HOOKED on alcohol and drugs and awaiting a death sentence seems a lifetime away from the man who would become one of Hollywood’s most beloved anti-heroes.
Danny Trejo, now 77, has over 400 acting credits to his name – including From Dusk Till Dawn, Con Air, the Spy Kids franchise – and has died more than 65 times in films.
He’s reportedly worth £5.8million ($8m) today but back in 1968, things were not looking good for the future star, who was imprisoned in Soledad State Prison, California.
During a “one-thousand person riot”, Danny launched a rock at inmates but it missed and instead struck one of the guards on the head.
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