Wes Studi

Acting · Born 1947-12-17 in Nofire 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.

Filmography

• Heat as Casals
• The Last of the Mohicans as Magua
• Avatar as Eytukan
• Dances with Wolves as Toughest Pawnee
• Hostiles as Chief Yellow Hawk
• A Dog's Way Home as Captain Mica
• Soul as Counselor Jerry (voice)
• The Doors as Indian in Desert
• Avatar: Fire and Ash as E'ytukan
• Three Priests as Ben

TV

• Reservation Dogs as Bucky
• The Mentalist as Joeseph Silverwing
• Penny Dreadful as Kaetenay
• Grey's Anatomy as William Lawrence
• Hell on Wheels as Chief Many Horses
• UC: Undercover
• Into the West as Black Kettle
• Promised Land
• Comanche Moon as Buffalo Hump
• The Directors as Self