Wes Studi

Biography

Born 12/17/1947

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...
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Awards

  • In 1999, received First Americans in the Arts Award for Best Leading Actor
  • In 1999, received First Americans in the Arts Artist of the Decade Award
  • In 1998, received First Americans in the Arts Award for Best Actor in a Nontraditional Role

Highlights

  • In 2005, Cast in the Terrence Malick-scripted drama "The New World," about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers
  • In 2005, Co-starred in the Steven Spielberg produced "Into the West" (TNT)
  • In 2002, Starred alongside Adam Beach in the PBS "Mystery!" production "Skinwalkers", directed by Chris Eyre

Family & Companions

  • wife: first wife; divorced

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