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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: Acting

Born: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S., 1947-12-17

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Longarm	The Ute	45
2	1992	The Last of the Mohicans	Magua	74
3	1993	The Broken Chain	Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes	26
4	1993	Geronimo: An American Legend	Geronimo	63
5	1994	Street Fighter	Sagat	46
6	1995	Heat	Casals	79
7	1996	Crazy Horse	Red Cloud	96
8	1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western	Self	0
9	1998	Deep Rising	Hanover	62
10	1999	Mystery Men	Sphinx	58
11	2000	Wind River	Pocatello	60
12	2002	Undisputed	Mingo Pace	65
13	2002	Skinwalkers	Lt. Joe Leaphorn	66
14	2003	The Lone Ranger	Kulakinah	53
15	2003	Coyote Waits	Joe Leaphorn	52
16	2003	Edge of America	Cuch	59
17	2004	A Thief Of Time	Joe Leaphorn	47
18	2005	Miracle at Sage Creek	Chief Thomas	56
19	2005	The New World	Opechancanough	65
20	2007	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	Jack Wilson	65
21	2007	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	Wovoka	65
22	2008	Three Priests	Ben	20
23	2008	El Camino	Dave	30
24	2008	Older Than America	Richard Two Rivers	44
25	2009	Call of the Wild	Hatcher	61
26	2009	Avatar	Eytukan	76
27	2010	Making The Last of the Mohicans	Self	0
28	2013	Battledogs	Captain Falcos	45
29	2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Cochise	61
30	2014	Pie Lady of Pie Town	Narrator (voice)	0
31	2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Windlifter	62
32	2015	Ronnie BoDean	Ronnie BoDean	0
33	2022	A Love Song	Lito	68
34	2022	Bonnie	Self	50
35		Behind the Lines	Self	0
36	1989	Powwow Highway	Buff	66
37	1990	Dances with Wolves	Toughest Pawnee	78
38	1991	The Doors	Indian in Desert	71
39	1994	Indian America: A Gift from the Past	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
40	1996	Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek		50
41	1997	The Killing Jar	Cameron	38
42	1999	Soundman	Terry Leonard	40
43	2001	Ice Planet	Commander Jonah Trager	46
44	2001	Christmas in the Clouds	Bingo Caller	61
45	2001	Road to Redemption	Frank Lightfoot	62
46	2002	Superfire	Joe Nighttrail	45
47	2005	Animal	Creeper	56
48	2006	The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy	Himself	45
49	2007	Seraphim Falls	Charon	64
50	2007	Wolf Ridge		0
51	2007	Cosmic Radio	Sherriff Mike Nighthorse	15
52	2009	The Undying	Lt. Frank Wascoe	42
53	2009	The Only Good Indian	Sam	35
54	2010	Reel Injun	Self	72
55	2010	A Good Day to Die	Himself - Actor; Cherokee	65
56	2011	The Dome of Heaven	DeWayne Moses	0
57	2012	Being Flynn	Captain	62
58	2013	Destination: Planet Negro!	Chief Bobby	63
59	2013	Sugar	Bishop	61
60	2014	Road to Paloma	Numay	59
61	2015	The Condemned 2	Cyrus	51
62	2017	Hostiles	Chief Yellow Hawk	69
63	2019	A Dog's Way Home	Captain Mica	74
64	2019	Badland	Harlan Red	61
65	2020	Soul	Counselor Jerry (voice)	81
66	2022	Acting Like Nothing is Wrong	Self	0
67	2023	Mending the Line	Harrison	64
68	2023	The Roof	Grandpa / Nick	61
69	2024	Terra Infirma	Grey Owl	0
70	2024	The Midway Point	Mr. Williams	0
71		Canyon of the Dead	Tsali	0
72		Candles		0
73		Brave	Ernie	0
74		Timber Lands	Russ	0
75		The Pipeline	Samuel Horse	0
76		Exhale	George	0
77	2025	The Great Cherokee Grandmother		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	American Experience	Major Ridge	74
2	1988	American Experience	Warrior in Canoe	74
3	1990	The Flash	Roller	74
4	1992	Highlander: The Series	Sheriff Benson	74
5	1993	Ned Blessing		50
6	1995	Streets of Laredo	Famous Shoes	63
7	1996	Promised Land		66
8	1999	The Directors	Self	58
9	2001	UC: Undercover		64
10	2005	Grey's Anatomy	William Lawrence	82
11	2005	Into the West	Black Kettle	80
12	2008	Comanche Moon	Buffalo Hump	70
13	2008	In Plain Sight	Chief Pierce	71
14	2008	The Mentalist	Joeseph Silverwing	84
15	2009	Kings	General Linus Abner	75
16	2011	Hell on Wheels	Chief Many Horses	76
17	2012	Finding Your Roots		62
18	2014	Penny Dreadful	Kaetenay	78
19	2019	Miracle Workers	Chief Sleeping Bear	68
20	2020	Woke	Spoon (voice)	53
21	2021	Reservation Dogs	Bucky	80
22	2021	American Veteran	Self - Host	0