce". TMZ. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015 . Retrieved October 3, 2015. Snapshot - IMDb' ". IMDb. n.d. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023 . Retrieved November 2, 2023. On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He’s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend. There was a bit too much god-talk for me but it's his book and at least he used his faith to become a better person, not a judgmental, hypocritical asshole. Loc, Tim (January 30, 2017). "Danny Trejo Is Setting Up Shop At The Former Donut Time Space In Hollywood". LAist. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017 . Retrieved May 5, 2017.Danny Trejo: The actor who went from prisoner to film star". BBC News. July 9, 2020. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020 . Retrieved July 11, 2020. Diana Lynn Hyde | Obituaries | havasunews.com". August 26, 2021. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021 . Retrieved August 26, 2021. Champion (2005) – IMDb, archived from the original on November 29, 2020 , retrieved November 24, 2020 My mother is the same way. We grew up in a house where it was my family, so my parents and my brother, and my aunt, who is Venezuelan, and her eight kids. So there was always an entire village living together. When I was a boy when I was 4 or 5, my parents didn't know if I was going to look more... Actually, this works out, racially, if I was going to look more like Donal or more like Danny. Because I'm mixed race. So my mom showed me two movies. She showed me A Bronx Tale, which is extra because my dad was a bus driver, MTA for 20 years, and she showed me Blood In Blood Out. In 2014, Trejo produced his first film, titled Ambition, and produced his second film, the action film Bad Asses.

At 76,” Trejo says, “this memoir was an opportunity for me to be fearlessly honest for the first time about the terrifying brutality of my experiences in the hardest prisons in the world, the family secrets that tore lives apart, my personal bottom while I was in the hole in Soledad facing a possible death penalty charge, the role God played in turning my life around, my acting career that started at the age of 40 by simply showing up to a set to help another addict in need and how all of it shaped the person I am.”Print Messages – PDF in Box | PDF | Child Support | Text Messaging". Scribd. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021 . Retrieved August 13, 2021.