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Wes Studi

Acting · Born 1947-12-17 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA

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 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

2025Avatar: Fire and AshE'ytukan
2025The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2024The Midway PointMr. Williams
2023The RoofGrandpa / Nick
2023Mending the LineHarrison
2023We Will SpeakExecutive Producer
2022BonnieSelf
2022Acting Like Nothing is WrongSelf
2022A Love SongLito
2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderQuanah (voice)
2021American VeteranSelf - Host
2021Reservation DogsBucky
2020SoulCounselor Jerry (voice)
2020WokeSpoon (voice)
2019BadlandHarlan Red
2019Miracle WorkersChief Sleeping Bear
2019A Dog's Way HomeCaptain Mica
2017HostilesChief Yellow Hawk
2015The Condemned 2Cyrus
2015Ronnie BoDeanRonnie BoDean
2014Planes: Fire & RescueWindlifter
2014Pie Lady of Pie TownNarrator (voice)
2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestCochise
2014Penny DreadfulKaetenay
2014Road to PalomaNumay
2013SugarBishop
2013BattledogsCaptain Falcos
2013Destination: Planet Negro!Chief Bobby
2012Finding Your Roots
2012Being FlynnCaptain
2011Hell on WheelsChief Many Horses
2011The Dome of HeavenDeWayne Moses
2010A Good Day to DieSelf - Actor; Cherokee
2010Making The Last of the MohicansSelf
2010Ink: A Tale of CaptivityKing Philip
2010Reel InjunSelf
2009AvatarEytukan
2009The Only Good IndianSam
200921 and a Wake-UpGeneral Gleason
2009Call of the WildHatcher
2009KingsGeneral Linus Abner
2009The UndyingLt. Frank Wascoe
2008The MentalistJoeseph Silverwing
2008In Plain SightChief Pierce
2008Older Than AmericaRichard Two Rivers
2008El CaminoDave
2008Comanche MoonBuffalo Hump
2008Three PriestsBen
2007Cosmic RadioSherriff Mike Nighthorse
2007Wolf Ridge
2007Saving GraceBobby's Dad
2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeWovoka
2007Seraphim FallsCharon
2006The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee LegacyHimself
2005The New WorldOpechancanough
2005Miracle at Sage CreekChief Thomas
2005Into the WestBlack Kettle
2005AnimalCreeper
2005Grey's AnatomyWilliam Lawrence
2004A Thief Of TimeJoe Leaphorn
2003Edge of AmericaCuch
2003Coyote WaitsJoe Leaphorn
2003The Lone RangerKulakinah
2002SkinwalkersLt. Joe Leaphorn
2002UndisputedMingo Pace
2002SuperfireJoe Nighttrail
2001UC: Undercover
2001Road to RedemptionFrank Lightfoot
2001Christmas in the CloudsBingo Caller
2001Ice PlanetCommander Jonah Trager
2000Wind RiverPocatello
1999Mystery MenSphinx
1999SoundmanTerry Leonard
1999The DirectorsSelf
1998Deep RisingHanover
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997The Killing JarCameron
1996Promised Land
1996Crazy HorseRed Cloud
1996Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1995HeatCasals
1995Streets of LaredoFamous Shoes
1995Lone Justice 2One Horse
1994Street FighterSagat
1994Indian America: A Gift from the PastSelf - Narrator (voice)
1993Geronimo: An American LegendGeronimo
1993The Broken ChainSeth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
1993Ned Blessing
1992Highlander: The SeriesSheriff Benson
1992The Last of the MohicansMagua
1991The DoorsIndian in Desert
1990Dances with WolvesToughest Pawnee
1990The FlashRoller
1989Powwow HighwayBuff
1988American ExperienceMajor Ridge
1988LongarmThe Ute
—Behind the LinesSelf
—Terra InfirmaGrey Owl
—As Deep as the GraveTsali
—Candles
—BraveErnie
—Timber LandsRuss
—The PipelineSamuel Horse
—ExhaleGeorge

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