Wes Studi

Q: Has Wes Studi won any awards?

Wes Studi won the Best Actor award at the 1993 American Indian Film Festival for his performance in 'The Only Good Indian.' He has also received accolades for his contributions to Native American cinema.

Q: What was Wes Studi's first film?

Wes Studi made his film debut in the 1990 movie 'Dances with Wolves,' where he portrayed the character of Wind In His Hair, significantly impacting his acting career.

Q: What is Wes Studi's estimated net worth?

Wes Studi's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting his successful acting career and contributions to film.

Q: How has Wes Studi contributed to Native American culture?

Wes Studi has been an advocate for Native American representation in film and has often portrayed Native characters, helping to bring awareness to their stories and cultures.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Wes Studi's acting style?

Wes Studi is known for his authentic and powerful performances, often bringing a deep emotional resonance to his characters, particularly in the Western genre.

Q: Is Wes Studi involved in any social causes?

Yes, Wes Studi is actively involved in promoting Native American rights and culture, often participating in events and initiatives that support Indigenous communities.

Q: What is Wes Studi's role in the upcoming film 'The West' (2025)?

Wes Studi is set to star in 'The West' (2025), contributing his extensive experience and talent to a project that aims to explore themes related to the American West.

Known for

Avatar (2009)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2009 / Action, Adventure / 162 min

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and...

HEAT (2023)

2023 / Drama

The series unfolds to the backdrop of the looming Australian bushfire season when two families who are long-time friends, venture to a secluded home...

Name

Wes Studi

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

17 November 1947, Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA

Spouses

Maura Dhu McNutt (1996–present)

