Wes Studi
Acting
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 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.
Born: December 17, 1947
Place of Birth: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
Crazy Horse
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Into the West
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
Heat
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Reservation Dogs
Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.
Dances with Wolves
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Penny Dreadful
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Avatar
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Filmography
as E'ytukan
as Mr. Williams
as Grandpa / Nick
as Harrison
as Self
as Self
as Lito
as Quanah (voice)
as Self - Host
as Bucky
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
as Spoon (voice)
as Harlan Red
as Chief Sleeping Bear
as Captain Mica
as Chief Yellow Hawk
as Cyrus
as Ronnie BoDean
as Windlifter
as Cochise
as Kaetenay
as Numay
as Bishop
as Captain Falcos
as Chief Bobby
as Captain
as Chief Many Horses
as DeWayne Moses
as Self - Actor; Cherokee
as Self
as Eytukan
as Sam
as Hatcher
as General Linus Abner
as Lt. Frank Wascoe
as Joeseph Silverwing
as Chief Pierce
as Richard Two Rivers
as Dave
as Buffalo Hump
as Ben
as Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
as Bobby's Dad
as Wovoka
as Jack Wilson
as Charon
as Himself
as Opechancanough
as Chief Thomas
as Black Kettle
as Creeper
as William Lawrence
as Joe Leaphorn
as Cuch
as Joe Leaphorn
as Kulakinah
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
as Mingo Pace
as Joe Nighttrail
as Frank Lightfoot
as Bingo Caller
as Commander Jonah Trager
as Pocatello
as Sphinx
as Terry Leonard
as Self
as Hanover
as Cameron
as Red Cloud
as Casals
as Famous Shoes
as Sagat
as Geronimo
as Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes
as Sheriff Benson
as Magua
as Indian in Desert
as Roller
as Toughest Pawnee
as Buff
as Major Ridge
as Warrior in Canoe
as The Ute
as Self
as Tsali
as Samuel Horse