Birthday
1947/12/17 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S.
Also know as
Wesley Studie
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 most recently 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.
(1995) Heat
as Casals
(2008) Three Priests
as Ben
(2022) Bonnie
as Self
(2005) The New World
as Opechancanough
(1994) Street Fighter
as Sagat
(2010) Making The Last of the Mohicans
as Self
(1998) Deep Rising
as Hanover
(1992) The Last of the Mohicans
as Magua
(2015) Ronnie BoDean
as Ronnie BoDean
(1999) Mystery Men
as Sphinx
(1993) Geronimo: An American Legend
as Geronimo
Behind the Lines
as Self
(2002) Undisputed
as Mingo Pace
(2022) Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
as Self
(2022) A Love Song
as Lito
(2005) Miracle at Sage Creek
as Chief Thomas
(2008) Older Than America
as Richard Two Rivers
(1997) Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
(2009) Avatar
as Eytukan
(2023) Mending the Line
as Harrison
(2003) The Lone Ranger
as Kulakinah
(2023) The Roof
as Grandpa / Nick
(2003) Coyote Waits
as Joe Leaphorn
(2002) Skinwalkers
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
(2008) El Camino
as Dave
(2004) A Thief Of Time
as Joe Leaphorn
(2000) Wind River
as Pocatello
(1988) Longarm
as The Ute
(2013) Battledogs
as Captain Falcos
(2014) A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cochise
(2014) Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Windlifter
(2024) Terra Infirma
as Grey Owl
(2009) Call of the Wild
as Hatcher
(1993) The Broken Chain
as Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
(2014) Pie Lady of Pie Town
as Narrator (voice)
(2007) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Jack Wilson
(2003) Edge of America
as Cuch
(2007) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Wovoka
(1996) Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
(1990) Dances with Wolves
as Toughest Pawnee
(2001) Road to Redemption
as Frank Lightfoot
(2014) Road to Paloma
as Numay
(1997) The Killing Jar
as Cameron
(2013) Sugar
as Bishop
(2015) The Condemned 2
as Cyrus
(2001) Christmas in the Clouds
as Bingo Caller
(2024) The Midway Point
as Mr. Williams
(1989) Powwow Highway
as Buff
(2009) The Only Good Indian
as Sam
(2009) The Undying
as Lt. Frank Wascoe
(1999) Soundman
as Terry Leonard
(2013) Destination: Planet Negro!
as Chief Bobby
(2005) Animal
as Creeper
(1996) Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
as ---
(2006) The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Himself
(2017) Hostiles
as Chief Yellow Hawk
(2001) Ice Planet
as Commander Jonah Trager
(2019) A Dog's Way Home
as Captain Mica
(2002) Superfire
as Joe Nighttrail
(2007) Seraphim Falls
as Charon
(2011) The Dome of Heaven
as DeWayne Moses
(2007) Wolf Ridge
as ---
(2010) Reel Injun
as Self
(2019) Badland
as Harlan Red
(2012) Being Flynn
as Captain
(2010) A Good Day to Die
as Himself - Actor; Cherokee
(2020) Soul
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
Canyon of the Dead
as Tsali
(2007) Cosmic Radio
as Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
Candles
as ---
(1991) The Doors
as Indian in Desert
Brave
as Ernie
Timber Lands
as Russ
The Pipeline
as Samuel Horse
(2011) Hell on Wheels
as Chief Many Horses
(2001) UC: Undercover
as ---
(2009) Kings
as General Linus Abner
(2005) Into the West
as Black Kettle
(1996) Promised Land
as ---
(2008) Comanche Moon
as Buffalo Hump
(1999) The Directors
as Self
(1995) Streets of Laredo
as Famous Shoes
(1993) Ned Blessing
as ---
(2021) Reservation Dogs
as Bucky
(2019) Miracle Workers
as Chief Sleeping Bear
(2021) American Veteran
as Self - Host
(2008) The Mentalist
as Joeseph Silverwing
(2014) Penny Dreadful
as Kaetenay
(1990) The Flash
as Roller
(1988) American Experience
as Major Ridge
(1992) Highlander: The Series
as Sheriff Benson
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as William Lawrence
(2020) Woke
as Spoon (voice)
(2012) Finding Your Roots
as ---