• Name: Wes Studi
  • Date of Birth: December 17, 1947
  • Place of Birth: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Mini-bio: We Studi's native language is Cherokee, which he spoke until he started primary school at age five. Returning from serving in the Vietnam War, Studi became seriously involved with Native American poli...( read more)tics. He had a varied life before acting, including starting a cherokee newspaper, teaching, and running his own horse ranch. Studi gained substantial stage experience in many productions with the American Indian Theatre Company and in a touring one-man show, "Coyote Chews His Own Tale". His considerable resume includes: Dances with Wolves (1990), Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Magua in Michael Mann's stirring adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans (1992), the title role of Walter Hill's biopic Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Street Fighter (1994), Heat (1995). Studi's distinctive bass voice can often be heard on TV documentaries about the Native American experience. He has also appeared in several historical TV-movies, series and miniseries.
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Replace this image with an actor photoWes Studi mini-bio: We Studi's native language is Cherokee, which he spoke until he started primary school at age five. Returning from serving in the Vietnam War, Studi became seriously involved with Native American politics. He had a varied life before acting, including starting a cherokee newspaper, teaching, and running his own horse ranch. Studi gained substantial stage experience in many productions with the American Indian Theatre Company and in a touring one-man show, "Coyote Chews His Own Tale". His considerable resume includes: Dances with Wolves (1990), Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Magua in Michael Mann's stirring adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans (1992), the title role of Walter Hill's biopic Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Street Fighter (1994), Heat (1995). Studi's distinctive bass voice can often be heard on TV documentaries about the Native American experience. He has also appeared in several historical TV-movies, series and miniseries.

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  • leofitc
    Wes you're the perfect voice character for Eytukan in Avatar and the likeness is just like you.Good going!!
    posted 43 days ago
  • agathatinker
    Hello Wesely, just want to say hi and wish you could come back to Pilot Station, Ak we really enjoyed you here. If we knew for sure you were coming to Pilot Station, I would have let you have a taste of our native food,ie aqutak (eskimo icecream) and home made alaskan stew.
    posted 738 days ago
  • broadwaymo
    Wes - You've been excellent in so many movies. Maybe you could get someone to ease over to IMDB and update your filmography list on this site...
    posted 982 days ago
  • ladydrag0n7
    Wes Studi's Home Page
    http://www.thestudigroup.com/
    IMDB Info
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836071/
    posted 1181 days ago

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  • Who played Magua in the 1992 movie "Last of the Mohicans"?  Answer »
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