Wes Studi

About

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.

Known for

Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005The MentalistSeries • 2008American ExperienceSeries • 1988Avatar: Fire and AshMovie • 2025Highlander: The SeriesSeries • 1992AvatarMovie • 2009Finding Your RootsSeries • 2012In Plain SightSeries • 2008Miracle WorkersSeries • 2019Saving GraceSeries • 2007Hell on WheelsSeries • 2011HeatMovie • 1995Penny DreadfulSeries • 2014SoulMovie • 2020Dances with WolvesMovie • 1990The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderSeries • 2022Street FighterMovie • 1994Reservation DogsSeries • 2021The FlashSeries • 1990Promised LandSeries • 1996A Million Ways to Die in the WestMovie • 2014KingsSeries • 2009The Last of the MohicansMovie • 1992UndisputedMovie • 2002