Acting
Wes Studi
Also Known As: Wesley Studie
Birth Date
December 17, 1947
(78 years old)
Place of Birth
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
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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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Joeseph Silverwing
2008 • 1 episode
Grey's Anatomy
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2005 • 1 episode
Avatar: Fire and Ash
E'ytukan
2025
Avatar
Eytukan
2009
American Experience
Major Ridge
1988 • 1 episode
Highlander: The Series
Sheriff Benson
1992 • 1 episode
Finding Your Roots
2012 • 1 episode
Miracle Workers
Chief Sleeping Bear
2019 • 1 episode
Hell on Wheels
Chief Many Horses
2011 • 3 episodes
In Plain Sight
Chief Pierce
2008 • 1 episode
Penny Dreadful
Kaetenay
2014 • 9 episodes
Soul
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2020
Heat
Casals
1995
Saving Grace
Bobby's Dad
2007 • 1 episode
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Quanah (voice)
2022 • 1 episode
The Flash
Roller
1990 • 1 episode
Dances with Wolves
Toughest Pawnee
1990
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Cochise
2014
Promised Land
1996 • 1 episode
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Windlifter
2014