Wes Studi

AKA:
Wesley Studie
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/17/1947
Birthplace:
Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma
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biography
This often intimidating but charismatic and ruggedly handsome actor of full-blooded Cherokee heritage enhanced several thoughtful Hollywood Westerns of the 1990s by thoroughly embodying roles that would have once been mere stereotypes and imbuing them with depth and dignity. The intense and muscular Studi first gained attention playing the "toughest" of the Pawnees in Kevin Costner's ambitious and well-meaning revisionist work "Dances With Wolves" (1990). He also lent his powerful presence to Oliver Stone's "The Doors" (1991), as the silent Indian in the desert, before coming into his own as a Continued
Credits
Cast
2009
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Idahi
2008
Idahi
2008
Idahi
2008
Opechancanough
2005
Mingo Pace
2002
Frank Lightfoot
2001
The Sphinx
1999
Hanover
1998
Casals
1995
Cameron
Creeper
Actor
Sherriff Mike Nighthorse
Terry Leonard
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in northeastern Oklahoma
1947 
Spoke native Cherokee until entering school at age five
1964 
Graduated high school
1967 
Served a tour of duty in Vietnam after high school
1972 
Joined the Trail of Broken Treaties protest march
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