Trudell created a career as an actor, performing in roles in "Pow Wow Highway" (1989), Thunderheart (1992), On Deadly Ground (1995) and Smoke Signals (1998) (as the Radio speaker Randy Peone on K-REZ radio[21]). He was an adviser to the production of Incident at Oglala, directed by Michael Apted and produced by Robert Redford. A kind of companion piece to the fictional Thunderheart, the 1992 documentary explores facts related to the 1975 shooting of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, for which Leonard Peltier was convicted in 1977. In Thunderheart, Trudell played a character who resembles Peltier.
Dreamkeeper (2003) "The Legends of American Nations Come to Life"
features several traditional native stories. Trudell played a character
named Coyote in a story about A Spider and Coyote.
The filmmaker Heather Rae spent more than a decade making a documentary about Trudell, which was released in 2005. Her intent in Trudell
(2005) was to demonstrate how his political and cultural activities
were tied to contemporary history and inspired people. The film
premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
in the U.S. documentary competition. The movie has received a mixed
response among film critics and viewers. Some claimed it to be
thought-provoking and touching, while others suggested Rae made a
one-dimensional biopic.[citation needed] The song used at the end of the film is "Johnny Lobo" about Trudell by Kris Kristofferson, from his 1995 album A Moment of Forever.[22][23
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