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Key facts
- Born
- Wesley Studie , ( 1947-12-17 ) December 17, 1947 (age 78) , Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma , U.S.
- Citizenship
- American, Cherokee Nation
- Education
- Tulsa Community College
- Occupations
- Actor producer
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Political party
- American Indian Movement (1972–1974)
- Spouse s
- Rebecca Graves, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982), Maura Dhu Studi, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986)
- Relatives
- Jack Albertson (father-in-law), Nancy Ward (sixth great-grandmother)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1963–1969
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- 39th Infantry Regiment
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Website
- wesleystudi .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tahlequah
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Cherokee
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.thestudigroup.com
- Image
- Wes Studi visiting with Gavin Newsom - 2019 03.jpg
- Residence
- Santa Fe
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- date of birth
- 1947-12-17
- Commons category
- Wes Studi
- name in native language
- Wes Studi
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- birth name
- Wesley Studie
- social media followers
- 17336
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Cherokee
- notable role
- Sagat
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Encyclopedic overview
Wesley Studi (Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ; born December 17, 1947) is a Cherokee actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first Native American as well as the first Indigenous person from North America to be honored by the academy.
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 Heat, Hostiles, Mystery Men, Avatar, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and the television series Penny Dreadful.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wes Studi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.