Wes Studi
Cherokee actor and film producer (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wesley Studi (Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ; born December 17, 1947) is a Native American (Cherokee Nation) actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film.[1][2] In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award,[3] becoming the first Native American as well as the first Indigenous person from North America to be honored by the academy.
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Born | Wesley Studie (1947-12-17) December 17, 1947 (age 76) Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Nationality | American Cherokee Nation |
Education | Tulsa Community College |
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Years active | 1972–present |
Spouse(s) | Rebecca Graves (m. 1974; div. 1982) Maura Dhu Studi (m. 1986) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Jack Albertson (father-in-law) |
Website | wesleystudi |
Studi has appeared in Academy Award-winning films, such as Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and in the Academy Award-nominated films Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and The New World (2005). He is also known for portraying Sagat in Street Fighter (1994). Other films he has appeared in are Hostiles, Heat, Mystery Men, Avatar, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and the television series Penny Dreadful.
In December 2020, The New York Times ranked him #19 in its list of the "25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far)".[4]