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Action Movie Star Danny Trejo has an estimated net worth of $16 million. Trejo was in and out of prison as a juvenile, spending five years in San Quentin Prison where he became a welterweight, and lightweight prison boxing champion.

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He got his life together and got his first start in movies in Project A, it was a voice over job. He got roles as a "tough guy" or "enforcer" type character. He gained a lot of attention for his knife thrower role in Desperado, which was directed by his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, and has been in every other Rodriguez movie since, including a small role in "Spy Kids."

Today most fans know him as "Machete" the character he played in the movie with the same name, he recently played a CIA agent in the FX network show "Sons of Anarchy," and he is currently working on "Machete Kills," the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2011

Asset

Value of his pad in San Fernando Valley

$550,000

1984

Salary

Daily salary from Runaway Train

$320,000