John Trudell
Acting
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 Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
Born: February 15, 1946
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Indian #2
as Self
as self
as Self
as Black Hawk (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self / Narrator (voice)
as Coyote
as Self - Santee Sioux
as Randy Peone
as Tony
as Self
as Johnny Redfeather
as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
as Jimmy Looks Twice
as Louie Short Hair