Wes Studi: movies and TV shows
Wes Studi has 107 credits in the archive: 83 films and 24 TV series, from 1988 to 2025. Highest rated: The Mentalist (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1988 – 2025 · busiest year: 2007 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | E'ytukan | Film | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2025 | The Great Cherokee Grandmother | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2024 | The Midway Point | Mr. Williams | Film | — | 76 |
| 2023 | Mending the Line | Harrison | Film | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2023 | We Will Speak | Film | 10.0 | 75 | |
| 2023 | The Roof | Grandpa / Nick | Film | 5.8 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Quanah (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2022 | Bonnie | Self | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2022 | A Love Song | Lito | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2022 | Acting Like Nothing is Wrong | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2021 | Reservation Dogs | Bucky | TV | 7.9 | 73 |
| 2021 | American Veteran | Self - Host | TV | — | 73 |
| 2020 | Soul | Counselor Jerry (voice) | Film | 8.1 | 72 |
| 2020 | Woke | Spoon (voice) | TV | 5.2 | 72 |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | Chief Sleeping Bear | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Captain Mica | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2019 | Badland | Harlan Red | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Chief Yellow Hawk | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2015 | The Condemned 2 | Cyrus | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 2015 | Ronnie BoDean | Ronnie BoDean | Film | — | 67 |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful | Kaetenay | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Windlifter | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cochise | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2014 | Road to Paloma | Numay | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2014 | Pie Lady of Pie Town | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2013 | Sugar | Bishop | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2013 | Destination: Planet Negro! | Chief Bobby | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Captain Falcos | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | TV | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Captain | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2011 | Hell on Wheels | Chief Many Horses | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Dome of Heaven | DeWayne Moses | Film | — | 63 |
| 2010 | Reel Injun | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2010 | A Good Day to Die | Self - Actor; Cherokee | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2010 | Making The Last of the Mohicans | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2010 | Ink: A Tale of Captivity | King Philip | Film | — | 62 |
| 2009 | Avatar | Eytukan | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2009 | Kings | General Linus Abner | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Undying | Lt. Frank Wascoe | Film | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2009 | Call of the Wild | Hatcher | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2009 | 21 and a Wake-Up | General Gleason | Film | 2.0 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Only Good Indian | Sam | Film | 3.5 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Joeseph Silverwing | TV | 8.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Chief Pierce | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2008 | Comanche Moon | Buffalo Hump | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2008 | Three Priests | Ben | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 2008 | Older Than America | Richard Two Rivers | Film | 4.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | El Camino | Dave | Film | 3.0 | 60 |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | Bobby's Dad | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Charon | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Jack Wilson | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Wovoka | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2007 | Cosmic Radio | Sherriff Mike Nighthorse | Film | 1.5 | 59 |
| 2007 | Wolf Ridge | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2006 | The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | Himself | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | William Lawrence | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2005 | Into the West | Black Kettle | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | The New World | Opechancanough | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2005 | Animal | Creeper | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2005 | Miracle at Sage Creek | Chief Thomas | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2004 | A Thief Of Time | Joe Leaphorn | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Lone Ranger | Kulakinah | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits | Joe Leaphorn | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2003 | Edge of America | Cuch | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2002 | Undisputed | Mingo Pace | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2002 | Skinwalkers | Lt. Joe Leaphorn | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2002 | Superfire | Joe Nighttrail | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | TV | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2001 | Road to Redemption | Frank Lightfoot | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Bingo Caller | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2001 | Ice Planet | Commander Jonah Trager | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 2000 | Wind River | Pocatello | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self | TV | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Sphinx | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1999 | Soundman | Terry Leonard | Film | 4.4 | 51 |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | Hanover | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1997 | The Killing Jar | Cameron | Film | 4.4 | 49 |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1996 | Promised Land | TV | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1996 | Crazy Horse | Red Cloud | Film | 8.7 | 48 |
| 1996 | Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek | Film | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1995 | Heat | Casals | Film | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Famous Shoes | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1995 | Lone Justice 2 | One Horse | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1994 | Street Fighter | Sagat | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1994 | Indian America: A Gift from the Past | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Geronimo | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1993 | Ned Blessing | TV | 5.5 | 45 | |
| 1993 | The Broken Chain | Seth / Chief / Speaker for the Tribes | Film | 3.4 | 45 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Sheriff Benson | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Magua | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1991 | The Doors | Indian in Desert | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Toughest Pawnee | Film | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1990 | The Flash | Roller | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1989 | Powwow Highway | Buff | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Major Ridge | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Warrior in Canoe | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1988 | Longarm | The Ute | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| As Deep as the Grave | Tsali | Film | — | — | |
| Terra Infirma | Grey Owl | Film | — | — | |
| Exhale | George | Film | — | — | |
| Behind the Lines | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Candles | Film | — | — | ||
| Brave | Ernie | Film | — | — | |
| The Pipeline | Samuel Horse | Film | — | — | |
| The Pipeline | Film | — | — | ||
| Timber Lands | Russ | Film | — | — |