Acting
Wes Studi
Born 1947-12-17
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.
Acting
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · E'ytukan
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
The Midway Point
2024 · Mr. Williams
The Roof
2023 · Grandpa / Nick
Mending the Line
2023 · Harrison
Bonnie
2022 · Self
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022 · Self
A Love Song
2022 · Lito
Soul
2020 · Counselor Jerry (voice)
Badland
2019 · Harlan Red
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Captain Mica
Hostiles
2017 · Chief Yellow Hawk
The Condemned 2
2015 · Cyrus
Ronnie BoDean
2015 · Ronnie BoDean
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · Windlifter
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014 · Narrator (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Cochise
Road to Paloma
2014 · Numay
Sugar
2013 · Bishop
Battledogs
2013 · Captain Falcos
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013 · Chief Bobby
Being Flynn
2012 · Captain
The Dome of Heaven
2011 · DeWayne Moses
A Good Day to Die
2010 · Self - Actor; Cherokee
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010 · Self
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010 · King Philip
Reel Injun
2010 · Self
Avatar
2009 · Eytukan
The Only Good Indian
2009 · Sam
21 and a Wake-Up
2009 · General Gleason
Call of the Wild
2009 · Hatcher
The Undying
2009 · Lt. Frank Wascoe
