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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1947
Place of Birth
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Wesley Studie
Wes Studi
3.2 Popularity
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 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
7.4
E'ytukan
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
0.0
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
0.0
Mr. Williams
The Midway Point
2024
5.8
Grandpa / Nick
The Roof
2023
6.6
Harrison
Mending the Line
2023
5.3
Self
Bonnie
2022
0.0
Self
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
6.6
Lito
A Love Song
2022
5.6
Quanah (voice)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
0.0
Self - Host
American Veteran
2021
Credits
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as E'ytukan
2025
7.4
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
0.0
The Midway Point
as Mr. Williams
2024
0.0
The Roof
as Grandpa / Nick
2023
5.8
Mending the Line
as Harrison
2023
6.6
Bonnie
as Self
2022
5.3
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
as Self
2022
0.0
A Love Song
as Lito
2022
6.6
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Quanah (voice)
2022
5.6
American Veteran
as Self - Host
2021
0.0
Reservation Dogs
as Bucky
2021
7.9
Soul
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
2020
8.1
Woke
as Spoon (voice)
2020
5.2
Badland
as Harlan Red
2019
6.1
Miracle Workers
as Chief Sleeping Bear
2019
6.8
A Dog's Way Home
as Captain Mica
2019
7.4
Hostiles
as Chief Yellow Hawk
2017
6.9
The Condemned 2
as Cyrus
2015
5.2
Ronnie BoDean
as Ronnie BoDean
2015
0.0
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Windlifter
2014
6.2
🎬
Pie Lady of Pie Town
as Narrator (voice)
2014
0.0
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cochise
2014
6.1
Penny Dreadful
as Kaetenay
2014
7.8
Road to Paloma
as Numay
2014
5.9
Sugar
as Bishop
2013
6.1
Battledogs
as Captain Falcos
2013
4.4
Destination: Planet Negro!
as Chief Bobby
2013
6.3
Finding Your Roots
2012
6.6
Being Flynn
as Captain
2012
6.2
Hell on Wheels
as Chief Many Horses
2011
7.6
The Dome of Heaven
as DeWayne Moses
2011
0.0
A Good Day to Die
as Self - Actor; Cherokee
2010
6.5
Making The Last of the Mohicans
as Self
2010
0.0
Reel Injun
as Self
2010
7.0
Avatar
as Eytukan
2009
7.6
The Only Good Indian
as Sam
2009
3.5
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
2.0
Call of the Wild
as Hatcher
2009
6.0
Kings
as General Linus Abner
2009
7.5
The Undying
as Lt. Frank Wascoe
2009
4.5
The Mentalist
as Joeseph Silverwing
2008
8.4
In Plain Sight
as Chief Pierce
2008
7.0
Older Than America
as Richard Two Rivers
2008
4.4
El Camino
as Dave
2008
3.0
Comanche Moon
as Buffalo Hump
2008
7.0
Three Priests
as Ben
2008
2.0
Cosmic Radio
as Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
2007
1.5
Wolf Ridge
2007
0.0
Saving Grace
as Bobby's Dad
2007
7.4
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Jack Wilson
2007
6.5
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Wovoka
2007
6.5
Seraphim Falls
as Charon
2007
6.4
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Himself
2006
4.5
The New World
as Opechancanough
2005
6.5
Miracle at Sage Creek
as Chief Thomas
2005
5.6
Into the West
as Black Kettle
2005
7.9
Animal
as Creeper
2005
5.6
Grey's Anatomy
as William Lawrence
2005
8.2
A Thief Of Time
as Joe Leaphorn
2004
5.2
Edge of America
as Cuch
2003
5.9
Coyote Waits
as Joe Leaphorn
2003
5.4
The Lone Ranger
as Kulakinah
2003
5.3
Skinwalkers
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
2002
6.8
Undisputed
as Mingo Pace
2002
6.5
Superfire
as Joe Nighttrail
2002
4.6
UC: Undercover
2001
6.4
Road to Redemption
as Frank Lightfoot
2001
6.2
Christmas in the Clouds
as Bingo Caller
2001
6.1
Ice Planet
as Commander Jonah Trager
2001
4.6
Wind River
as Pocatello
2000
6.0
Mystery Men
as Sphinx
1999
5.8
Soundman
as Terry Leonard
1999
4.0
The Directors
as Self
1999
5.8
Deep Rising
as Hanover
1998
6.2
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
1997
5.0
The Killing Jar
as Cameron
1997
4.0
Promised Land
1996
6.1
Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
1996
9.6
🎬
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
5.0
Heat
as Casals
1995
7.9
Streets of Laredo
as Famous Shoes
1995
6.3
🎬
Lone Justice 2
as One Horse
1995
6.0
Street Fighter
as Sagat
1994
4.7
🎬
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
0.0
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Geronimo
1993
6.3
The Broken Chain
as Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
1993
2.6
Ned Blessing
1993
5.0
Highlander: The Series
as Sheriff Benson
1992
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
as Magua
1992
7.4
The Doors
as Indian in Desert
1991
7.1
The Flash
as Roller
1990
7.4
Dances with Wolves
as Toughest Pawnee
1990
7.8
Powwow Highway
as Buff
1989
6.6
American Experience
as Major Ridge
1988
6.9
American Experience
as Warrior in Canoe
1988
6.9
Longarm
as The Ute
1988
4.5
Candles
N/A
0.0
Canyon of the Dead
as Tsali
N/A
0.0
🎬
Terra Infirma
as Grey Owl
N/A
0.0
Behind the Lines
as Self
N/A
0.0
🎬
Exhale
as George
N/A
0.0
The Pipeline
as Samuel Horse
N/A
0.0
🎬
Timber Lands
as Russ
N/A
0.0
🎬
Brave
as Ernie
N/A
0.0