Wes Studi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 17, 1947 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
- Credits
- 104
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
Filmography
Seasons
2027Movie
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025Movie
E'ytukan
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025Movie
The Midway Point
2024Movie
Mr. Williams
Behind the Lines
2024Movie
Self
The Roof
2023Movie
Grandpa / Nick
Mending the Line
2023Movie
Harrison
Bonnie
2022Movie
Self
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022Movie
Self
A Love Song
2022Movie
Lito
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022TV
Quanah (voice)
American Veteran
2021TV
Self - Host
Reservation Dogs
2021TV
Bucky
Soul
2020Movie
Counselor Jerry (voice)
Woke
2020TV
Spoon (voice)
Badland
2019Movie
Harlan Red
Miracle Workers
2019TV
Chief Sleeping Bear
A Dog's Way Home
2019Movie
Captain Mica
Hostiles
2017Movie
Chief Yellow Hawk
The Condemned 2
2015Movie
Cyrus
Ronnie BoDean
2015Movie
Ronnie BoDean
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014Movie
Windlifter
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014Movie
Narrator (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014Movie
Cochise
Penny Dreadful
2014TV
Kaetenay
Road to Paloma
2014Movie
Numay
Sugar
2013Movie
Bishop
Battledogs
2013Movie
Captain Falcos
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013Movie
Chief Bobby
Finding Your Roots
2012TV
Being Flynn
2012Movie
Captain
Hell on Wheels
2011TV
Chief Many Horses
The Dome of Heaven
2011Movie
DeWayne Moses
A Good Day to Die
2010Movie
Self - Actor; Cherokee
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010Movie
Self
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010Movie
King Philip
Reel Injun
2010Movie
Self
Avatar
2009Movie
Eytukan
The Only Good Indian
2009Movie
Sam
21 and a Wake-Up
2009Movie
General Gleason
Call of the Wild
2009Movie
Hatcher
Kings
2009TV
General Linus Abner
The Undying
2009Movie
Lt. Frank Wascoe
The Mentalist
2008TV
Joeseph Silverwing
In Plain Sight
2008TV
Chief Pierce
Older Than America
2008Movie
Richard Two Rivers
El Camino
2008Movie
Dave
Comanche Moon
2008TV
Buffalo Hump
Three Priests
2008Movie
Ben
Cosmic Radio
2007Movie
Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
Wolf Ridge
2007Movie
Saving Grace
2007TV
Bobby's Dad
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007Movie
Jack Wilson, Wovoka
Seraphim Falls
2007Movie
Charon
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006Movie
Himself
The New World
2005Movie
Opechancanough
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005Movie
Chief Thomas
Into the West
2005TV
Black Kettle
Animal
2005Movie
Creeper
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
William Lawrence
A Thief Of Time
2004Movie
Joe Leaphorn
Edge of America
2003Movie
Cuch
Coyote Waits
2003Movie
Joe Leaphorn
The Lone Ranger
2003Movie
Kulakinah
Skinwalkers
2002Movie
Lt. Joe Leaphorn
Undisputed
2002Movie
Mingo Pace
Superfire
2002Movie
Joe Nighttrail
UC: Undercover
2001TV
Road to Redemption
2001Movie
Frank Lightfoot
Christmas in the Clouds
2001Movie
Bingo Caller
Ice Planet
2001Movie
Commander Jonah Trager
Wind River
2000Movie
Pocatello
Mystery Men
1999Movie
Sphinx
Soundman
1999Movie
Terry Leonard
The Directors
1999TV
Self
Deep Rising
1998Movie
Hanover
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997Movie
Self
The Killing Jar
1997Movie
Cameron
Promised Land
1996TV
Crazy Horse
1996Movie
Red Cloud
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996Movie
Heat
1995Movie
Casals
Streets of Laredo
1995TV
Famous Shoes
Lone Justice 2
1995Movie
One Horse
Street Fighter
1994Movie
Sagat
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
1994Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993Movie
Geronimo
The Broken Chain
1993Movie
Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
Ned Blessing
1993TV
Highlander: The Series
1992TV
Sheriff Benson
The Last of the Mohicans
1992Movie
Magua
The Doors
1991Movie
Indian in Desert
Dances with Wolves
1990Movie
Toughest Pawnee
The Flash
1990TV
Roller
Powwow Highway
1989Movie
Buff
American Experience
1988TV
Major Ridge, Warrior in Canoe
Longarm
1988Movie
The Ute
As Deep As the Grave
Movie
Tsali
Candles
Movie
Terra Infirma
Movie
Grey Owl
The Pipeline
Movie
Samuel Horse
Timber Lands
Movie
Russ
Exhale
Movie
George
Brave
Movie
Ernie