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
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
Avatar
2009 · Movie
Heat
1995 · Movie
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Movie
Soul
2020 · Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · Movie
Deep Rising
1998 · Movie
Undisputed
2002 · Movie
Hostiles
2017 · Movie
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Movie
Street Fighter
1994 · Movie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Movie
The Doors
1991 · Movie
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · Movie
Mystery Men
1999 · Movie
The New World
2005 · Movie
Seraphim Falls
2007 · Movie
Crazy Horse
1996 · Movie
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Movie
Badland
2019 · Movie
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · Movie
Being Flynn
2012 · Movie
Powwow Highway
1989 · Movie
Road to Paloma
2014 · Movie
Mending the Line
2023 · Movie
Lone Justice 2
1995 · Movie
The Condemned 2
2015 · Movie
Reel Injun
2010 · Movie
Animal
2005 · Movie
Bonnie
2022 · Movie
Longarm
1988 · Movie
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Movie
Skinwalkers
2002 · Movie
Call of the Wild
2009 · Movie
A Love Song
2022 · Movie
Road to Redemption
2001 · Movie
A Thief Of Time
2004 · Movie
Wind River
2000 · Movie
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · Movie
Coyote Waits
2003 · Movie
Edge of America
2003 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
2003 · Movie
Sugar
2013 · Movie
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005 · Movie
A Good Day to Die
2010 · Movie
Older Than America
2008 · Movie
Superfire
2002 · Movie
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013 · Movie
The Killing Jar
1997 · Movie
The Roof
2023 · Movie
Ice Planet
2001 · Movie
The Undying
2009 · Movie
Soundman
1999 · Movie
The Broken Chain
1993 · Movie
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006 · Movie
Three Priests
2008 · Movie
Battledogs
2013 · Movie
The Only Good Indian
2009 · Movie
El Camino
2008 · Movie
21 and a Wake-Up
2009 · Movie