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Wes Studi
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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.
Known For

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025

The Mentalist
2008

Highlander: The Series
1992

Avatar
2009

Hell on Wheels
2011

In Plain Sight
2008

Miracle Workers
2019

Penny Dreadful
2014

Saving Grace
2007

Heat
1995

The Flash
1990

Soul
2020

Reservation Dogs
2021

Kings
2009

Into the West
2005

Dances with Wolves
1990

A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014

Mystery Men
1999

The Last of the Mohicans
1992

Hostiles
2017

Undisputed
2002

A Dog's Way Home
2019

Street Fighter
1994

Deep Rising
1998

Badland
2019

The Doors
1991

Seraphim Falls
2007

Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014

The New World
2005
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