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Wes Studi

Actor

Wes Studi

Born December 17, 1947 in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA71 films

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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Soul posterFirst watchSoul20208.1as Counselor Jerry (voice)Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Avatar poster7.6Avatar2009Heat poster7.9Heat1995Dances with Wolves poster7.8Dances with Wolves1990Avatar: Fire and Ash poster7.6Avatar: Fire and Ash2025The Last of the Mohicans poster7.4The Last of the Mohicans1992Hostiles poster7.0Hostiles2017The Doors poster7.1The Doors1991A Dog's Way Home poster7.4A Dog's Way Home2019

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. TBATerra InfirmaGrey Owl
  2. TBAAs Deep As the GraveTsali
  3. TBACandles
  4. TBABraveErnie
  5. TBATimber LandsRuss
  6. TBAThe PipelineSamuel Horse
  7. TBAExhaleGeorge
  8. 2027Seasons
  9. 2025Avatar: Fire and AshE'ytukan
  10. 2025The Great Cherokee Grandmother
  11. 2024The Midway PointMr. Williams
  12. 2023The RoofGrandpa / Nick
  13. 2023Mending the LineHarrison
  14. 2022A Love SongLito
  15. 2020SoulCounselor Jerry (voice)
  16. 2019BadlandHarlan Red
  17. 2019A Dog's Way HomeCaptain Mica
  18. 2017HostilesChief Yellow Hawk
  19. 2015The Condemned 2Cyrus
  20. 2015Ronnie BoDeanRonnie BoDean
  21. 2014Planes: Fire & RescueWindlifter
  22. 2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestCochise
  23. 2014Road to PalomaNumay
  24. 2013SugarBishop
  25. 2013BattledogsCaptain Falcos
  26. 2013Destination: Planet Negro!Chief Bobby
  27. 2012Being FlynnCaptain
  28. 2011The Dome of HeavenDeWayne Moses
  29. 2010Ink: A Tale of CaptivityKing Philip
  30. 2009AvatarEytukan
  31. 2009The Only Good IndianSam
  32. 200921 and a Wake-UpGeneral Gleason
  33. 2009Call of the WildHatcher
  34. 2009The UndyingLt. Frank Wascoe
  35. 2008Older Than AmericaRichard Two Rivers
  36. 2008El CaminoDave
  37. 2008Three PriestsBen
  38. 2007Cosmic RadioSherriff Mike Nighthorse
  39. 2007Wolf Ridge
  40. 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeJack Wilson
  41. 2007Seraphim FallsCharon
  42. 2005The New WorldOpechancanough
  43. 2005Miracle at Sage CreekChief Thomas
  44. 2005AnimalCreeper
  45. 2004A Thief Of TimeJoe Leaphorn
  46. 2003Edge of AmericaCuch
  47. 2003Coyote WaitsJoe Leaphorn
  48. 2003The Lone RangerKulakinah
  49. 2002SkinwalkersLt. Joe Leaphorn
  50. 2002UndisputedMingo Pace
  51. 2002SuperfireJoe Nighttrail
  52. 2001Road to RedemptionFrank Lightfoot
  53. 2001Christmas in the CloudsBingo Caller
  54. 2001Ice PlanetCommander Jonah Trager
  55. 2000Wind RiverPocatello
  56. 1999Mystery MenSphinx
  57. 1999SoundmanTerry Leonard
  58. 1998Deep RisingHanover
  59. 1997The Killing JarCameron
  60. 1996Crazy HorseRed Cloud
  61. 1996Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
  62. 1995HeatCasals
  63. 1995Lone Justice 2One Horse
  64. 1994Street FighterSagat
  65. 1993Geronimo: An American LegendGeronimo
  66. 1993The Broken ChainSeth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
  67. 1992The Last of the MohicansMagua
  68. 1991The DoorsIndian in Desert
  69. 1990Dances with WolvesToughest Pawnee
  70. 1989Powwow HighwayBuff
  71. 1988LongarmThe Ute