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Wes Studi
ActingBORN: 1947-12-17Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Top Filmography
7.6
Avatar
2009 // MOVIE
8.1
Soul
2020 // MOVIE
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005 // TV
7.9
Heat
1995 // MOVIE
7.8
Dances with Wolves
1990 // MOVIE
6.1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 // MOVIE
8.4
The Mentalist
2008 // TV
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 // MOVIE
6.9
Hostiles
2017 // MOVIE
7.3
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 // MOVIE
4.7
Street Fighter
1994 // MOVIE
7.1
The Doors
1991 // MOVIE
7.8
Penny Dreadful
2014 // TV
6.5
The New World
2005 // MOVIE
7.4
A Dog's Way Home
2019 // MOVIE