Wes Studi
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 most recently 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 Anatomy
William Lawrence
The Mentalist
Joeseph Silverwing
Finding Your Roots
Avatar
Eytukan
Hell on Wheels
Chief Many Horses
The Directors
Self
The Flash
Roller
Miracle Workers
Chief Sleeping Bear
Penny Dreadful
Kaetenay
In Plain Sight
Chief Pierce
Reservation Dogs
Bucky
Promised Land
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Quanah (voice)
Woke
Spoon (voice)
Kings
General Linus Abner
American Experience
Major Ridge
American Experience
Warrior in Canoe
Into the West
Black Kettle
Highlander: The Series
Sheriff Benson
Streets of Laredo
Famous Shoes
Heat
Casals
UC: Undercover
Soul
Counselor Jerry (voice)
Undisputed
Mingo Pace
Dances with Wolves
Toughest Pawnee
The Last of the Mohicans
Magua
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Cochise
Hostiles
Chief Yellow Hawk
Geronimo: An American Legend
Geronimo
American Veteran
Self - Host
A Dog's Way Home
Captain Mica
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Windlifter
Deep Rising
Hanover
Street Fighter
Sagat
Road to Paloma
Numay
The Doors
Indian in Desert
The Dome of Heaven
DeWayne Moses
The New World
Opechancanough
Mystery Men
Sphinx
Seraphim Falls
Charon
Comanche Moon
Buffalo Hump
Badland
Harlan Red
The Condemned 2
Cyrus
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Jack Wilson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Wovoka
Call of the Wild
Hatcher
Being Flynn
Captain
Ned Blessing
Animal
Creeper
Mending the Line
Harrison
Superfire
Joe Nighttrail
A Love Song
Lito
The Killing Jar
Cameron
Christmas in the Clouds
Bingo Caller
Older Than America
Richard Two Rivers
Ice Planet
Commander Jonah Trager
Bonnie
Self
El Camino
Dave
Reel Injun
Self
The Lone Ranger
Kulakinah
Coyote Waits
Joe Leaphorn
The Roof
Grandpa / Nick
Powwow Highway
Buff
Skinwalkers
Lt. Joe Leaphorn
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
The Broken Chain
Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
Sugar
Bishop
Behind the Lines
Self
Canyon of the Dead
Tsali
Longarm
The Ute
The Midway Point
Mr. Williams
Cosmic Radio
Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
A Good Day to Die
Self - Actor; Cherokee
Edge of America
Cuch
Exhale
George
Wind River
Pocatello
Candles
The Undying
Lt. Frank Wascoe
Timber Lands
Russ
Miracle at Sage Creek
Chief Thomas
Road to Redemption
Frank Lightfoot
A Thief Of Time
Joe Leaphorn
Soundman
Terry Leonard
Destination: Planet Negro!
Chief Bobby
Three Priests
Ben
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Self
Wolf Ridge
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
Himself
Ronnie BoDean
Ronnie BoDean
Brave
Ernie
The Pipeline
Samuel Horse
Terra Infirma
Grey Owl
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
The Only Good Indian
Sam
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
Battledogs
Captain Falcos
Pie Lady of Pie Town
Narrator (voice)
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
Self
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
Self - Narrator (voice)