Raoul Trujillo is a dancer and actor of American nationality. He is also a choreographer. He was born on 8 May in 1955 and in the city of New Mexico. He adds a Mexican flavor in the work that he does. He had been influenced by the people from different ethnicity and he has met with many people with different background. He attended the University of Southern California but more information about who are his parents is not disclosed.
He is a former soloist together with Nikolais Dance Theatre. He is an original choreographer and a co-director of American Indian Dance Theatre. He has worked like a host of many series for dancing programs. He has over 30 years in this career in theatre and films. He is well known for the role he played as Zero Wolf, which is a Mayan Villain in the Apolycapto and it was directed by Mel Gibson. He played Iroquois Chief Kiotseaton in film called Black Robe.
Raoul Trujillo has the height of 6’’ and 1 inch. He is of mixed blood and he descended from Andalusian Moor, Sephardic Jew, French-Canadian, Tlaxcala, Pueblo, Comanche and Apache. After finishing his high school studies, he had to spend some years working in Germany while in military. After he got discharged, he started to work as alpine ski instructor in the city of Taos in the New Mexico. France’s Ski Flash Magazine has an article about him about his special style that he uses to teach the skiing. He stopped to teach skiing after traveling in South and Central America and Mexico, all the way to Argentina. This is the time he got a wakeup call and got interested in creating the art which is based on his cultural roots. He started working in the theater where he was a scenic painter and he got the first job as a dancer and actor in EQUUS production. It was his first job to be paid as an actor and he had no training in acting but only his past work in high school drama.
Even if there is a full biography of Raoul Trujillo online, it seems that he is not too much interested into love life. Even if he has over 60 years old, he has not yet got married and has no known wife, it is said that he got married once but divorced the wife. From that time, his work is what it is interesting but not his love life.
Raoul Trujillo is the owner of his own production company called Tzacol production. This is an umbrella company for aerial artists, actors and dancers. He got a CANCOM Ross Charles Award in the city of Canada and he attended Banff Center for the screenwriters’ workshop of aboriginal storytellers. He is successful and the net worth is said to be in millions but the exact amount has not been disclosed yet.
Birth Date: | 8 May, 1955 |
Age: | 64 yrs |
Occupations: | Choreographer Film actor Television actor |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Santa Fe |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American actor and dancer |
Net Worth 2021: | 20 million |