Wes Studi
Known for acting · Born 17 December 1947 · 78 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
106 credits
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
Hostiles
2017
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
The New World
2005
Avatar
2009
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Penny Dreadful
2014
Undisputed
2002
Deep Rising
1998
The Condemned 2
2015
Heat
1995
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Acting (104)
2027SeasonsFilm
2025Avatar: Fire and AshE'ytukanFilm
2025The Great Cherokee GrandmotherFilm
2024The Midway PointMr. WilliamsFilm
2024Behind the LinesSelfFilm
2023Mending the LineHarrisonFilm
2023The RoofGrandpa / NickFilm
2022A Love SongLitoFilm
2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderQuanah (voice)Series
2022BonnieSelfFilm
2022Acting Like Nothing is WrongSelfFilm
2021Reservation DogsBucky · 4 episodesSeries
2021American VeteranSelf - HostSeries
2020SoulCounselor Jerry (voice)Film
2020WokeSpoon (voice)Series
2019A Dog's Way HomeCaptain MicaFilm
2019Miracle WorkersChief Sleeping BearSeries
2019BadlandHarlan RedFilm
2017HostilesChief Yellow HawkFilm
2015The Condemned 2CyrusFilm
2015Ronnie BoDeanRonnie BoDeanFilm
2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestCochiseFilm
2014Penny DreadfulKaetenay · 9 episodesSeries
2014Planes: Fire & RescueWindlifterFilm
2014Road to PalomaNumayFilm
2014Pie Lady of Pie TownNarrator (voice)Film
2013BattledogsCaptain FalcosFilm
2013SugarBishopFilm
2013Destination: Planet Negro!Chief BobbyFilm
2012Being FlynnCaptainFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSeries
2011Hell on WheelsChief Many Horses · 3 episodesSeries
2011The Dome of HeavenDeWayne MosesFilm
2010Reel InjunSelfFilm
2010A Good Day to DieSelf - Actor; CherokeeFilm
2010Making The Last of the MohicansSelfFilm
2010Ink: A Tale of CaptivityKing PhilipFilm
2009AvatarEytukanFilm
2009KingsGeneral Linus Abner · 6 episodesSeries
2009Call of the WildHatcherFilm
2009The UndyingLt. Frank WascoeFilm
200921 and a Wake-UpGeneral GleasonFilm
2009The Only Good IndianSamFilm
2008The MentalistJoeseph SilverwingSeries
2008In Plain SightChief PierceSeries
2008Comanche MoonBuffalo Hump · 3 episodesSeries
2008Older Than AmericaRichard Two RiversFilm
2008Three PriestsBenFilm
2008El CaminoDaveFilm
2007Seraphim FallsCharonFilm
2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeJack Wilson, WovokaFilm
2007Saving GraceBobby's DadSeries
2007Cosmic RadioSherriff Mike NighthorseFilm
2007Wolf RidgeFilm
2006The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee LegacyHimselfFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyWilliam LawrenceSeries
2005The New WorldOpechancanoughFilm
2005Into the WestBlack KettleSeries
2005AnimalCreeperFilm
2005Miracle at Sage CreekChief ThomasFilm
2004A Thief Of TimeJoe LeaphornFilm
2003Coyote WaitsJoe LeaphornFilm
2003Edge of AmericaCuchFilm
2003The Lone RangerKulakinahFilm
2002UndisputedMingo PaceFilm
2002SkinwalkersLt. Joe LeaphornFilm
2002SuperfireJoe NighttrailFilm
2001Christmas in the CloudsBingo CallerFilm
2001Ice PlanetCommander Jonah TragerFilm
2001UC: UndercoverSeries
2001Road to RedemptionFrank LightfootFilm
2000Wind RiverPocatelloFilm
1999Mystery MenSphinxFilm
1999The DirectorsSelfSeries
1999SoundmanTerry LeonardFilm
1998Deep RisingHanoverFilm
1997The Killing JarCameronFilm
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelfFilm
1996Crazy HorseRed CloudFilm
1996Promised LandSeries
1996Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum CreekFilm
1995HeatCasalsFilm
1995Streets of LaredoFamous Shoes · 3 episodesSeries
1995Lone Justice 2One HorseFilm
1994Street FighterSagatFilm
1994Indian America: A Gift from the PastSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1993Geronimo: An American LegendGeronimoFilm
1993The Broken ChainSeth / Chief / Speaker for the TribesFilm
1993Ned Blessing · 4 episodesSeries
1992The Last of the MohicansMaguaFilm
1992Highlander: The SeriesSheriff BensonSeries
1991The DoorsIndian in DesertFilm
1990Dances with WolvesToughest PawneeFilm
1990The FlashRollerSeries
1989Powwow HighwayBuffFilm
1988American ExperienceMajor Ridge, Warrior in CanoeSeries
1988LongarmThe UteFilm
—Terra InfirmaGrey OwlFilm
—As Deep As the GraveTsaliFilm
—CandlesFilm
—BraveErnieFilm
—Timber LandsRussFilm
—The PipelineSamuel HorseFilm
—ExhaleGeorgeFilm
Production (2)
2023We Will SpeakExecutive ProducerFilm
—The PipelineExecutive ProducerFilm