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Wes Studi

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

2020
Soul

as Counselor Jerry (voice)

Movie
2009
Avatar

as Eytukan

Movie
2007
Seraphim Falls

as Charon

Movie
1995
Heat

as Casals

Movie
1992
The Last of the Mohicans

as Magua

Movie
1990
Dances with Wolves

as Toughest Pawnee

Movie
2014
Penny Dreadful

as Kaetenay

TV Show