Actor
Wes Studi
Wes Studi
- Date of birth
- Age
- 78
- Place of birth
- Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- actor, film actor, television actor
- Languages
- English, Cherokee
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.
Education
- Tulsa Community College
- Chilocco Indian Agricultural School
Awards
- Academy Honorary Award2019
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2023
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-27
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