Wes Studi
Acting
Born 1947-12-17 · Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Filmography
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Dec 17, 2025
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
Feb 12, 2025
The Midway Point
Oct 26, 2024
The Roof
Jul 23, 2023
Mending the Line
Jun 9, 2023
Bonnie
Nov 12, 2022
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
Nov 4, 2022
A Love Song
Jul 29, 2022
Soul
Dec 25, 2020
Badland
Nov 1, 2019
A Dog's Way Home
Jan 10, 2019
Hostiles
Dec 22, 2017
The Condemned 2
Nov 6, 2015
Ronnie BoDean
Jun 1, 2015
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Jul 17, 2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
May 22, 2014
Road to Paloma
Apr 12, 2014
Sugar
Apr 6, 2013
Battledogs
Apr 5, 2013
Destination: Planet Negro!
Feb 16, 2013
Being Flynn
Mar 2, 2012
The Dome of Heaven
Jul 4, 2011
A Good Day to Die
Nov 12, 2010
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Oct 3, 2010
Reel Injun
Feb 19, 2010
Avatar
Dec 16, 2009
The Only Good Indian
Dec 1, 2009
21 and a Wake-Up
Oct 30, 2009
Call of the Wild
Jun 12, 2009
The Undying
Jan 1, 2009