Wes Studi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

102

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-12-17 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA

Wes Studi

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 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.

Known For

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • The Mentalist

    The Mentalist

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Avatar

    Avatar

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • Hell on Wheels

    Hell on Wheels

  • In Plain Sight

    In Plain Sight

  • Heat

    Heat

  • Soul

    Soul

  • Miracle Workers

    Miracle Workers

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • Undisputed

    Undisputed

  • Dances with Wolves

    Dances with Wolves

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

  • Woke

    Woke

  • A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West

  • Promised Land

    Promised Land

  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

  • Reservation Dogs

    Reservation Dogs

  • Hostiles

    Hostiles

  • Planes: Fire & Rescue

    Planes: Fire & Rescue

  • The Condemned 2

    The Condemned 2

  • Into the West

    Into the West

  • Deep Rising

    Deep Rising

  • A Love Song

    A Love Song

  • Street Fighter

    Street Fighter

  • The Pipeline

    The Pipeline

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • The Killing Jar

    The Killing Jar

  • UC: Undercover

    UC: Undercover

  • Kings

    Kings

  • The New World

    The New World

  • The Broken Chain

    The Broken Chain

  • Road to Redemption

    Road to Redemption

  • Road to Paloma

    Road to Paloma

  • Wind River

    Wind River

  • Christmas in the Clouds

    Christmas in the Clouds

  • A Dog's Way Home

    A Dog's Way Home

  • Comanche Moon

    Comanche Moon

  • Geronimo: An American Legend

    Geronimo: An American Legend

  • The Midway Point

    The Midway Point

  • The Doors

    The Doors

  • Ice Planet

    Ice Planet

  • Reel Injun

    Reel Injun

  • Mystery Men

    Mystery Men

  • Animal

    Animal

  • Seraphim Falls

    Seraphim Falls

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Being Flynn

    Being Flynn

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • Badland

    Badland

  • Sugar

    Sugar

  • Canyon of the Dead

    Canyon of the Dead

  • Longarm

    Longarm

  • Brave

    Brave

  • El Camino

    El Camino

  • Miracle at Sage Creek

    Miracle at Sage Creek

  • Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

  • Streets of Laredo

    Streets of Laredo

  • Edge of America

    Edge of America

  • A Thief Of Time

    A Thief Of Time

  • The Roof

    The Roof

  • Mending the Line

    Mending the Line

  • Older Than America

    Older Than America

  • Candles

    Candles

  • Coyote Waits

    Coyote Waits

  • Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild

  • Terra Infirma

    Terra Infirma

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • Superfire

    Superfire

  • Crazy Horse

    Crazy Horse

  • Making The Last of the Mohicans

    Making The Last of the Mohicans

  • Three Priests

    Three Priests

  • Soundman

    Soundman

  • The Undying

    The Undying

  • Ned Blessing

    Ned Blessing

  • Skinwalkers

    Skinwalkers

  • Cosmic Radio

    Cosmic Radio

  • American Veteran

    American Veteran

  • 21 and a Wake-Up

    21 and a Wake-Up

  • The Great Cherokee Grandmother

    The Great Cherokee Grandmother

  • Pie Lady of Pie Town

    Pie Lady of Pie Town

  • Ronnie BoDean

    Ronnie BoDean

  • Wolf Ridge

    Wolf Ridge

  • Destination: Planet Negro!

    Destination: Planet Negro!

  • Exhale

    Exhale

  • The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

    The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

  • A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

  • Powwow Highway

    Powwow Highway

  • The Dome of Heaven

    The Dome of Heaven

  • Timber Lands

    Timber Lands

  • Acting Like Nothing is Wrong

    Acting Like Nothing is Wrong

  • Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek

    Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek

  • Battledogs

    Battledogs

  • The Only Good Indian

    The Only Good Indian

  • Indian America: A Gift from the Past

    Indian America: A Gift from the Past

  • Lone Justice 2

    Lone Justice 2