Wes Studi
Acting
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.
As actor 104
The Mentalist
2008
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Avatar
2009
American Experience
1988
Highlander: The Series
1992
Hell on Wheels
2011
Heat
1995
Soul
2020
Saving Grace
2007
In Plain Sight
2008
Penny Dreadful
2014
Finding Your Roots
2012
Miracle Workers
2019
Dances with Wolves
1990
The Flash
1990
Hostiles
2017
Reservation Dogs
2021
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Street Fighter
1994
Deep Rising
1998
Undisputed
2002
A Love Song
2022
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Promised Land
1996
UC: Undercover
2001
Kings
2009
The Doors
1991
Into the West
2005
Woke
2020
The Directors
1999
Seraphim Falls
2007
The New World
2005
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Mystery Men
1999
Comanche Moon
2008
Badland
2019
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Road to Paloma
2014
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Bonnie
2022
Streets of Laredo
1995
The Condemned 2
2015
Call of the Wild
2009
Being Flynn
2012
Mending the Line
2023
Skinwalkers
2002
Animal
2005
Superfire
2002
Ned Blessing
1993
Cosmic Radio
2007
The Undying
2009
The Lone Ranger
2003
The Broken Chain
1993
Seasons
Powwow Highway
1989
Crazy Horse
1996
Sugar
2013
American Veteran
2021
Behind the Lines
Coyote Waits
2003
Terra Infirma
Lone Justice 2
1995
Wind River
2000
Three Priests
2008
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
As Deep As the Grave
Candles
El Camino
2008
Soundman
1999
A Thief Of Time
2004
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013
Older Than America
2008
Road to Redemption
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
The Roof
2023
The Pipeline
Ice Planet
2001
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
The Dome of Heaven
2011
The Only Good Indian
2009
A Good Day to Die
2010
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
Ronnie BoDean
2015
Edge of America
2003
The Midway Point
2024
The Killing Jar
1997
Wolf Ridge
2007
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010
Longarm
1988
Reel Injun
2010
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Exhale
Timber Lands
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014
Brave
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
1994
Battledogs
2013
