Wes Studi

Known for: Acting
Born: December 17, 1947, Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Movies: 74

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.

Upcoming Wes Studi Movies

Seasons

2027

November 12, 2027

As Deep As the Grave

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Candles

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The Pipeline

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Best-Known Movies

7.6

Avatar

2009

8.1

Soul

2020

7.9

Heat

1995

7.8

Dances with Wolves

1990

6.1

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

7.6

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

7.4

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

7.0

Hostiles

2017

4.7

Street Fighter

1994

7.1

The Doors

1991

Filmography

2027	Seasons
2025	Avatar: Fire and Ash	E'ytukan
2025	The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2024	The Midway Point	Mr. Williams
2024	Behind the Lines	Self
2023	The Roof	Grandpa / Nick
2023	Mending the Line	Harrison
2022	Bonnie	Self
2022	Acting Like Nothing is Wrong	Self
2022	A Love Song	Lito
2020	Soul	Counselor Jerry (voice)
2019	Badland	Harlan Red
2019	A Dog's Way Home	Captain Mica
2017	Hostiles	Chief Yellow Hawk
2015	The Condemned 2	Cyrus
2015	Ronnie BoDean	Ronnie BoDean
2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Windlifter
2014	Pie Lady of Pie Town	Narrator (voice)
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Cochise
2014	Road to Paloma	Numay
2013	Sugar	Bishop
2013	Battledogs	Captain Falcos
2013	Destination: Planet Negro!	Chief Bobby
2012	Being Flynn	Captain
2011	The Dome of Heaven	DeWayne Moses
2010	A Good Day to Die	Self - Actor; Cherokee
2010	Making The Last of the Mohicans	Self
2010	Ink: A Tale of Captivity	King Philip
2010	Reel Injun	Self
2009	Avatar	Eytukan
2009	The Only Good Indian	Sam
2009	21 and a Wake-Up	General Gleason
2009	Call of the Wild	Hatcher
2009	The Undying	Lt. Frank Wascoe
2008	Older Than America	Richard Two Rivers
2008	El Camino	Dave
2008	Three Priests	Ben
2007	Cosmic Radio	Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
2007	Wolf Ridge
2007	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	Wovoka, Jack Wilson
2007	Seraphim Falls	Charon
2006	The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy	Himself
2005	The New World	Opechancanough
2005	Miracle at Sage Creek	Chief Thomas
2005	Animal	Creeper
2004	A Thief Of Time	Joe Leaphorn
2003	Edge of America	Cuch
2003	Coyote Waits	Joe Leaphorn
2003	The Lone Ranger	Kulakinah
2002	Skinwalkers	Lt. Joe Leaphorn
2002	Undisputed	Mingo Pace
2002	Superfire	Joe Nighttrail
2001	Road to Redemption	Frank Lightfoot
2001	Christmas in the Clouds	Bingo Caller
2001	Ice Planet	Commander Jonah Trager
2000	Wind River	Pocatello
1999	Mystery Men	Sphinx
1999	Soundman	Terry Leonard
1998	Deep Rising	Hanover
1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western	Self
1997	The Killing Jar	Cameron
1996	Crazy Horse	Red Cloud
1996	Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1995	Heat	Casals
1995	Lone Justice 2	One Horse
1994	Street Fighter	Sagat
1994	Indian America: A Gift from the Past	Self - Narrator (voice)
1993	Geronimo: An American Legend	Geronimo
1993	The Broken Chain	Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
1992	The Last of the Mohicans	Magua
1991	The Doors	Indian in Desert
1990	Dances with Wolves	Toughest Pawnee
1989	Powwow Highway	Buff
1988	Longarm	The Ute

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