Wes Studi
1947-12-17 (1947)Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USAActing
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.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Avatar: Fire and Ash
MOVIE • 2025
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
American Experience
TV • 1988
American Experience
TV • 1988
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Hell on Wheels
TV • 2011
Avatar
MOVIE • 2009
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Miracle Workers
TV • 2019
The Flash
TV • 1990
Penny Dreadful
TV • 2014
Heat
MOVIE • 1995
Promised Land
TV • 1996
Reservation Dogs
TV • 2021
Soul
MOVIE • 2020