Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 17, 1947
Place of Birth:
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S.
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Wes Studi
Biography
Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He most recently portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Great Cherokee Grandmother | |
| 2024 | Terra Infirma | Grey Owl |
| 2024 | The Midway Point | Mr. Williams |
| 2023 | Mending the Line | Harrison |
| 2023 | The Roof | Grandpa / Nick |
| 2022 | Bonnie | Self |
| 2022 | Acting Like Nothing is Wrong | Self |
| 2022 | A Love Song | Lito |
| 2020 | Soul | Counselor Jerry (voice) |
| 2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Captain Mica |
| 2019 | Badland | Harlan Red |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Chief Yellow Hawk |
| 2015 | Ronnie BoDean | Ronnie BoDean |
| 2015 | The Condemned 2 | Cyrus |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cochise |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Windlifter |
| 2014 | Pie Lady of Pie Town | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Road to Paloma | Numay |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Captain Falcos |
| 2013 | Sugar | Bishop |
| 2013 | Destination: Planet Negro! | Chief Bobby |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Captain |
| 2011 | The Dome of Heaven | DeWayne Moses |
| 2010 | Making The Last of the Mohicans | Self |
| 2010 | Reel Injun | Self |
| 2010 | A Good Day to Die | Himself - Actor; Cherokee |
| 2009 | Avatar | Eytukan |
| 2009 | Call of the Wild | Hatcher |
| 2009 | The Only Good Indian | Sam |
| 2009 | The Undying | Lt. Frank Wascoe |
| 2008 | Three Priests | Ben |
| 2008 | Older Than America | Richard Two Rivers |
| 2008 | El Camino | Dave |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Wovoka |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Jack Wilson |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Charon |
| 2007 | Wolf Ridge | |
| 2007 | Cosmic Radio | Sherriff Mike Nighthorse |
| 2006 | The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | Himself |
| 2005 | The New World | Opechancanough |
| 2005 | Miracle at Sage Creek | Chief Thomas |
| 2005 | Animal | Creeper |
| 2004 | A Thief Of Time | Joe Leaphorn |
| 2003 | The Lone Ranger | Kulakinah |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits | Joe Leaphorn |
| 2003 | Edge of America | Cuch |
| 2002 | Undisputed | Mingo Pace |
| 2002 | Skinwalkers | Lt. Joe Leaphorn |
| 2002 | Superfire | Joe Nighttrail |
| 2001 | Road to Redemption | Frank Lightfoot |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Bingo Caller |
| 2001 | Ice Planet | Commander Jonah Trager |
| 2000 | Wind River | Pocatello |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Sphinx |
| 1999 | Soundman | Terry Leonard |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | Hanover |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self |
| 1997 | The Killing Jar | Cameron |
| 1996 | Crazy Horse | Red Cloud |
| 1996 | Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek | |
| 1995 | Heat | Casals |
| 1994 | Street Fighter | Sagat |
| 1994 | Indian America: A Gift from the Past | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Geronimo |
| 1993 | The Broken Chain | Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Magua |
| 1991 | The Doors | Indian in Desert |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Toughest Pawnee |
| 1989 | Powwow Highway | Buff |
| 1988 | Longarm | The Ute |
| Behind the Lines | Self | |
| Canyon of the Dead | Tsali | |
| Candles | ||
| Brave | Ernie | |
| Timber Lands | Russ | |
| The Pipeline | Samuel Horse | |
| Yesteryear | George |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Reservation Dogs | Bucky |
| 2021 | American Veteran | Self - Host |
| 2020 | Woke | Spoon (voice) |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | Chief Sleeping Bear |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful | Kaetenay |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | |
| 2011 | Hell on Wheels | Chief Many Horses |
| 2009 | Kings | General Linus Abner |
| 2008 | Comanche Moon | Buffalo Hump |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Joeseph Silverwing |
| 2005 | Into the West | Black Kettle |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | William Lawrence |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self |
| 1996 | Promised Land | |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Famous Shoes |
| 1993 | Ned Blessing | |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Sheriff Benson |
| 1990 | The Flash | Roller |
| 1988 | American Experience | Major Ridge |
| 1988 | American Experience | Warrior in Canoe |