Hollywood Legend Danny Trejo

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Danny Trejo is a legend with over 380 acting credits to his name. He is the “most-killed” actor in Hollywood history with roles in Blood In Blood Out, From Dusk Til Dawn, Desperado, Heat, Con Air, Machete, Spy Kids, Breaking Bad, and Sons of Anarchy.

He is one of the world’s most recognizable and adored character actors but before he wandered onto the set of Runaway Train attempting to help a young drug addict and was asked to step in as an extra on the film, Danny Trejo was a convicted felon who served time in some of the country’s most infamous prisons to include San Quentin, Folsom, and Soledad.

In his brand-new book, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood, which releases this week, Danny tells his personal story of drug addiction, violence, incarceration, sobriety, spirituality and eventual success at the pinnacle of the film industry. It is an honest and emotional memoir with lessons of hope and the transformative power of forgiveness for us all.

On this episode of Danger Close, Jack and Danny discuss his journey from inmate to number one on the call sheet, his encounter with Charles Manson in prison, working with Charles Bronson and Robert DeNiro, being recognized as Machete by President Obama, his battle with cancer, his recovery from a subdural hemorrhage in his brain, Danny Trejo Day in LA, Trejos Tacos, and a lot more.

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast.
0:09.0	Beyond the Books With Me, Jack Carr.
0:16.2	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Ironclad original presented by Six Hour.
0:20.6	My guest today is Danny Treo.
0:23.6	Now you might know him from films like From Dusty Tell-Don, Desperado, Heat, Meshette
0:29.0	Day, Film, Franchise, Your Kids, or Grand Kids.
0:32.6	Might know him from Spy Kids, but his new book was out on Tuesday, July 6th.
0:39.2	And it's called Treo, My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood.
0:44.5	And I was just blown away by this book at a great time talking to him.
0:48.4	We only had 30 minutes because he's on a press junket for this and probably a bunch
0:53.0	of other things because he is in something like 300 plus films and television shows and
0:58.7	has been killed more than any actor in the history of Hollywood on screen, of course.
1:05.7	So he talks about his time in prison growing up.
1:10.3	Most of his youth was spent in penitentiaries, redemption, fighting addiction, and then
1:17.1	his experience in Hollywood.
1:18.9	But he is very candid, very open, very honest in this book.
1:23.0	It's an emotional read with a lot of incredible life lessons that he's sharing with all of
1:28.9	us.
1:29.9	So Danny, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.
1:32.3	Hopefully I'll see you in person one of these days soon.
1:35.2	And to everybody else out there watching, pick this up and read it.
1:39.3	And also watch Inmate Number One.
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