Children

2 known children: Daniel Studi, Nicole Studi

Parents

Alice Studi, Charles Studi

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Avatar: Fire and Ash In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and...	E'ytukan	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2025	Movie The Great Cherokee Grandmother A pleasant date between a man of Cherokee heritage and a Caucasian woman goes downhill when the woman flagrantly fixates...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie The Midway Point Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Alice, he begins to...	Mr. Williams	Not rated
2023	Movie The Roof After being sent to stay with his grandfather, a Cheyenne teen uncovers a connection to his family and community in...	Grandpa / Nick	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2023	Movie Mending the Line A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches...	Harrison	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Bonnie A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2022	Movie Acting Like Nothing is Wrong Despite what would seem to be a flourishing career, most recently playing Kermit on Showtime's Shameless, Hollywood character actor Jim...	Self	Not rated
2022	Movie A Love Song Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.	Lito	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	TV The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity...	Quanah (voice)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2021	TV American Veteran This four-part documentary series traces the veteran experience across the arc of American history and explores the present-day divide between...	Self - Host	Not rated
2021	TV Reservation Dogs Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway...	Bucky	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2020	Movie Soul Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half...	Counselor Jerry (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2020	TV Woke Keef, an African-American cartoonist, is finally on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes everything. He must...	Spoon (voice)	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2019	Movie Badland Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice....	Harlan Red	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	TV Miracle Workers An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love,...	Chief Sleeping Bear	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie A Dog's Way Home The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her...	Captain Mica	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2017	Movie Hostiles A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief...	Chief Yellow Hawk	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie The Condemned 2 A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts...	Cyrus	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2015	Movie Ronnie BoDean Ronnie BoDean is a larger-than-life "toughman" suffering from a mean hangover. When his neighbor is jailed, his native warrior's need...	Ronnie BoDean	Not rated
2014	Movie Planes: Fire & Rescue When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift...	Windlifter	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Pie Lady of Pie Town In the New Mexico desert, pie equals love. Kathy Knapp left her privileged life to bake pie in dusty Pie...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2014	Movie A Million Ways to Die in the West As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage...	Cochise	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	TV Penny Dreadful Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking...	Kaetenay	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	Movie Road to Paloma While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when...	Numay	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2013	Movie Sugar A 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Hollywood and Venice beach.	Bishop	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2013	Movie Battledogs When a strange werewolf virus threatens to decimate first New York and then the world, a rogue general uses the...	Captain Falcos	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2013	Movie Destination: Planet Negro! In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America...	Chief Bobby	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	TV Finding Your Roots Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie Being Flynn Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in...	Captain	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2011	TV Hell on Wheels The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge...	Chief Many Horses	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2011	Movie The Dome of Heaven Set in the unique beauty of Oklahoma country, "Dome of Heaven" is the story of the Moses family, dysfunctionally struggling...	DeWayne Moses	Not rated
2010	Movie A Good Day to Die Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early...	Self - Actor; Cherokee	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	Movie Making The Last of the Mohicans Interviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Ink: A Tale of Captivity After the great native revolt called King Philip's War, a woman who was 'captured' must testify in writing for the...	King Philip	Not rated
2010	Movie Reel Injun The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent era to the present...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Avatar In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn...	Eytukan	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	Movie The Only Good Indian Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to...	Sam	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2009	Movie 21 and a Wake-Up "I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital in...	General Gleason	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2009	Movie Call of the Wild Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds...	Hatcher	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	TV Kings A riveting drama about a modern day monarchy, a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath. This...	General Linus Abner	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	Movie The Undying Seduced by the ghost of a Civil War soldier, Barbara Haughton creates a love that is undying.	Lt. Frank Wascoe	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2008	TV The Mentalist Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to...	Joeseph Silverwing	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2008	TV In Plain Sight U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a...	Chief Pierce	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	Movie Older Than America The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions...	Richard Two Rivers	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2008	Movie El Camino Three young people drive to Mexico to scatter their friend's ashes, they are forced to confront their own sense of...	Dave	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2008	TV Comanche Moon Set in the rugged American frontier, Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae confront Comanche warriors, ruthless outlaws, and the...	Buffalo Hump	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	Movie Three Priests Dusty and Joe are brothers as different as can be. Dusty, a confident bronco rider and ladies' man, has always...	Ben	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2007	Movie Cosmic Radio A 38-year-old California trust fund kid tries to save his independent radio station, KZMC Cosmic Radio, from financial ruin when...	Sherriff Mike Nighthorse	TMDB 1.5 / 10
2007	Movie Wolf Ridge	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	TV Saving Grace Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes...	Bobby's Dad	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two...	Jack Wilson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two...	Wovoka	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Seraphim Falls The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter...	Charon	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2006	Movie The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy This two-hour documentary explores one of the great historical tragedies of America's aboriginal people. In 1830, eager to gain access...	Himself	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2005	Movie The New World A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.	Opechancanough	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Miracle at Sage Creek Two families overcome prejudice and tragedy in 1888 Wyoming when a special Christmas miracle saves the life of a small...	Chief Thomas	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	TV Into the West The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion,...	Black Kettle	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie Animal His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets...	Creeper	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	TV Grey's Anatomy Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.	William Lawrence	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2004	Movie A Thief Of Time Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.	Joe Leaphorn	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie Edge of America From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time", comes this touching...	Cuch	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie Coyote Waits A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder case in this drama from PBS. But as Officer Jim...	Joe Leaphorn	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2003	Movie The Lone Ranger This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with...	Kulakinah	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2002	Movie Skinwalkers Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be...	Lt. Joe Leaphorn	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie Undisputed Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due...	Mingo Pace	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	Movie Superfire A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignment with a raging...	Joe Nighttrail	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2001	TV UC: Undercover UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie Road to Redemption A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters	Frank Lightfoot	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie Christmas in the Clouds A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned...	Bingo Caller	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2001	Movie Ice Planet In the brief period of peace after a terrible war on a far future Earth, an outer-space military academy is...	Commander Jonah Trager	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2000	Movie Wind River The 1854 Wyoming historical drama is based on Tom Shell's adaptation of the true life memoirs of Pony Express rider...	Pocatello	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1999	Movie Mystery Men When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday...	Sphinx	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1999	Movie Soundman A sound mixer on a low-budget sci-fi western movie falls in love with an untalented violinist and promises to get...	Terry Leonard	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1999	TV The Directors Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1998	Movie Deep Rising A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only...	Hanover	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1997	Movie Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie The Killing Jar Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome...	Cameron	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1996	TV Promised Land Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	Movie Crazy Horse The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.	Red Cloud	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1996	Movie Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek A frontier sheriff copes with a missing corpse, Briton Oscar Wilde and an assassination attempt.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1995	Movie Heat Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent...	Casals	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1995	TV Streets of Laredo Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron...	Famous Shoes	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Lone Justice 2 After a six-year absence, Ned Blessing returns to his hometown with his sidekick, Crecencio. There he finds a lawless hell-hole...	One Horse	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	Movie Street Fighter Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.	Sagat	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1994	Movie Indian America: A Gift from the Past In 1970 a storm uncovers an ancient whaling village called Ozette which had been buried some 500 years ago by...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1993	Movie Geronimo: An American Legend The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able...	Geronimo	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Broken Chain The true story of Iroquois warrior Thayendanegea participating in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.	Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes	TMDB 3.4 / 10
1993	TV Ned Blessing Alone on Executioner's Row, Ned Blessing is a haggard, old cowboy and former sheriff. With nothing more than reflections on...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1992	TV Highlander: The Series Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he...	Sheriff Benson	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1992	Movie The Last of the Mohicans In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the...	Magua	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1991	Movie The Doors The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.	Indian in Desert	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1990	Movie Dances with Wolves Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to...	Toughest Pawnee	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1990	TV The Flash When a bolt of lightning crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry...	Roller	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1989	Movie Powwow Highway Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one...	Buff	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	TV American Experience TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world...	Major Ridge	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	TV American Experience TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world...	Warrior in Canoe	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie Longarm A showdown is staged between a U.S. deputy marshal and the outlaw gang that raised him in the New Mexico...	The Ute	TMDB 6.0 / 10
TBA	Movie As Deep as the Grave Two archaeologists seek out the Canyon of the Dead and the dead find them.	Tsali	Not rated
TBA	Movie Terra Infirma Nature, government and industry collide in southwest US and southwest China, as nature fights back and people struggle to survive.	Grey Owl	Not rated
TBA	Movie Candles A fictional drama based on actual events. CANDLES is the story of the Camp Scott Murders where three small girls...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Exhale A Native American actress with respiratory issues psychologically unravels as an airborne virus sieges the world.	George	Not rated
TBA	Movie Behind the Lines Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired by the stage play If...	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Pipeline Based on true stories surrounding the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline; a woman, whose father dies, is left a...	Samuel Horse	Not rated
TBA	Movie Brave Uncle Jack, a 15-year military veteran with a history of substance abuse who works as an entertainer at a local...	Ernie	Not rated
TBA	Movie Timber Lands Follows two families with a deep-seated generational hatred for each other which comes to a head after the tragic death...	Russ	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2023	Movie We Will Speak The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
TBA	Movie The Pipeline Based on true stories surrounding the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline; a woman, whose father dies, is left a...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025 / TMDB 7.6

The Great Cherokee Grandmother

2025

The Midway Point

2024

The Roof

2023 / TMDB 5.8

Mending the Line

2023 / TMDB 6.6

Bonnie

2022 / TMDB 5.3

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What is a defining characteristic of Wes Studi's acting style?

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