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Wesley Studi is a Cherokee American actor and film producer who has won critical acclaim and awards, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in Academy Award-winning films, such as Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and in the Academy Award-nominated films Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and The New World (2005). He is also known for portraying Sagat in Street Fighter (1994). Other films he has appeared in are Hostiles, Heat, Mystery Men, Avatar, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and the television series Penny Dreadful. In 2020, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the second Indigenous person to be honored by the Academy, and the first Native American to receive an Oscar for acting.
Birth Name
Wesley Studie
Born
Wednesday, 17 December 1947
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Unfolding | Self | 2024 |
| The Roof | Grandpa / Nick | 2023 |
| Mending the Line | Harrison | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Spirit Rangers | Sunny | 2022 |
| A Love Song | Lito | 2022 |
| The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Quanah | 2022 |
| Reservation Dogs | Bucky | 2021 |
| Launchpad | Grandpa / Nick | 2021 |
| Soul | Counselor Jerry / Counselor Jerry (voice) | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Unfolding | Self | 2024 |
| The Roof | Grandpa / Nick | 2023 |
| Mending the Line | Harrison | 2023 |
| Bonnie | Self | 2022 |
| Spirit Rangers | Sunny | 2022 |
| A Love Song | Lito | 2022 |
| The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Quanah | 2022 |
| Reservation Dogs | Bucky | 2021 |
| Launchpad | Grandpa / Nick | 2021 |
| Soul | Counselor Jerry / Counselor Jerry (voice) | 2020 |
| Woke | Spoon | 2020 |
| The Oscars | Self - Audience Member | 2020 |
| Badland | Harlan Red | 2019 |
| Miracle Workers | Chief Sleeping Bear | 2019 |
| A Dog's Way Home | Captain Mica | 2019 |
| Hostiles | Chief Yellow Hawk | 2017 |
| The Condemned 2 | Cyrus Merrick / Cyrus | 2015 |
| SuperMansion | Hawk Feather | 2015 |
| Planes: Fire & Rescue | Windlifter | 2014 |
| Road to Paloma | Numay | 2014 |
| A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cochise | 2014 |
| Penny Dreadful | Kaetenay | 2014 |
| The Red Road | Chief Levi Gall | 2014 |
| Killer Women | White Deer | 2014 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Sugar | Bishop | 2013 |
| Battledogs | Captain Falcons / Captain Falcos | 2013 |
| Destination Planet Negro | Chief Bobby / Native American Chief | 2013 |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self - Guest / Self | 2012 |
| Being Flynn | Captain | 2012 |
| Hell on Wheels | Chief Many Horses | 2011 |
| The Dome of Heaven | DeWayne Moses | 2011 |
| The After After Party with Steven Michael Quezada | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| A Good Day to Die | Self / Himself - Actor; Cherokee | 2010 |
| Reel Injun | Himself / Self | 2010 |
| Ink: A Tale of Captivity | King Philip | 2010 |
| Avatar | Eytukan | 2009 |
| The Only Good Indian | Sam | 2009 |
| 21 and a Wake-Up | General Gleason | 2009 |
| Call of the Wild | Hatcher | 2009 |
| Kings | General Linus Abner | 2009 |
| The Undying | Lt. Frank Wascoe | 2009 |
| The Mentalist | Joseph Silverwing | 2008 |
| Older Than America | Richard Two Rivers | 2008 |
| El camino | Dave | 2008 |
| Comanche Moon | Buffalo Hump | 2008 |
| Cosmic Radio | Sherriff Mike Nighthorse | 2008 |
| Three Priests | Ben | 2008 |
| In Plain Sight | Chief Pierce | 2008 |
| Wolfridge | 2007 | |
| Saving Grace | Bobby's Dad | 2007 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Wovoka / Jack Wilson | 2007 |
| Seraphim Falls | Charon | 2007 |
| The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | Himself / Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| Making 'the New World' | Self | 2006 |
| The New World | Opechancanough | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Miracle at Sage Creek | Chief Thomas | 2005 |
| Into the West | Black Kettle | 2005 |
| Animal | Creeper | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | William Lawrence | 2005 |
| Edge of America | Cuch | 2003 |
| Coyote Waits | Joe Leaphorn | 2003 |
| A Thief of Time | Joe Leaphorn | 2003 |
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self (from Dances With Wolves (1990)) | 2003 |
| The Lone Ranger | Kulakinah | 2003 |
| Skinwalkers | Lt. Joe Leaphorn | 2002 |
| Undisputed | Mingo Pace | 2002 |
| Superfire | Joe Nighttrail | 2002 |
| UC: Undercover | Armando Uribe | 2001 |
| Road to Redemption | Frank Lightfoot | 2001 |
| Christmas in the Clouds | Bingo Caller | 2001 |
| Ice Planet | Commander Jonah Trager | 2001 |
| Wind River | Pocatello | 2000 |
| Mystery Men | Sphinx | 1999 |
| Soundman | Terry Leonard | 1999 |
| The Directors | Self | 1999 |
| Deep Rising | Hanover | 1998 |
| Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997 |
| The Killing Jar | Cameron | 1997 |
| Promised Land | Jesse Rainbird | 1996 |
| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Scarface | 1996 |
| Crazy Horse | Red Cloud | 1996 |
| Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek | One Horse | 1996 |
| Heat | Casals / Detective Casals | 1995 |
| Streets of Laredo | Famous Shoes | 1995 |
| 500 Nations | (voice) | 1995 |
| Lone Justice 2 | One Horse | 1995 |
| Street Fighter | Victor Sagat | 1994 |
| Geronimo: An American Legend | Geronimo | 1993 |
| Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times | One Horse | 1993 |
| Highlander | Sheriff Benson | 1992 |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Magua | 1992 |
| The Doors | Indian in Desert | 1991 |
| The Flash | Roller | 1990 |
| Dances with Wolves | Toughest Pawnee | 1990 |
| Powwow Highway | Buff | 1988 |
| American Experience | Warrior in Canoe / Major Ridge | 1988 |
| Longarm | The Ute | 1988 |
| The Doors | Indian in Desert | 1968 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Only Good Indian | 2009 |
