Raoul Trujillo
Raoul Trujillo ( born May 8, 1955 in New Mexico) is an American actor, dancer and choreographer of Indian descent.
Career
Trujillo belongs to the tribe of Apaches. In 1977, he was first seen in the theater in the play Equus by Peter Shaffer. As a dancer he appeared between 1980 and 1986 as a soloist and teacher in the Nikolais Dance Theatre ( Nikolais / Louis Dance Lab) in New York City and toured on five continents. He worked as a choreographer and co-director in the first two years of existence in the American Indian Dance Theatre, which was founded in 1987.
In 1988, Trujillo began his film career. He was the host of the miniseries Dancing ( 1993), which was twice nominated for an Emmy. It was followed by the action fantasy film Highlander III - The Legend (1994 ) with Christopher Lambert. Supporting roles as an Indian he had in the film drama Black Robe - By the river of the Iroquois ( 1991) by Bruce Beresford, which deals with the missionary work among the Indians of North America, and in the dramatic adventure film The Blue Butterfly (2004) by director Léa Pool with William Hurt in the main role is looking for a rare butterfly in the tropical rain forest for a sick boy. In the dramatic television series Nikita with Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis Trujillo in 1999 played in the first episode of the third season in a guest role the agent Chris Ferreira. He had a supporting role in the film The New World (2005), who was once nominated for an Oscar, and in which Colin Farrell and Christopher Plummer participated and directed by Terrence Malick. Lately Trujillo was in Mel Gibson's action drama Apocalypto (2006) to see where he embodied the Maya Hunter Zero Wolf.