Wes Studi
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.
103 acting credits
Acting · 103
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Mentalist
2008
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
American Experience
1988
Avatar
2009
Highlander: The Series
1992
Hell on Wheels
2011
Heat
1995
Finding Your Roots
2012
In Plain Sight
2008
Miracle Workers
2019
Soul
2020
Saving Grace
2007
The Flash
1990
Penny Dreadful
2014
Promised Land
1996
Reservation Dogs
2021
Dances with Wolves
1990
The Directors
1999
Kings
2009
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
UC: Undercover
2001
Into the West
2005
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Street Fighter
1994
Hostiles
2017
Deep Rising
1998
Woke
2020
Undisputed
2002
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Comanche Moon
2008
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Mystery Men
1999
The Doors
1991
The New World
2005
Streets of Laredo
1995
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Road to Paloma
2014
Seraphim Falls
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Ned Blessing
1993
Badland
2019
The Condemned 2
2015
Being Flynn
2012
Animal
2005
Crazy Horse
1996
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
Older Than America
2008
Bonnie
2022
Behind the Lines
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Superfire
2002
American Veteran
2021
The Broken Chain
1993
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
A Love Song
2022
Call of the Wild
2009
El Camino
2008
The Lone Ranger
2003
Sugar
2013
Mending the Line
2023
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
The Killing Jar
1997
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Powwow Highway
1989
Longarm
1988
A Thief Of Time
2004
Ice Planet
2001
Wind River
2000
Candles
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Coyote Waits
2003
Skinwalkers
2002
Soundman
1999
Exhale
—
The Midway Point
2024
Edge of America
2003
Reel Injun
2010
As Deep as the Grave
—
Three Priests
2008
Timber Lands
—
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013
The Pipeline
—
The Roof
2023
Road to Redemption
2001
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014
Lone Justice 2
1995
Terra Infirma
—
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010
Brave
—
Cosmic Radio
2007
The Undying
2009
The Only Good Indian
2009
Ronnie BoDean
2015
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
A Good Day to Die
2010
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Wolf Ridge
2007
The Dome of Heaven
2011
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
1994
Battledogs
2013
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010