Leonard Peltier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1944, North Dakota, USA
- Movies
- 10
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.
Best-Known Movies
Incident at Oglala
1992
All Power to the People!
1996
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022
Free Leonard Peltier
2025
No More Smoke Signals
2009
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991
COINTELPRO 101
2010
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
Filmography
| 2026 | The Making of America | Self (Artist/Activist) |
| 2025 | Free Leonard Peltier | |
| 2022 | Lakota Nation vs. United States | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Who Bombed Judi Bari? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | COINTELPRO 101 | Self - Political Prisoner |
| 2009 | No More Smoke Signals | Self |
| 1999 | Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson | Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage) |
| 1996 | All Power to the People! | Self |
| 1992 | Incident at Oglala | Self |
| 1991 | Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier | Self |
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