Raoul Trujillo

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Raoul Trujillo
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Trujillo in Los Angeles California on July 3, 2019
Born
Raoul Max Trujillo

(1955-05-08) May 8, 1955 (age 69)
Occupation(s)Actor, dancer, choreographer, theatre director
Years active1977–present

Raoul Max Trujillo (born May 8, 1955 [1] ) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer and theater director. [2] A former soloist with the Nikolais Dance Theatre, [3] he is the original choreographer and co-director for the American Indian Dance Theatre. [4] [5] His career spans more than 45 years in film, television and theatre. He has also hosted a series of dancing programs, and is a Critics' Choice Award nominee.

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Trujillo is best known for playing Zero Wolf, a ruthless Mayan slave catcher and the main antagonist of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (2006), and for playing the Iroquois chief Kiotsaeton in the film Black Robe. He has appeared in numerous high-profile and acclaimed films, including The New World, Cowboys and Aliens , Riddick , Blood Father , Sicario , and its sequel Sicario: Day of the Soldado . He also starred in dozens of television programs in both supporting and starring roles, including True Blood , Lost Girl , Da Vinci's Demons, Salem, The Blacklist, and Jamestown. [6] He most recently starred on Mayans M.C. as Che "Taza" Romero. [7] [8]

Personal life

He was born in New Mexico, and is Hispanic and Native American.

Career

He started work in the theatre as a scenic painter and landed his first job in 1977 as an actor/dancer in a production of Equus. He began dancing in Los Angeles in 1978 at the University of Southern California and saw his first modern dance and ballet productions; Pilobolus, Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev. The next two years, he trained extensively with the Toronto Dance Theatre and Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab in New York City on scholarships. He was asked to join Nikolais Dance Theatre under the direction of the master Alwin Nikolais, who became his mentor and he began touring the world. He also learned scenic, costume and lighting design during this time from 1980 to 1987. After leaving the company, he began his solo work as dancer and choreographer and commenced his journey into shamanic ceremonials and incorporating native myths and legends in his work.

After the first decade of performing as a dancer, Trujilo became the choreographer and co-director for the American Indian Dance Theatre, the first professional native dance company incorporating traditional dance with contemporary retelling of myths and legends. He choreographed, "The Shaman's Journey", for the Asia Society in New York and later was adapted into a short film for PBS on Alive from Off Center. He went on to join creative partners Alejandro Roncerria and René Highway in Toronto. This work resulted in creating successful theatre pieces for Native Earth Performing Arts. His work with Roncerria continued and he helped establish the Aboriginal Dance Project at the Banff Centre to further train Indigenous dancers from all over the world. In 2002, he received the CANCOM Ross Charles award in Canada to attend the Banff Center's screenwriters workshop for aboriginal storytellers.

Trujilo began his screen acting career in 1988 in Canada, and currently holds over 107 film and television credits. He choreographed the dances, ceremonies and rituals for Terrence Malick's The New World, as well as acting in the role of Tomocomo.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1990 Divided Loyalties Cornplanter Mario Azzopardi
1991 Scanners II: The New Order Peter Drak Christian Duguay
1991 The Adjuster Matthew Keller Atom Egoyan
1991 Black Robe Kiotsaeton Bruce Beresford
1991 Clearcut Eugene Ryszard Bugajski
1991White LightHatchet Al Waxman
1992 Montréal Stories Passionate Man Denys Arcand Segment: "Vue d'ailleurs"
1992L'automne sauvageRegis Santerre Gabriel Pelletier
1992 The Swordsman Jojo Michael Kennedy
1992 Shadow of the Wolf Big ToothJacques Dorfmann
1993 Paris, France Minter Jerry Ciccoritti
1994REW FFWDPeter Denis Villeneuve Short film
1994 Highlander: The Final Dimension Senghi Kul Khan Andy Morahan
1997Song of HiawathaPau-Puk-KeewisJeffrey Shore
1998Waking Up HortonHorton Harry Bromley Davenport
1998 August 32nd on Earth Thom Denis Villeneuve Uncredited
2004 The Blue Butterfly Alejo Léa Pool
2005Blood TrailBloody Hands Barry Tubb
2005 The New World Tomocomo Terrence Malick
2006 Apocalypto Zero Wolf Mel Gibson
2007The Lives of AngelsCastroStephen Jules Rubin Short film
2008Ancestor EyesCharlie Kalani Queypo
2008SpinnersAlfonsoJoseph von Stern
2009 Doc West Medicine Man Terence Hill
Giulio Base
2010 Love Ranch Hernan Prado Taylor Hackford
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Black Knife Jon Favreau
2013Blaze You OutBrujoDiego Joaquin Lopez
Mateo Frazier
2013 Riddick Lockspur David Twohy
2014 Persecuted Mr. GrayDaniel Lusko
2015 Sicario Rafael Denis Villeneuve
2016 Blood Father The Cleaner Jean-François Richet
2017 Hochelaga, Land of Souls Le Prophète François Girard
2018 Octavio Is Dead! Octavio Tyler Sook-Yin Lee
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Rafael Stefano Sollima
2018 22 Chaser WayneRafal Sokolowski
2019 Cold Pursuit Thorpe Hans Petter Moland
2021 America: The Motion Picture Geronimo Matt Thompson
2023 Blue Beetle Ignacio Carapax / OMAC Angel Manuel Soto

