Wes Studi
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1947 in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
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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Heat
Casals
Three Priests
Ben
Bonnie
Self
The New World
Opechancanough
Street Fighter
Sagat
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Self
Deep Rising
Hanover
The Last of the Mohicans
Magua
Ronnie BoDean
Ronnie BoDean
Mystery Men
Sphinx
Geronimo: An American Legend
Geronimo
Behind the Lines
Self
Undisputed
Mingo Pace
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
Self
A Love Song
Lito
Miracle at Sage Creek
Chief Thomas
Older Than America
Richard Two Rivers
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
Avatar
Eytukan
Mending the Line
Harrison
The Lone Ranger
Kulakinah
The Roof
Grandpa / Nick
Skinwalkers
Lt. Joe Leaphorn
Coyote Waits
Joe Leaphorn