Honorary Texan Danny Trejo and More Texas Film Hall of Fame News

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Actor Danny Trejo has made so many movies at Troublemaker Studios that he already feels like an honorary Texan. Austin Film Society plans to make this title legit, though. Trejo will receive the Patrón Honorary Texan Award at the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards ceremony on Thursday, March 8, along with other previously announced honorees.

It should be entirely unsurprising that Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will present the award to Trejo that evening. Trejo has played Machete in Rodriguez's films starting with Spy Kids in 1999 through the then-fake Machete trailer in Grindhouse in 2006 and of course in the actual Machete movie in 2010. The photo above is from the Austin premiere of Machete, which AFS hosted at the Paramount in September 2010. Rodriguez recently announced a second Machete movie, Machete Kills, and while I honestly feel a sequel is unnecessary, I do enjoy watching Trejo in action as the character.

Here's another photo from the Machete premiere, this time of Rodriguez and Trejo together with actor Daryl Sabara.

MACHETE Peek

In addition to Trejo's award, more celebrity presenters have been announced for the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards. I noted earlier that Barry Corbin would be inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame -- actor G.W. Bailey will present him with the award. Here's a photo of Corbin and Bailey from the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival's opening-night red carpet.

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In addition, actor Brett Cullen -- originally from Houston -- will present an award to Meat Loaf, and actress Caroline Rhea will present an award to filmmaker Douglas McGrath. Tickets are still available for the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, which not only includes an awards ceremony but also performances by Grupo Fantasma, Nakia, and Suzanna Choffel. The gala event takes place at the ACL Live Theater at the Moody Center this year.

[Photo credits: "Danny Trejo's Machete jacket" by Paul Gandersman for Slackerwood, "Machete Peek" by Charles Ramirez-Berg, via Flickr, used by permission of Austin Film Society. "Barry Corbin Dallas IFF G.W. Bailey" by Dallas Film Society, via Flickr, used under Creative Commons license (thanks, y'all!).]