Wes Studi
Acting
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.
Born: December 17, 1947 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Filmography (68)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
The Roof
2023
Mending the Line
2023
A Love Song
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
Reservation Dogs
2021
Soul
2020
Woke
2020
Badland
2019
Miracle Workers
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Hostiles
2017
The Condemned 2
2015
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Penny Dreadful
2014
Road to Paloma
2014
Sugar
2013
Battledogs
2013
Finding Your Roots
2012
Being Flynn
2012
Hell on Wheels
2011
Reel Injun
2010
Avatar
2009
Call of the Wild
2009
Kings
2009
The Undying
2009
The Mentalist
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
Older Than America
2008
Comanche Moon
2008
Saving Grace
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Seraphim Falls
2007
The New World
2005
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Into the West
2005
Animal
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Edge of America
2003
Coyote Waits
2003
The Lone Ranger
2003
Skinwalkers
2002
Undisputed
2002
Superfire
2002
UC: Undercover
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
Ice Planet
2001
Wind River
2000
Mystery Men
1999
Soundman
1999
The Directors
1999
Deep Rising
1998
The Killing Jar
1997
Promised Land
1996
Crazy Horse
1996
Heat
1995
Streets of Laredo
1995
Street Fighter
1994
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
The Broken Chain
1993
Highlander: The Series
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
The Doors
1991
The Flash
1990
Dances with Wolves
1990
Powwow Highway
1989
American Experience
1988