Wes Studi
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
Crazy Horse
1996 · 8.7
The Mentalist
2008 · 8.4
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · 8.2
Soul
2020 · 8.1
Into the West
2005 · 8.0
Lone Justice 2
1995 · 8.0
Heat
1995 · 7.9
Reservation Dogs
2021 · 7.9
Dances with Wolves
1990 · 7.8
Penny Dreadful
2014 · 7.8
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · 7.6
Avatar
2009 · 7.6
Kings
2009 · 7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011 · 7.6
The Flash
1990 · 7.4
Saving Grace
2007 · 7.4
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · 7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992 · 7.4
The Doors
1991 · 7.1
Comanche Moon
2008 · 7.1
In Plain Sight
2008 · 7.0
Hostiles
2017 · 7.0
The Midway Point
2024 · 7.0
Miracle Workers
2019 · 6.8
Powwow Highway
1989 · 6.8
UC: Undercover
2001 · 6.7
Skinwalkers
2002 · 6.7
A Love Song
2022 · 6.6
Undisputed
2002 · 6.5
American Experience
1988 · 6.5
Promised Land
1996 · 6.5
The New World
2005 · 6.5
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · 6.5
Mending the Line
2023 · 6.5
Road to Redemption
2001 · 6.5
Seraphim Falls
2007 · 6.4
Edge of America
2003 · 6.4
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · 6.3
Badland
2019 · 6.3
Streets of Laredo
1995 · 6.3
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · 6.2
Finding Your Roots
2012 · 6.2
Being Flynn
2012 · 6.2
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · 6.2
Deep Rising
1998 · 6.2
Wind River
2000 · 6.1
Sugar
2013 · 6.1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · 6.0
Ned Blessing
1993 · 6.0
A Thief Of Time
2004 · 6.0
Longarm
1988 · 6.0
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996 · 6.0
Mystery Men
1999 · 5.9
Call of the Wild
2009 · 5.9
Road to Paloma
2014 · 5.8
The Roof
2023 · 5.8
Animal
2005 · 5.7
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005 · 5.7
Coyote Waits
2003 · 5.7
The Lone Ranger
2003 · 5.6
Woke
2020 · 5.3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 · 5.1
The Condemned 2
2015 · 5.1
Superfire
2002 · 5.1
Ice Planet
2001 · 4.9
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013 · 4.7
Street Fighter
1994 · 4.7
The Undying
2009 · 4.5
Soundman
1999 · 4.4
Older Than America
2008 · 4.4
The Killing Jar
1997 · 4.4
Battledogs
2013 · 4.4
Three Priests
2008 · 3.8
The Only Good Indian
2009 · 3.5
The Broken Chain
1993 · 3.4
El Camino
2008 · 3.0
21 and a Wake-Up
2009 · 2.0
Cosmic Radio
2007 · 1.7
Seasons
2027 · 0.0
Wolf Ridge
2007 · 0.0
As Deep as the Grave
— · 0.0
Candles
— · 0.0
Ronnie BoDean
2015 · 0.0
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010 · 0.0
Terra Infirma
— · 0.0
The Dome of Heaven
2011 · 0.0
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025 · 0.0
The Pipeline
— · 0.0
Timber Lands
— · 0.0
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014 · 0.0
Exhale
— · 0.0
Brave
— · 0.0
A Grim Life
— · 0.0