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 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.
Movies (73)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
The Midway Point
2024
The Roof
2023
Mending the Line
2023
Bonnie
2022
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
A Love Song
2022
Soul
2020
Badland
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Hostiles
2017
The Condemned 2
2015
Ronnie BoDean
2015
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Road to Paloma
2014
Sugar
2013
Battledogs
2013
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013
Being Flynn
2012
The Dome of Heaven
2011
A Good Day to Die
2010
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010
Reel Injun
2010
Avatar
2009
The Only Good Indian
2009
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
Call of the Wild
2009
The Undying
2009
Older Than America
2008
El Camino
2008
Three Priests
2008
Cosmic Radio
2007
Wolf Ridge
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Seraphim Falls
2007
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
The New World
2005
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Animal
2005
A Thief Of Time
2004
Edge of America
2003
Coyote Waits
2003
The Lone Ranger
2003
Skinwalkers
2002
Undisputed
2002
Superfire
2002
Road to Redemption
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
Ice Planet
2001
Wind River
2000
Mystery Men
1999
Soundman
1999
Deep Rising
1998
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
The Killing Jar
1997
Crazy Horse
1996
Heat
1995
Lone Justice 2
1995
Street Fighter
1994
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
The Broken Chain
1993
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
The Doors
1991
Dances with Wolves
1990
Powwow Highway
1989
Longarm
1988
Behind the Lines
As Deep as the Grave
Candles
The Pipeline
TV Shows (24)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
American Veteran
2021
Reservation Dogs
2021
Woke
2020
Miracle Workers
2019
Penny Dreadful
2014
Finding Your Roots
2012
Hell on Wheels
2011
Kings
2009
The Mentalist
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
Comanche Moon
2008
Saving Grace
2007
Into the West
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
UC: Undercover
2001
The Directors
1999
Promised Land
1996
Streets of Laredo
1995
Ned Blessing
1993
Highlander: The Series
1992
The Flash
1990
American Experience
1988
American Experience
1988