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Counterstrike RojoEpisode: "Dead in the Air"
1990 The Hitchhiker JamesEpisode: "Tough Guys Don't Whine"
1990 Street Legal Raoul HidalgoEpisode: "Double Agenda"
1990 E.N.G. Lucas GreenEpisode: "A Long Way from Hopeful"
1992 The Broken Cord Emil Bearheart Television film
1993 Gross Misconduct Andy Greenberg
1993 Medicine River Floyd
1993–95 Destiny Ridge Sam WhitehorseMain role; Seasons 1-2
1994 Trial at Fortitude Bay Simon Amituq Television film
1995 Black Fox Running Dog Miniseries
1995 The Invaders Carlos Suarez
1996 JAG ArturoEpisode: "Sightings"
1996 Lonesome Dove: The Series Gabe LaRocheEpisode: "Bounty"
1996 Renegade Ricardo PenaEpisode: "Hog Calls"
1996 The Sentinel Spirit GuideEpisode: "Flight"
1997Sisters and Other StrangersJimmy Coyote Television film
1997 Silk Stalkings ErnestoEpisode: "Silent Witness"
1997 House of Frankenstein Woody Miniseries
1998 Witness to Yesterday Tecumseh Episode: "Tecumseh"
1998 The Adventures of Sinbad KorlaEpisode: "The Guardians"
1999 La Femme Nikita Chris FerrieraEpisode: "Looking for Michael"
1999War of 1812 Tecumseh Miniseries
2000 The Avengers: United They Stand Namor (voice)Episode: "To Rule Atlantis"
2000 Canada: A People's History Iroquois WarriorEpisode: "When the World Began"
2000 The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne The InquisitorEpisode: "The Inquisitor"
2001 Largo Winch Jacob SantosEpisode: "Just Cause"
2001 MythQuest Tezcatlipoca Episode: "Quetzalcoatl"
2003 Adventure Inc. Agent HaramiEpisode: "Secret of the Sands"
2003BetrayedBill Lebret Television film
2003 Veritas: The Quest RamiroEpisode: "Mummy Virus"
2003Freedom: A History of Us Matthew Lyon (voice)Episode: "Revolution"
2004 Frankenfish Ricardo Alma Television film
2005 Into the West Red Cloud Miniseries
2007 Tin Man Raw Miniseries
2008 True Blood LongshadowRecurring role; 4 episodes
2009 The Unit Father SebastianEpisode: "The Spear of Destiny"
2009 In Plain Sight Felix CalderonEpisode: "Jailbait"
2010 Triassic Attack Dakota Television film
2011 Moby Dick Queequeg Miniseries
2011 Neverland Holy Man
2011–12 Heartland RenardGuest role; 2 episodes
2011–12 Lost Girl The GarudaGuest role; 3 episodes
2013 Longmire Grady LittlefootEpisode: "Tuscan Red"
2013 Strike Back Miguel GomezGuest role; 2 episodes
2013 Republic of Doyle Eli KaneEpisode: "Bon Cop, Bueno Cop"
2014 Da Vinci's Demons Topa Inca Yupanqui Supporting role; Season 2
2014 Manhattan JavierEpisode: "Spooky Action At a Distance"
2014 The Wrong Mans Carlos EspinozaSupporting role; Series 2
2015 Major Crimes Javier MendozaEpisode: "Internal Affairs"
2015 Banshee Sani CrowEpisode: "All the Wisdom I Got Left"
2015 Saints & Strangers Massasoit Miniseries
Nominated- Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
2015 Salem The ShamanRecurring role; 4 episodes
2016 The Blacklist MatoRecurring role; 3 episodes
2016 MacGyver Joaquin "El Noche" SancolaEpisode: "Can Opener"
2016 Frontier MachkGuest role; 3 episodes
2017 Get Shorty JosiasGuest role; 2 episodes
2017–19 Jamestown Opchanacanough Main role
2018–2022 Mayans M.C. Che "Taza" RomeroMain role; 40 episodes
2019 Hawaii Five-0 Alejandro VegaEpisode: "Ho'opio 'ia e ka noho ali'i a ka ua"

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