Wes Studi

Known for

Acting

Age

79 years

Place of birth

Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Life and career

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.

Wes Studi

Biography

Filmography

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Soul

Badland

A Dog's Way Home

Hostiles

Planes: Fire & Rescue

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Road to Paloma

Being Flynn

Avatar

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Seraphim Falls

The New World

Undisputed

Mystery Men

Deep Rising

Heat

Street Fighter

Geronimo: An American Legend

The Last of the Mohicans

The Doors

Dances with Wolves