Wes Studi
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Wes Studi

Dec 17, 1947 - Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S.

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.

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Movie1995HeatCasals
Movie2008Three PriestsBen
Movie2022BonnieSelf
Movie2005The New WorldOpechancanough
Movie1994Street FighterSagat
Movie2010Making The Last of the MohicansSelf
Movie1998Deep RisingHanover
Movie1992The Last of the MohicansMagua
Movie2015Ronnie BoDeanRonnie BoDean
Movie1999Mystery MenSphinx
Movie1993Geronimo: An American LegendGeronimo
MovieN/ABehind the LinesSelf
Movie2002UndisputedMingo Pace
Movie2022Acting Like Nothing is WrongSelf
Movie2022A Love SongLito
Movie2005Miracle at Sage CreekChief Thomas
Movie2008Older Than AmericaRichard Two Rivers
Movie1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
Movie2009AvatarEytukan
Movie2023Mending the LineHarrison
Movie2003The Lone RangerKulakinah
Movie2023The RoofGrandpa / Nick
Movie2003Coyote WaitsJoe Leaphorn
Movie2002SkinwalkersLt. Joe Leaphorn
Movie2008El CaminoDave
Movie2004A Thief Of TimeJoe Leaphorn
Movie2000Wind RiverPocatello
Movie1988LongarmThe Ute
Movie2013BattledogsCaptain Falcos
Movie2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestCochise
Movie2014Planes: Fire & RescueWindlifter
Movie2024Terra InfirmaGrey Owl
Movie2009Call of the WildHatcher
Movie1993The Broken ChainSeth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
Movie2014Pie Lady of Pie TownNarrator (voice)
Movie2003Edge of AmericaCuch
Movie2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeJack Wilson
Movie2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeWovoka
Movie1996Crazy HorseRed Cloud
Movie1990Dances with WolvesToughest Pawnee
Movie2001Road to RedemptionFrank Lightfoot
Movie2014Road to PalomaNumay
Movie1997The Killing JarCameron
Movie2013SugarBishop
Movie2015The Condemned 2Cyrus
Movie2001Christmas in the CloudsBingo Caller
Movie2024The Midway PointMr. Williams
Movie1989Powwow HighwayBuff
Movie2009The Only Good IndianSam
Movie2009The UndyingLt. Frank Wascoe
Movie1999SoundmanTerry Leonard
Movie2013Destination: Planet Negro!Chief Bobby
Movie2005AnimalCreeper
Movie1996Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
Movie2006The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee LegacyHimself
Movie2017HostilesChief Yellow Hawk
Movie2001Ice PlanetCommander Jonah Trager
Movie2019A Dog's Way HomeCaptain Mica
Movie2002SuperfireJoe Nighttrail
Movie2007Seraphim FallsCharon
Movie2011The Dome of HeavenDeWayne Moses
Movie2007Wolf Ridge
Movie2010Reel InjunSelf
Movie2019BadlandHarlan Red
Movie2012Being FlynnCaptain
Movie2010A Good Day to DieSelf - Actor; Cherokee
Movie2020SoulCounselor Jerry (voice)
MovieN/ACanyon of the DeadTsali
Movie2007Cosmic RadioSherriff Mike Nighthorse
MovieN/ACandles
Movie1991The DoorsIndian in Desert
MovieN/ABraveErnie
MovieN/ATimber LandsRuss
MovieN/AThe PipelineSamuel Horse
MovieN/AExhaleGeorge
Movie1994Indian America: A Gift from the PastSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2025The Great Cherokee Grandmother
TV Show2011Hell on WheelsChief Many Horses3
TV Show2001UC: Undercover1
TV Show2009KingsGeneral Linus Abner13
TV Show2005Into the WestBlack Kettle1
TV Show1996Promised Land1
TV Show2008Comanche MoonBuffalo Hump3
TV Show1999The DirectorsSelf1
TV Show1995Streets of LaredoFamous Shoes3
TV Show1993Ned Blessing4
TV Show2021Reservation DogsBucky4
TV Show2019Miracle WorkersChief Sleeping Bear1
TV Show2021American VeteranSelf - Host1
TV Show2008The MentalistJoeseph Silverwing1
TV Show2014Penny DreadfulKaetenay9
TV Show1990The FlashRoller1
TV Show1988American ExperienceMajor Ridge1
TV Show1992Highlander: The SeriesSheriff Benson1
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyWilliam Lawrence1
TV Show2020WokeSpoon (voice)1
TV Show2012Finding Your Roots1
TV Show1988American ExperienceWarrior in Canoe1
TV Show2008In Plain SightChief Pierce1
TV Show2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderQuanah (voice)1

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Movie2023We Will SpeakExecutive ProducerProduction
MovieN/AThe PipelineExecutive ProducerProduction