Actor
Wes Studi
December 17, 1947 · 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.
Notable work
7.6Avatar (2009)
as Eytukan
8.1Soul (2020)
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
8.2Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as William Lawrence
7.9Heat (1995)
as Casals
7.8Dances with Wolves (1990)
as Toughest Pawnee
8.4The Mentalist (2008)
as Joeseph Silverwing
6.1A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
as Cochise
7.6Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
as E'ytukan
7.4The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
as Magua
6.9Hostiles (2017)
as Chief Yellow Hawk
4.7Street Fighter (1994)
as Sagat
7.1The Doors (1991)
as Indian in Desert
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