Wes Studi
- Acting
- December 17, 1947 · 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
- Seasons
- Avatar: Fire and Ash · E'ytukan
- The Great Cherokee Grandmother
- The Midway Point · Mr. Williams
- Behind the Lines · Self
- The Roof · Grandpa / Nick
- Mending the Line · Harrison
- We Will Speak · Executive producer
- Bonnie · Self
- Acting Like Nothing is Wrong · Self
- A Love Song · Lito
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder · Quanah (Voice)
- American Veteran · Self
- Reservation Dogs · Bucky
- Soul · Counselor Jerry (Voice)
- Woke · Spoon (Voice)
- Badland · Harlan Red
- Miracle Workers · Chief Sleeping Bear
- A Dog's Way Home · Captain Mica
- Hostiles · Chief Yellow Hawk
- The Condemned 2 · Cyrus
- Ronnie BoDean · Ronnie BoDean
- Planes: Fire & Rescue · Windlifter
- Pie Lady of Pie Town · Narrator (Voice)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West · Cochise
- Penny Dreadful · Kaetenay
- Road to Paloma · Numay
- Sugar · Bishop
- Battledogs · Captain Falcos
- Destination: Planet Negro! · Chief Bobby
- Finding Your Roots
- Being Flynn · Captain
- Hell on Wheels · Chief Many Horses
- The Dome of Heaven · DeWayne Moses
- A Good Day to Die · Self
- Making The Last of the Mohicans · Self
- Ink: A Tale of Captivity · King Philip
- Reel Injun · Self
- Avatar · Eytukan
- The Only Good Indian · Sam
- 21 and a Wake-Up · General Gleason
- Call of the Wild · Hatcher
- Kings · General Linus Abner
- The Undying · Lt. Frank Wascoe
- The Mentalist · Joeseph Silverwing
- In Plain Sight · Chief Pierce
- Older Than America · Richard Two Rivers
- El Camino · Dave
- Comanche Moon · Buffalo Hump
- Three Priests · Ben
- Cosmic Radio · Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
- Wolf Ridge
- Saving Grace · Bobby's Dad
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee · Jack Wilson, Wovoka
- Seraphim Falls · Charon
- The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy · Self
- The New World · Opechancanough
- Miracle at Sage Creek · Chief Thomas
- Into the West · Black Kettle
- Animal · Creeper
- Grey's Anatomy · William Lawrence
- A Thief Of Time · Joe Leaphorn
- Edge of America · Cuch
- Coyote Waits · Joe Leaphorn
- The Lone Ranger · Kulakinah
- Skinwalkers · Lt. Joe Leaphorn
- Undisputed · Mingo Pace
- Superfire · Joe Nighttrail
- UC: Undercover
- Road to Redemption · Frank Lightfoot
- Christmas in the Clouds · Bingo Caller
- Ice Planet · Commander Jonah Trager
- Wind River · Pocatello
- Mystery Men · Sphinx
- Soundman · Terry Leonard
- The Directors · Self
- Deep Rising · Hanover
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western · Self
- The Killing Jar · Cameron
- Promised Land