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 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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Wesley Studie

Wes Studi

Biography

Movies.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar

Heat

Soul

Dances with Wolves

The Last of the Mohicans

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Street Fighter

A Dog's Way Home

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Hostiles

The New World

Deep Rising

Undisputed

The Doors

Seraphim Falls

Mystery Men

Geronimo: An American Legend

Mending the Line

The Condemned 2

TV Shows.

The Mentalist

Grey's Anatomy

American Experience

American Experience

Highlander: The Series

Hell on Wheels

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

In Plain Sight

Penny Dreadful

Miracle Workers

Reservation Dogs

Finding Your Roots

Saving Grace

The Flash

Promised Land

Into the West

Woke

Kings

Comanche Moon

The Directors