Danny Trejo
If the first time you saw Danny Trejo in a movie you thought, “That guy looks looks legit,” you’d be right. After surviving his childhood by the skin of his teeth, a life of addiction and incarceration lay ahead of him. He turned over a new leaf after being released from custody for the last time in 1969.
Becoming a substance counselor in 1973, Trejo was invited to help treat Eric Roberts’ coke habit on the set of Runaway Train. He had such a good look that soon he was appearing in movies, and the rest was history.