Gender
Male
Birthday, Age
1947 December 17 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S.

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

Actor ( 1 )

Full Filmography

Heat
as Casals
Movie • 1995-12-15
Three Priests
as Ben
Movie • 2008-01-01
Bonnie
as Self
Movie • 2022-11-12
The New World
as Opechancanough
Movie • 2005-12-25
Street Fighter
as Sagat
Movie • 1994-12-23
Making The Last of the Mohicans
as Self
Movie • 2010-10-03
Deep Rising
as Hanover
Movie • 1998-01-30
The Last of the Mohicans
as Magua
Movie • 1992-08-26
Ronnie BoDean
as Ronnie BoDean
Movie • 2015-06-01
Mystery Men
as Sphinx
Movie • 1999-08-06
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Geronimo
Movie • 1993-12-10
Behind the Lines
as Self
Movie •
Undisputed
as Mingo Pace
Movie • 2002-07-17
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
as Self
Movie • 2022-11-04
A Love Song
as Lito
Movie • 2022-07-29
Miracle at Sage Creek
as Chief Thomas
Movie • 2005-11-25
Older Than America
as Richard Two Rivers
Movie • 2008-03-08
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
Movie • 1997-07-27
Avatar
as Eytukan
Movie • 2009-12-15
Mending the Line
as Harrison
Movie • 2023-06-09
The Lone Ranger
as Kulakinah
Movie • 2003-02-26
The Roof
as Grandpa / Nick
Movie • 2023-07-23
Coyote Waits
as Joe Leaphorn
Movie • 2003-11-16
Skinwalkers
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
Movie • 2002-11-02
El Camino
as Dave
Movie • 2008-02-29
A Thief Of Time
as Joe Leaphorn
Movie • 2004-07-11
Wind River
as Pocatello
Movie • 2000-06-07
Longarm
as The Ute
Movie • 1988-03-06
Battledogs
as Captain Falcos
Movie • 2013-04-05
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cochise
Movie • 2014-05-22
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Windlifter
Movie • 2014-07-17
Terra Infirma
as Grey Owl
Movie • 2024-05-30
Call of the Wild
as Hatcher
Movie • 2009-06-12
The Broken Chain
as Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
Movie • 1993-11-11
Pie Lady of Pie Town
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2014-06-03
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Jack Wilson
Movie • 2007-05-27
Edge of America
as Cuch
Movie • 2003-12-10
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Wovoka
Movie • 2007-05-27
Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
Movie • 1996-07-07
Dances with Wolves
as Toughest Pawnee
Movie • 1990-03-30
Road to Redemption
as Frank Lightfoot
Movie • 2001-09-28
Road to Paloma
as Numay
Movie • 2014-04-12
The Killing Jar
as Cameron
Movie • 1997-05-27
Sugar
as Bishop
Movie • 2013-04-06
The Condemned 2
as Cyrus
Movie • 2015-11-06
Christmas in the Clouds
as Bingo Caller
Movie • 2001-01-21
The Midway Point
as Mr. Williams
Movie • 2024-10-26
Powwow Highway
as Buff
Movie • 1989-02-24
The Only Good Indian
as Sam
Movie • 2009-12-01
The Undying
as Lt. Frank Wascoe
Movie • 2009-01-01
Soundman
as Terry Leonard
Movie • 1999-01-24
Destination: Planet Negro!
as Chief Bobby
Movie • 2013-02-16
Animal
as Creeper
Movie • 2005-05-01
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Himself
Movie • 2006-02-01
Hostiles
as Chief Yellow Hawk
Movie • 2017-12-22
Ice Planet
as Commander Jonah Trager
Movie • 2001-01-01
A Dog's Way Home
as Captain Mica
Movie • 2019-01-10
Superfire
as Joe Nighttrail
Movie • 2002-04-20
Seraphim Falls
as Charon
Movie • 2007-01-26
The Dome of Heaven
as DeWayne Moses
Movie • 2011-07-04
Wolf Ridge
Movie • 2007-10-12
Reel Injun
as Self
Movie • 2010-02-19
Badland
as Harlan Red
Movie • 2019-11-01
Being Flynn
as Captain
Movie • 2012-03-02
A Good Day to Die
as Self - Actor; Cherokee
Movie • 2010-11-12
Soul
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
Movie • 2020-12-25
Canyon of the Dead
as Tsali
Movie •
Cosmic Radio
as Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
Movie • 2007-10-27
Candles
Movie •
The Doors
as Indian in Desert
Movie • 1991-03-01
Brave
as Ernie
Movie •
Timber Lands
as Russ
Movie •
The Pipeline
as Samuel Horse
Movie •
Exhale
as George
Movie •
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie • 1994-10-19
Hell on Wheels
as Chief Many Horses
Tv • 2011-11-06
UC: Undercover
Tv • 2001-09-30
Kings
as General Linus Abner
Tv • 2009-03-15
Into the West
as Black Kettle
Tv • 2005-06-10
Promised Land
Tv • 1996-09-17
Comanche Moon
as Buffalo Hump
Tv • 2008-01-13
The Directors
as Self
Tv • 1999-01-01
Streets of Laredo
as Famous Shoes
Tv • 1995-11-12
Ned Blessing
Tv • 1993-08-18
Reservation Dogs
as Bucky
Tv • 2021-08-09
Miracle Workers
as Chief Sleeping Bear
Tv • 2019-02-12
American Veteran
as Self - Host
Tv • 2021-10-26
The Mentalist
as Joeseph Silverwing
Tv • 2008-09-23
Penny Dreadful
as Kaetenay
Tv • 2014-05-11
The Flash
as Roller
Tv • 1990-09-20
American Experience
as Major Ridge
Tv • 1988-10-04
Highlander: The Series
as Sheriff Benson
Tv • 1992-10-03
Grey's Anatomy
as William Lawrence
Tv • 2005-03-27
Woke
as Spoon (voice)
Tv • 2020-09-09
Finding Your Roots
Tv • 2012-03-24
American Experience
as Warrior in Canoe
Tv • 1988-10-04
In Plain Sight
as Chief Pierce
Tv • 2008-06-01
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Quanah (voice)
Tv • 2022-02-23