Death Row all ancient history now for Danny

STAR LEFT CRIME PAST BEHIND HIM

- FRAN BOWDEN

FAMOUSLY playing tough guys in about 400 films and TV shows, Danny Trejo is also passionate about history.

The ex-con-turned actor, who once faced the death penalty for striking a prison officer with a rock during a riot in a tough California jail, says: "I love history. It was the only subject I ever got a good grade in at school.

"History helps you understand more about the past, the present and also the future." Danny, 81, is best known for playing characters like knife-wielding Navajas in Desperado, and cartel crook Tortuga in Breaking Bad.