Wes Studi
Department: Acting
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
Heat
1995
Three Priests
2008
Bonnie
2022
The New World
2005
Street Fighter
1994
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010
Deep Rising
1998
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Ronnie BoDean
2015
Mystery Men
1999
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Behind the Lines
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Undisputed
2002
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
A Love Song
2022
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Older Than America
2008
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Avatar
2009
Mending the Line
2023
The Lone Ranger
2003
The Roof
2023
Coyote Waits
2003
Skinwalkers
2002
El Camino
2008
A Thief Of Time
2004
Wind River
2000
Longarm
1988
Battledogs
2013
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Terra Infirma
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Call of the Wild
2009
The Broken Chain
1993
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Edge of America
2003
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Crazy Horse
1996
Dances with Wolves
1990
Road to Redemption
2001
Road to Paloma
2014
The Killing Jar
1997
Sugar
2013
The Condemned 2
2015
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
The Midway Point
2024
Powwow Highway
1989
The Only Good Indian
2009
The Undying
2009
Soundman
1999
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013
Animal
2005
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Hostiles
2017
Ice Planet
2001
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Superfire
2002
Seraphim Falls
2007
The Dome of Heaven
2011
Wolf Ridge
2007
Reel Injun
2010
Badland
2019
Being Flynn
2012
A Good Day to Die
2010
Soul
2020
As Deep as the Grave
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Cosmic Radio
2007
Candles
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The Doors
1991
Brave
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Timber Lands
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The Pipeline
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Exhale
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Indian America: A Gift from the Past
1994
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
Lone Justice 2
1995
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Hell on Wheels
2011
UC: Undercover
2001
Into the West
2005
Promised Land
1996
Comanche Moon
2008
The Directors
1999
Streets of Laredo
1995
Ned Blessing
1993
Reservation Dogs
2021
Miracle Workers
2019
American Veteran
2021
The Mentalist
2008
Penny Dreadful
2014
The Flash
1990
American Experience
1988
Highlander: The Series
1992
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Woke
2020
Finding Your Roots
2012
American Experience
1988
In Plain Sight
2008
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
Saving Grace
2007
Kings
2009