It's one of hollywood's least well kept secrets, but that raging lunatic up there - the one that has attached a gattling gun to a motorbike - that's notorious killer and all round master ass-kicker Machete. Played with incredibly glee by Danny Trejo, Machete is the perfect blend of silly and serious, building a fun action packed world for Machete to show off the remarkable number of ways to kill a man. Of course, the real meat of this course is Machete's family life. Antonio Banderas' Gregorio Cortez is Machete's brother and he just happens to be a spy along with his wife. In 2001's Spy Kids, Banderas' kids also become spies, seeking out their uncle Machete to set them up with the finest spy gadgets and advice this side of 007's Q. While Trejo played the family's lovable uncle four times over the last decade or so, he also found time to branch out. Trejo also reprised the same role for 2007's pulp zombie film Planet Terror, directed by Robert Rodriguez who just so happened to direct... you guessed it, Spy Kids! Even sticking with the franchise through the three terrible sequels in between making good films, like the upcoming Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
