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