# Wes Studi

Wesley "Wes" Studi (Cherokee ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ, 17 de diciembre de 1947) es un actor estadounidense.
Gracias a su marcado físico amerindio, ha ganado notabilidad por sus excelentes personificaciones de nativos estadounidenses en el cine y es recordado por sus notables actuaciones en filmes épicos como El último mohicano y Bailando con lobos.
Studi ha recibido premios de la Academia de películas ganadoras, junto a Kevin Costner y Michael Mann. Recientemente ha interpretado como General a "Linus Abner" (un análogo del bíblico Abner) en la serie de televisión Kings. Apareció en 2006 en una escena de 'pulp fiction' en Seraphim Falls junto a Liam Neeson y Pierce Brosnan.
Studi fue educado en la Escuela Agrícola India Chilocco, en el norte de Oklahoma. Antes de asistir a la escuela primaria, sólo hablaba cheroqui.
En 1967 fue enrolado en el ejército y sirvió 18 meses en la Guerra de Vietnam. Después de su baja con honra, Studi estudió en Tulsa Junior College.

## Filmografía
### Películas

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Powwow Highway | Buff | |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Toughest Pawnee | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Indian In Desert | |
| 1992 | El último mohicano | Magua | |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Geronimo | |
| 1994 | Street Fighter | Victor "Iron Fist" Sagat | |
| 1995 | Lone Justice 2 | One Horse | |
| 1995 | Heat | Detective Sammy Casals | |
| 1996 | The Killing Jar | Cameron | |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | Hanover | |
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Parks Guard | |
| 1998 | Soundman | Terry Leonard | |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | The Sphinx | |
| 2000 | Wind River | Pocatello | |
| 2001 | Ice Planet | Commander Trager | |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Bingo Caller | |
| 2001 | Road to Redemption | Frank Lightfoot | |
| 2002 | Undisputed | Mingo Pace | |
| 2003 | The Ugly One | Father Mike | |
| 2004 | Echoes from Juniper Canyon | Grandpa | Voice |
| 2005 | Animal | Creeper | Voice |
| 2005 | Miracle at Sage Creek | Chief Thomas | |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek' | Himself / Chief Thomas | |
| 2005 | The New World | Opechancanough | |
| 2006 | Three Priests | Ben | |
| 2006 | Making 'The New World' | Himself / Opechancanough | Video documentary |
| 2006 | The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | Himself / Presenter | |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Charon | |
| 2008 | Older than America | Richard Two Rivers | |
| 2009 | Avatar | Eytukan | |
| 2009 | The Only Good Indian | Sam Franklin | Also executive producer |
| 2010 | Making 'The Last of the Mohicans' | Himself | Video documentary |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Captain | |
| 2012 | Call of the Wild | Hatcher | |
| 2013 | Sugar | Bishop | |
| 2013 | Road to Paloma | Numay | |
| | Destination Planet Negro | Chief Bobby | |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cochise | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Windlifter | Voice |
| 2015 | The Condemned 2 | Cyrus Merrick | |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Chief Yellow Hawk | |
| 2019 | Badland | Harlen Red | |
| 2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Captain Mica | |
| 2020 | Soul | Counselor Jerry C. | Voice |
| 2022 | A Love Song | Lito | |

### Televisión

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Longarm | The Ute | Television film |
| 1988 | The Trial of Standing Bear | Long Runner | Television film |
| 1990 | The Flash | Roller | Episode: "Sins of the Father" |
| 1992 | Highlander | Sheriff Benson | Episode: "Mountain Men" |
| 1993 | Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times | One Horse | 4 episodes |
| 1993 | The Broken Chain | Seth | Television film |
| 1994 | The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | Himself / Presenter | Television special |
| 1995 | 500 Nations | (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Famous Shoes | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | The Way West | Voice | Television documentary |
| 1996 | Crazy Horse | Red Cloud | Television film |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Scarface (voice) | Episode: "Perseverance" |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Jesse Rainbird | Episode: "Outrage" |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Himself | Television documentary |
| 2001 | The Directors | Himself | Episode: "The Films of Michael Mann" |
| 2002 | UC: Undercover | Armando Uribe | Episode: "Hunting Armando" |
| 2002 | Skinwalkers | Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn | Television film |
| 2003 | The Lone Ranger | Kulakinah | Television film |
| 2003 | A Thief of Time | Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn | Television film |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits | Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn | Television film |
| 2003 | Edge of America | Cuch | Television film |
| 2005 | Into the West | Black Kettle | Episode: "Hell on Wheels" |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Wovoka | Television film |
| 2008 | Comanche Moon | Buffalo Hump | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | We Shall Remain | Major Ridge / Warrior in Canoe | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Kings | General Linus Abner | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Bobby's Dad | Episode: "That Was No First Kiss" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Joseph Silverwing | Episode: "Aingavite Baa" |
| 2011 | Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Himself / Toughest Pawnee | Television documentary |
| 2011–2012 | Hell on Wheels | Chief Many Horses | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | In Plain Sight | Chief Pierce | Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few" |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Captain Falcons | Television film |
| 2014 | Killer Women | White Deer | Episode: "Demons" |
| 2015 | The Red Road | Chief Levi Gall | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | SuperMansion | Hawk Feathers (voice) | Episode: "Puss in Books" |
| 2016 | Penny Dreadful | Kaetenay | 9 episodes |
| 2020 | Woke | Spoon (voice) | Episode: "Rhymes with Broke" |
| 2021 | Grey's Anatomy | William Lawrence | Episode: "Tradition" |
| 2021 | Miracle Workers | Chief Sleeping Bear | Episode: "Oregon Trail: White Savior" |
| 2021-2022 | Reservation Dogs | Bucky | 3 episodes |