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Wes Studi

Date of birth: 1947-12-17

Place of birth: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Wesley Studie , وس استودی

Wes Studi

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Heat
4

Heat

1995-12-15

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los

Three Priests
1

Three Priests

2008-01-01

Dusty and Joe are brothers as different as can be. Dusty, a confident bronco rider and ladies' man,

Bonnie
2.5

Bonnie

2022-11-12

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

The New World
3.3

The New World

2005-12-25

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the

Street Fighter
2.3

Street Fighter

1994-12-23

Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison a

Making The Last of the Mohicans
0

Making The Last of the Mohicans

2010-10-03

Interviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film.

Deep Rising
3.1

Deep Rising

1998-01-30

A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it,

The Last of the Mohicans
3.7

The Last of the Mohicans

1992-08-26

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native

Ronnie BoDean
0

Ronnie BoDean

2015-06-01

Ronnie BoDean is a larger-than-life "toughman" suffering from a mean hangover. When his neighbor is

Mystery Men
2.9

Mystery Men

1999-08-06

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova

Geronimo: An American Legend
3.1

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993-12-10

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not al

Behind the Lines
0

Behind the Lines

Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired

Undisputed
3.3

Undisputed

2002-07-17

Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convict

Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
0

Acting Like Nothing is Wrong

2022-11-04

Despite what would seem to be a flourishing career, most recently playing Kermit on Showtime's Shame

A Love Song
3.4

A Love Song

2022-07-29

Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

Miracle at Sage Creek
2.8

Miracle at Sage Creek

2005-11-25

Two families overcome prejudice and tragedy in 1888 Wyoming when a special Christmas miracle saves t

Older Than America
2.2

Older Than America

2008-03-08

The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visio

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997-07-27

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Avatar
3.8

Avatar

2009-12-15

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but

Mending the Line
3.3

Mending the Line

2023-06-09

A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who

The Lone Ranger
2.6

The Lone Ranger

2003-02-26

This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins wit

The Roof
3.1

The Roof

2023-07-23

After being sent to stay with his grandfather, a Cheyenne teen uncovers a connection to his family a

Skinwalkers
3.4

Skinwalkers

2002-11-02

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders a

Coyote Waits
2.7

Coyote Waits

2003-11-16

A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder case in this drama from PBS. But as Officer Jim Che

El Camino
1.5

El Camino

2008-02-29

Three young people drive to Mexico to scatter their friend's ashes, they are forced to confront thei

A Thief Of Time
2.6

A Thief Of Time

2004-07-11

Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from

Wind River
3

Wind River

2000-06-07

The 1854 Wyoming historical drama is based on Tom Shell's adaptation of the true life memoirs of Pon

Longarm
2.3

Longarm

1988-03-06

A showdown is staged between a U.S. deputy marshal and the outlaw gang that raised him in the New Me

Battledogs
2.3

Battledogs

2013-04-05

When a strange werewolf virus threatens to decimate first New York and then the world, a rogue gener

A Million Ways to Die in the West
3

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014-05-22

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found

Planes: Fire & Rescue
3.1

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014-07-17

When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he

Terra Infirma
0

Terra Infirma

Nature, government and industry collide in southwest US and southwest China, as nature fights back a

Call of the Wild
3

Call of the Wild

2009-06-12

Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to

The Broken Chain
1.3

The Broken Chain

1993-11-11

The true story of Iroquois warrior Thayendanegea participating in the French and Indian War and the

Pie Lady of Pie Town
0

Pie Lady of Pie Town

2014-06-03

In the New Mexico desert, pie equals love. Kathy Knapp left her privileged life to bake pie in dusty

Edge of America
3

Edge of America

2003-12-10

From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American film

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
3.3

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007-05-27

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
3.3

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007-05-27

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t

Crazy Horse
4.8

Crazy Horse

1996-07-07

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation

Dances with Wolves
3.9

Dances with Wolves

1990-03-30

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar

Road to Redemption
3.1

Road to Redemption

2001-09-28

A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangste

Road to Paloma
3

Road to Paloma

2014-04-12

While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands,

The Killing Jar
2

The Killing Jar

1997-05-27

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However,

Sugar
3

Sugar

2013-04-06

A 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Holly

The Condemned 2
2.6

The Condemned 2

2015-11-06

A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in w

Christmas in the Clouds
3

Christmas in the Clouds

2001-01-21

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that

The Midway Point
0

The Midway Point

2024-10-26

Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Al

Powwow Highway
3.3

Powwow Highway

1989-02-24

Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one

The Only Good Indian
1.8

The Only Good Indian

2009-12-01

Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy is taken from his family and f

The Undying
2.1

The Undying

2009-01-01

Seduced by the ghost of a Civil War soldier, Barbara Haughton creates a love that is undying.

Soundman
2

Soundman

1999-01-24

A sound mixer on a low-budget sci-fi western movie falls in love with an untalented violinist and pr

Destination: Planet Negro!
3.1

Destination: Planet Negro!

2013-02-16

In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response t

Animal
2.8

Animal

2005-05-01

His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum

Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
2.5

Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek

1996-01-01

A frontier sheriff copes with a missing corpse, Briton Oscar Wilde and an assassination attempt.

The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2.3

The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

2006-02-01

Explore America’s darkest period: President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forc

Hostiles
3.5

Hostiles

2017-12-22

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignm

Ice Planet
2.3

Ice Planet

2001-01-01

In the brief period of peace after a terrible war on a far future Earth, an outer-space military aca

A Dog's Way Home
3.7

A Dog's Way Home

2019-01-10

The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated fr

Superfire
2.3

Superfire

2002-04-20

A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignmen

Seraphim Falls
3.2

Seraphim Falls

2007-01-26

The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no mat

The Dome of Heaven
0

The Dome of Heaven

2011-07-04

Set in the unique beauty of Oklahoma country, "Dome of Heaven" is the story of the Moses family, dys

Wolf Ridge
0

Wolf Ridge

2007-10-12

Reel Injun
3.6

Reel Injun

2010-02-19

The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent era

Badland
3

Badland

2019-11-01

Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams t

Being Flynn
3.1

Being Flynn

2012-03-02

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-procla

A Good Day to Die
3.3

A Good Day to Die

2010-11-12

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader wh

Soul
4.1

Soul

2020-12-25

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at th

Canyon of the Dead
0

Canyon of the Dead

Two archaeologists seek out the Canyon of the Dead and the dead find them.

Cosmic Radio
0.8

Cosmic Radio

2007-10-27

A 38-year-old California trust fund kid tries to save his independent radio station, KZMC Cosmic Rad

Candles
0

Candles

A fictional drama based on actual events. CANDLES is the story of the Camp Scott Murders where three

The Doors
3.6

The Doors

1991-03-01

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morris

Brave
0

Brave

Uncle Jack, a 15-year military veteran with a history of substance abuse who works as an entertainer

Timber Lands
0

Timber Lands

Follows two families with a deep-seated generational hatred for each other which comes to a head aft

The Pipeline
0

The Pipeline

Based on true stories surrounding the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline; a woman, whose fath

Exhale
0

Exhale

A Native American actress with respiratory issues psychologically unravels as an airborne virus sieg

Indian America: A Gift from the Past
0

Indian America: A Gift from the Past

1994-10-19

In 1970 a storm uncovers an ancient whaling village called Ozette which had been buried some 500 yea

The Great Cherokee Grandmother
0

The Great Cherokee Grandmother

2025-02-12

A pleasant date between a man of Cherokee heritage and a Caucasian woman goes downhill when the woma

21 and a Wake-Up
1.3

21 and a Wake-Up

2009-10-30

"I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital i