John Trudell
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes...
Known For
Filmography
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
2024
as Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
as Self
Taking Alcatraz
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Blood
2012
as Indian #2
Reel Injun
2010
as Self
No More Smoke Signals
2009
as self
The 11th Hour
2007
as Self
A Thousand Roads
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Trudell
2005
as Self / Narrator (voice)
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
2005
as Black Hawk (voice)
Dreamkeeper
2003
as Coyote
Dreamkeeper
2003
as Coyote
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
as Self - Santee Sioux
Smoke Signals
1998
as Randy Peone
Extreme Measures
1996
as Tony
The West
1996
as Self
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Johnny Redfeather
Incident at Oglala
1992
as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Thunderheart
1992
as Jimmy Looks Twice
Powwow Highway
1989
as Louie Short Hair