Wes Studi
Acting
Born 1947-12-17 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
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
Soul
2020 · Movie
Heat
1995 · Movie
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Movie
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
Avatar
2009 · Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · Movie
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Movie
The Doors
1991 · Movie
Hostiles
2017 · Movie
The New World
2005 · Movie
Undisputed
2002 · Movie
Crazy Horse
1996 · Movie
Reel Injun
2010 · Movie
Seraphim Falls
2007 · Movie
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · Movie
A Love Song
2022 · Movie
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Movie
Powwow Highway
1989 · Movie
Mending the Line
2023 · Movie
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · Movie
Deep Rising
1998 · Movie
Badland
2019 · Movie
Skinwalkers
2002 · Movie
Being Flynn
2012 · Movie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Movie
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · Movie
Lone Justice 2
1995 · Movie
Edge of America
2003 · Movie
Road to Redemption
2001 · Movie
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Movie
Wind River
2000 · Movie
Sugar
2013 · Movie
A Good Day to Die
2010 · Movie
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013 · Movie
A Thief Of Time
2004 · Movie
Longarm
1988 · Movie
As Deep as the Grave
— · Movie
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025 · Movie
The Dome of Heaven
2011 · Movie
Behind the Lines
— · Movie
Candles
— · Movie
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010 · Movie
The Midway Point
2024 · Movie
Ronnie BoDean
2015 · Movie
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022 · Movie
Wolf Ridge
2007 · Movie
The Pipeline
— · Movie
Mystery Men
1999 · Movie
Call of the Wild
2009 · Movie
The Roof
2023 · Movie
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005 · Movie
Bonnie
2022 · Movie
Coyote Waits
2003 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
2003 · Movie
Road to Paloma
2014 · Movie
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006 · Movie
The Only Good Indian
2009 · Movie
Animal
2005 · Movie
The Undying
2009 · Movie
Three Priests
2008 · Movie