Rudy Youngblood
Encyclopedia
Rudy Youngblood is a Native American
actor, musician
, dancer and artist
. He was born in Belton, Texas
.
, California after touring across the United States with the Native American Dance Theater.
Youngblood was selected by Mel Gibson
to play the leading role of Jaguar Paw in the epic film
Apocalypto
. He learned the Yucatec Maya language in order to appear in the film, in which all of the dialogue was Mayan.
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
actor, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, dancer and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. He was born in Belton, Texas
Belton, Texas
Belton is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,623 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bell County.Belton is part of the Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan area.-Geography:...
.
Acting career
In 2005, Youngblood moved to Los AngelesLos Ángeles
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, California after touring across the United States with the Native American Dance Theater.
Youngblood was selected by Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
to play the leading role of Jaguar Paw in the epic film
Epic film
An epic is a genre of film that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale. Epics are more ambitious in scope than other film genres, and their ambitious nature helps to differentiate them from similar genres such as the period piece or adventure film...
Apocalypto
Apocalypto
Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic action-adventure film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Yucatan, Mexico, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and...
. He learned the Yucatec Maya language in order to appear in the film, in which all of the dialogue was Mayan.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Apocalypto Apocalypto Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic action-adventure film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Yucatan, Mexico, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and... |
Jaguar Paw | FAITA |
| 2010 | Beatdown | Brandon Becker |