Wes Studi
Wesley Studi (Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ; born December 17, 1947) is a Cherokee American actor and film producer who has won critical acclaim and awards, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. He 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 2020, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first Native American and the second North American Indigenous person to be honored by the Academy (the first was Buffy Sainte-Marie).
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| Claim to fame | "Magua" in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
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| Date of birth | 17 December 1947
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| Place of birth | Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, United States
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| Height | 6' (183 cm)
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| Net worth | $1,000,000 USD
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- Spoke only the Cherokee language prior to attending grade school.
- Performs bass in a six-piece band called Firecat of Discord. His wife Maura is a lead vocalist. They primarily do original music.
- Two children, by wife Rebecca Graves, named Daniel and Leah.
- One child by wife Maura Dhu, named Kholan.
- Attended Chilocco Indian School in northern Oklahoma; studied at Tulsa Junior College.
Wes Studi is known for his role in the film Hostiles (2017) as Chief Yellow Hawk.
He is also known for his role in the TV series Penny Dreadful (2014) as Kaetenay.
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