Rudy Youngblood
‘Apocalypto’ Actor Arrested on Drug Cost
Revealed
January 23, 2026
4:23 AM PST
Rudy Youngblood — greatest recognized for his position in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-nominated movie “Apocalypto” — was arrested Thursday in Texas on a substance cost, TMZ has discovered.
Officers picked him up on a warrant filed in Bell County on Wednesday for a drug cost. He is booked within the Henderson County jail for possession of a managed substance in an quantity between 1 gram and 4 grams … a felony that would put him behind bars for as much as 2 years, together with a high-quality of $10,000.
He stays in custody as of Friday morning. TMZ has reached out to the arresting company for extra data … to date, no phrase again.
Youngblood has constructed himself fairly a rap sheet — we informed you a number of months in the past in October 2025 he was cuffed for assaulting a household or family member by impeding their respiration or circulation. He was additionally arrested for disorderly intoxication in Miami again in 2017 … however the expenses have been finally dropped.
Along with his position as Jaguar Paw in 2006’s “Apocalypto,” Rudy has appeared in tasks together with 2023’s “The Haunting of Hell Gap Mine” and 2021’s “Dandelion Season,” amongst others.
He was solid within the interval drama “La Matadora” final yr and has a handful of upcoming tasks within the works as effectively.



