Wes Studi
- Born
- December 17, 1947 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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 · 51 credits
- 2027Seasons · Actor
- 2026The Long Haul · Actor (Buck)
- 2026As Deep as the Grave · Actor (Tsali)
- 2022A Love Song · Actor (Lito)
- 2022Mending the Line · Actor (Harrison)
- 2020Rolling Thunder · Actor (Wes)
- 2019A Dog's Way Home · Actor (Captain Mica)
- 2019Badland · Actor (Harlan Red)
- 2018Whitewashed: The Ethnic Cleansing of America · Actor (Narrator)
- 2015The Condemned 2 · Actor (Cyrus Merrick)
- 2014A Million Ways to Die in the West · Actor (Cochise)
- 2014Planes: Fire & Rescue · Actor (Windlifter)
- 2013Sugar · Actor (Bishop)
- 2011The Dome of Heaven · Actor (DeWayne Moses)
- 2010Ink: A Tale of Captivity · Actor (King Philip)
- 2009Avatar · Actor (Eytukan)
- 2009Call of the Wild · Actor (Hatcher)
- 2009The Only Good Indian · Actor (Sam)
- 2009The Undying · Actor (Lt. Frank Wascoe)
- 2009The Hunter's Moon · Actor (Cherokee Jack)
- 2008Older Than America · Actor (Richard Two Rivers)
- 2008Three Priests · Actor (Ben)
- 2007Cosmic Radio · Actor (Sherriff Mike Nighthorse)
- 2005The New World · Actor (Opechancanough)
- 2005Miracle at Sage Creek · Actor (Chief Thomas)
- 2002Undisputed · Actor (Mingo Pace)
- 2001Road to Redemption · Actor (Frank Lightfoot)
- 2001Sze Bei · Actor (Narrator)
- 2000Wind River · Actor (Pocatello)
- 1999Mystery Men · Actor (Sphinx)
- 1998Deep Rising · Actor (Hanover)
- 1998Soundman · Actor (Terry Leonard)
- 1998Andrew Jackson White Elk · Actor
- 1997The Killing Jar · Actor (Cameron)
- 1995Heat · Actor (Casals)
- 1995Lone Justice 2 · Archive footage (One Horse)
- 1994Wolfridge · Actor
- 1993Geronimo: An American Legend · Actor (Geronimo)
- 1992The Last of the Mohicans · Actor (Magua)
- —Into the Fire · Actor (Fire Captain Don Knight)
- —The Rez · Actor (Floyd)
- —American/Indian · Actor (Joe Gresham)
- —Timber Lands · Actor
- —The Pipeline · Actor (Samuel Horse)
- —A Grim Life · Actor (Nic)
- —Terra Infirma · Actor (Grey Owl)
- —The Earth Above · Actor (Walter Chavez)
- —Timberwolf · Actor (Onacona)
- —Nothing, Arizona · Actor (Chuck Begay)
- —Exhale · Actor (George)
- —Mountain Summer · Actor (Sherriff)