Raoul Trujillo
Biography
Raoul Trujillo is an American actor who works as a dancer, choreographer and theater director. He started in the theater as a scenic painter and in 1977 took his first acting and dancing job in a production of Equus. Born in Santa Fe in 1955, he trained with Toronto Dance Theatre and the Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab, then joined the Nikolais Dance Theatre as a soloist under Alwin Nikolais. He later became choreographer and co-director of the American Indian Dance Theatre and helped establish the Aboriginal Dance Project for Indigenous dancers. On screen he is known for playing Zero Wolf in Apocalypto (2006) and Kiotsaeton in Black Robe (1991), and he appeared in The New World (2005), Cowboys and Aliens (2011), Riddick (2013), Blood Father (2016), Sicario (2015), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). His television work includes True Blood, Lost Girl, Da Vinci's Demons, Salem, The Blacklist, Jamestown, and Mayans M.C. He is a Critics' Choice Award nominee.
71years old
Turns 72 on May 8in 179 days
- Born Santa Fe
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Raoul Maximiano Trujillo de Chauvelon (birth name)Also credited as Jose Raoul Trujillo
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 34 years1991 to 2025
Genres
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First role
Trujillo landed his first acting job in 1977, playing an actor and dancer in a production of Equus after starting out in the theater as a scenic painter.
Early training
Trujillo trained on scholarships for two years with the Toronto Dance Theatre and the Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab in New York City, then was invited to join the Nikolais Dance Theatre under Alwin Nikolais, who became his mentor.
Behind the camera
For Terrence Malick's The New World, Trujillo choreographed the dances, ceremonies and rituals and also acted in the role of Tomocomo.
Behind the award
Trujillo helped set up the Aboriginal Dance Project at the Banff Centre, which trains Indigenous dancers from around the world. In 2002 he won the CANCOM Ross Charles award in Canada, letting him go to a Banff Center workshop for aboriginal storytellers.
Raoul Trujillo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Denis Villeneuve directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Denis Villeneuve
Also two films together2 more actors
- Tait FletcherKill Me Again (2025) and Blood Father (2016)
- David FrancisHighlander: The Final Dimension (1994) and Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Raoul Trujillo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$769 million
11 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$175M22.7% of the total
- 2$131M17.0% of the total
- 3$121M15.7% of the total
- 4$98M12.8% of the total
- 5$85M11.0% of the total
- 6$76M9.9% of the total
- 7$37M4.8% of the total
- 8$31M4.0% of the total
$16.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
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