Rudy Youngblood
Biography
Rudy Youngblood is an American actor from Belton, Texas, who boxed and ran track at Belton High School and spent much of his free time as a movie fan. He was taking construction jobs by the age of ten, learned carpentry and bricklaying, and chose Native dance over college scholarships, later performing with the American Indian Dance Theatre. A general casting call led Mel Gibson to cast him as Jaguar Paw in the epic Apocalypto (2006), a film whose dialogue was entirely in Yucatec Maya, a language he learned for the role; he also performed his own stunts. The part won him Best Actor at the 15th First Americans in the Arts awards.
44years old
Turns 45 on September 21in 314 days
- Born Belton
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 17 years2006 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023The Haunting of Hell Hole MineIMDb rating 3.3
- 2019Hell on the BorderIMDb rating 4.6
- 2018AttritionIMDb rating 3.8
- 2006ApocalyptoIMDb rating 7.9
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Behind the award
Mel Gibson picked Youngblood at a general casting call to play Jaguar Paw, the lead in Apocalypto (2006), and Youngblood handled his own stunts. His work in that film earned him Best Actor at the 15th First Americans in the Arts awards.
A change of course
After graduating high school, Youngblood turned down scholarships in art and track and field to pursue Native dance, performing with the American Indian Dance Theatre.
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Worked with
Rudy Youngblood made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ron Perlman's page
Tom Sizemore's page
Frank Grillo's page
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister's page
Steven Seagal's page
Sally Kirkland's page
All films by Mel Gibson
Wes MillerDirector, 1 film, 2019
All films by Wes Miller
Mathieu WeschlerDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Mathieu Weschler
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