Actor
Wes Studi
78 years · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA · 73 films
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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Filmography 69
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · E'ytukan
On Disney Plus
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025 · Actor
The Midway Point
2024 · Mr. Williams
Behind the Lines
2024 · Self
The Roof
2023 · Grandpa / Nick
On Disney Plus
Mending the Line
2023 · Harrison
Bonnie
2022 · Self
On Amazon Prime Video
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022 · Self
A Love Song
2022 · Lito
Soul
2020 · Counselor Jerry (voice)
On Hulu
Badland
2019 · Harlan Red
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Captain Mica
Hostiles
2017 · Chief Yellow Hawk
On Philo
The Condemned 2
2015 · Cyrus
Ronnie BoDean
2015 · Ronnie BoDean
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · Windlifter
On Disney Plus
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Cochise
Road to Paloma
2014 · Numay
Sugar
2013 · Bishop
Battledogs
2013 · Captain Falcos
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013 · Chief Bobby
On fuboTV
Being Flynn
2012 · Captain
The Dome of Heaven
2011 · DeWayne Moses
A Good Day to Die
2010 · Self - Actor; Cherokee