Texas Monthly, “How Danny Trejo Built a Decades-Long Film Career After Prison” (2020) — biographical profile: Pacoima upbringing, uncle Gilbert, 1962 arrest, prison through late 1960s, Soledad 1968 rock incident and solitary, parole August 1969, sobriety 50+ years, drug counseling since 1973, Runaway Train connection, Rodriguez collaboration, Machete (2010) $44M gross, business ventures, community work with Mario Castillo. URL: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/how-danny-trejo-built-decades-long-film-career-after-prison/
NBC News, “Actor Danny Trejo explores ‘redemption’ in new memoir” (2021) — memoir details: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood (co-written Donal Logue); solitary confinement prayer/commitment; son homeless during Obama meeting 2013; pandemic food donations East LA; Donal Logue description “tremendous spiritual equanimity”; Patricia Rae “humble, very into causes.” URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/actor-danny-trejo-explores-redemption-new-memoir-rcna1360
Far Out Magazine, “From jail inmate to Hollywood icon: The remarkable life story of Danny Trejo” — biographical detail: uncle introduced marijuana at age 8, heroin and cocaine, overdosed as child, expelled from schools, arrested at 10, juvenile facilities, San Quentin, boxing championship, faith in solitary, 12-step program, high-school diploma in prison. URL: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/danny-trejo-life-story/
Wikipedia, “Danny Trejo” — birth May 16, 1944, Maywood California; Runaway Train 1985; Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids, Heat, Con Air, Breaking Bad, Book of Boba Fett; Machete films 2010/2013; four marriages, three children; liver cancer 2010; Trejo’s Tacos 2015; memoir 2021. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo
Britannica, “Danny Trejo” — birth confirmed May 16, 1944, Maywood California; 400+ roles; Machete films (2010, 2013). URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Danny-Trejo