Wes Studi

Wesley "Wes" Studi (Cherokee ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ, nacido el 17 de diciembre de 1947) es un actor estadounidense.

Wes Studi
Wes Studi en 2008
Información personal
Nombre de nacimiento	Wesley "Wes" Studi
Nacimiento	17 de diciembre de 1947 (76 años) Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos
Residencia	Santa Fe
Nacionalidad	Estadounidense
Lengua materna	Inglés
Familia
Cónyuge	Maura Dhu Studi (desde 1990)
Educación
Educado en	Tulsa Community College Chilocco Indian Agricultural School
Información profesional
Ocupación	Actor, actor de cine y actor de televisión
Años activo	desde 1988
Rama militar	Ejército de los Estados Unidos
Conflictos	Guerra de Vietnam
Miembro de	Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias
Distinciones	Óscar honorífico (2019) Miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias (2023)

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
	Heat	Detective Sammy Casals
1996	The Killing Jar	Cameron
1998	Deep Rising	Hanover
	The Horse Whisperer	Parks Guard
	Soundman	Terry Leonard
1999	Mystery Men	The Sphinx
2000	Wind River	Pocatello
2001	Ice Planet	Commander Trager
	Christmas in the Clouds	Bingo Caller
	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
	Miracle at Sage Creek	Chief Thomas
	The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek'	Himself / Chief Thomas
	The New World	Opechancanough
2006	Three Priests	Ben
	Making 'The New World'	Himself / Opechancanough	Video documentary
	The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy	Himself / Presenter
2007	Seraphim Falls	Charon
2008	Older than America	Richard Two Rivers
2009	Avatar	Eytukan
	The Only Good Indian	Sam Franklin	Also executive producer
2010	Making 'The Last of the Mohicans'	Himself	Video documentary
2012	Being Flynn	Captain
	Call of the Wild	Hatcher
2013	Sugar	Bishop
	Road to Paloma	Numay
	Destination Planet Negro	Chief Bobby
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Cochise
	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Windlifter	Voice
2015	The Condemned 2	Cyrus Merrick
2017	Hostiles	Chief Yellow Hawk
2019	Badland	Harlen Red
	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
	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
	The Broken Chain	Seth	Television film
1994	The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards	Himself / Presenter	Television special
1995	500 Nations	(voice)	3 episodes
	Streets of Laredo	Famous Shoes	3 episodes
	The Way West	Voice	Television documentary
1996	Crazy Horse	Red Cloud	Television film
1997	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Scarface (voice)	Episode: "Perseverance"
	Promised Land	Jesse Rainbird	Episode: "Outrage"
	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"
	Skinwalkers	Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn	Television film
2003	The Lone Ranger	Kulakinah	Television film
	A Thief of Time	Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn	Television film
	Coyote Waits	Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn	Television film
	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
	Kings	General Linus Abner	6 episodes
	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
	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"
	Miracle Workers	Chief Sleeping Bear	Episode: "Oregon Trail: White Savior"
2021-2022	Reservation Dogs	Bucky	3 episodes

Enlaces externos

• Web oficial
• Wes Studi's official website
• Wes Studi en Internet Movie Database (en inglés).
• Wes Studi's biography at Nativenetworks, retrieved February 7, 2008
• 2006 interview with Wes Studi (interview with Jon Niccum)

• Datos: Q350819
• Multimedia: Wes Studi / Q350819