together from 1978 to 1983. His latter two children are from a relationship with Maeve Crommie. They were together from 1986 to 1997, and he has also helped her raise her two sons from a subsequent relationship. In 1997, he married Debbie Shreve; they separated in 2005 and he filed for divorce in 2009. Trejo is a Democrat. His second cousin is filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, though the two were unaware they were related until the filming of Desperado. Trejo battled liver cancer in 2010. In 2011, he moved to the San Fernando Valley to be closer to his mother after she sustained a knee injury; she died in 2013. Prior to this, he lived in Venice, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In August 2019, he witnessed a car colliding with an SUV at an intersection and helped extract a five-year-old trapped in a child safety seat inside the overturned SUV. In relation to the incident, he was quoted saying: "Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of helping someone else. Everything." Trejo is characterized in his acting roles, by his distinctive appearance. In addition to his heavily lined face, scarred from cystic acne and boxing brawls, and the long hair, often in a ponytail and mustache that he usually sports. He also displays, for many roles a large tattoo on his chest (depicting a woman – a Charra wearing a sombrero). Trejo is a passionate fan of the Los Angeles Rams dating back well into their original tenure in Los Angeles. Trejo claims that as a child he used to sneak through the security fences at the LA Coliseum to watch Rams games. He frequently attends games and the team’s training camps. During the filming of Blood In, Blood Out at San Quentin, Trejo met Mario Castillo, a prisoner in the midst of drug addiction. Trejo helped him overcome his addiction, and they became good friends upon Castillo's release from prison. They have since spoken together at both juvenile detention centers and recovery centers across California. See also History of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles References Further reading Trejo, Danny. (2020) Trejo's Tacos: Recipes and Stories from L.A.. United States: Crown Publishing Group. . Trejo, Danny and Logue, Donal. (2021) Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood. United Kingdom: John Blake Publishing. . External links 1944 births Living people American construction businesspeople