[2] Redcloud became a Christian in the early 2000s, and while working as a part-time security guard for Gateway Church when he was a police officer, he began attending weekend services in 2004.
[4] For his audition, Redcloud took time off from his job as a fuel delivery driver and drove 635 miles from Dallas, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico in one night to try out for the part of Hikuc, a Pawnee man who comes to the aid of Hugh Glass (played by Leonardo DiCaprio).
To make the film, Redcloud said the actors frequently rehearsed for 12 to 14 hours in the freezing cold near Calgary, Alberta, and later in Argentina.
[6] He called the film a "spiritual awakening" for him that not only brought him closer to his co-star DiCaprio and the rest of the cast but made him appreciate how much more difficult life was for everyone in the past.
[12] In 2022, Redcloud played the role of a Mabo warrior in the HBO series Our Flag Means Death (Season 1, Episode 2).