Wes Studi
Acting • Born on 12/17/1947 in 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 (103)
The Mentalist
Joeseph Silverwing
Grey's Anatomy
William Lawrence
Avatar: Fire and Ash
E'ytukan
American Experience
Major Ridge
Avatar
Eytukan
Highlander: The Series
Sheriff Benson
Heat
Casals
Hell on Wheels
Chief Many Horses
In Plain Sight
Chief Pierce
Saving Grace
Bobby's Dad
Soul
Counselor Jerry (voice)
Penny Dreadful
Kaetenay