Leonard Peltier
Actor
- Born
- September 12, 1944 (age 82) · North Dakota, USA
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and was imprisoned since 1977. On January 19, 2025, the last full day of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to indefinite home confinement beginning on February 18, 2025. Peltier was released on that date.
Known for
Incident at Oglala
May 8, 1992
Free Leonard Peltier
January 27, 2025
All Power to the People!
June 1, 1996
Lakota Nation vs. United States
June 11, 2022
No More Smoke Signals
April 16, 2009
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
January 1, 1999
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
November 1, 1991
COINTELPRO 101
May 7, 2010
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
March 2, 2012
Acting10
- 2026The Making of America as Self (Artist/Activist)
- 2025Free Leonard Peltier
- 2022Lakota Nation vs. United States as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage)
- 2010COINTELPRO 101 as Self - Political Prisoner
- 2009No More Smoke Signals as Self
- 1999Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
- 1996All Power to the People! as Self
- 1992Incident at Oglala as Self
- 1991