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Wes Studi
Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar.
As actor
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Midway Point
Mending the Line
The Roof
Bonnie
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
A Love Song
Soul
A Dog's Way Home
Badland
Hostiles
Ronnie BoDean
The Condemned 2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Pie Lady of Pie Town
Road to Paloma
Battledogs
Sugar
Destination: Planet Negro!
Being Flynn
The Dome of Heaven
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Reel Injun
A Good Day to Die
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
Avatar
Call of the Wild
The Only Good Indian