With only one television credit on his resume, Rudy was cast in the hit TV western, Chaparral (1967), as "Wind", the half-breed Indian boy. Thirty-five years later, his career is still going strong.
Recurring roles on TV include Resurrection Blvd. (2000) and Rick Hunter (1984). Rudy has had starring roles in made-for-TV movies such as The Blue Knight (1973), Helter Skelter (1976), 58 heures d'angoisse (1989) and Une famille déchirée (1999), to name a few. Guest appearances on episodic TV range from Une famille du tonnerre (2002), New York Police Blues (1993) and JAG (1995) to Arabesque (1984), MacGyver (1985), Capitaine Furillo (1981) and Hawaï, police d'état (1968), with many in-between.
Rudy has also performed in many feature films. He has had featured roles in Le flic de Beverly Hills 2 (1987), with Eddie Murphy, and L'inspecteur ne renonce jamais (1976), with Clint Eastwood, co-starring roles in Colors (1988), directed by Dennis Hopper and staring Sean Penn, and Driver (1978), with Ryan O'Neal, and starring roles in Quicksilver (1986), with Kevin Bacon, Les massacreurs de Brooklyn (1980), with Jan-Michael Vincent, and Art Carney, Torchlight (1985), with Steve Railsback and Ian McShane and Road Dogz (2000), with Jacob Vargas and directed by the up-and-coming young director, Alfredo Ramos.
As a member of the Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Rudy performed the role of "Cupcakes", in the award-winning hit show, Shorteyes, by Miguel Pinero. Other stage performances have taken place in such notable theaters as The Mark Taper Forum, John Anson Ford, The Met, Matrix, The Los Angeles Theatre Center, Nosotros, South Coast Rep, New Mexico Rep and The Ojai Playwrights Conference.
The album, "Hard Knocks and Bad Times", showcases Rudy's musical talents.
