Honoree Wes Studi speaks during the press conference before the Western Heritage Awards at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Studi is being inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman http://newsok.com/gallery/articleid/3791595/pictures/2022838
The Last or the Mohicans
I’ve seen him so many times and didn’t know his name. Nice to see a Native playing a Native. How rare.
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Well-deserved honor.
Wes also played a detective in the Tony Hillerman Series on PBS. Directed my Chris Eyre and executive producer Robert Redford.
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He’s done quite a bit of TV work. Recently in Hell on Wheels, As you say, he’s successfully broken out of being strictly cast as a Native in Westerns and has roles in several other projects.
Thank you very kindly. I much appreciate it.
I love Wes Studi and have admired him for years. Remember him in Dances with Wolves?
Yes, I do remember that! Pawnee warrior.
Wished his part had been bigger.
oops, and he was great in the HBO “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
i’m negligent in not listing all his worthy work. I intend to do a full bio of Studi in the future.
Congratulations to Mr. Studi who — as others have observed — has proven himself to be a most versatile actor. That’s a major accomplishment in itself.
Wes Studi is one of those rare actors who can draw you into any role he plays..,bad guy. or good guy. He’s like a native American Walter Mathau. I tend to follow the character actors more than the leads anyway.
Good points Ben. Studi is a powerful actor – has a strong screen presence. Makes him a menacing Bad Guy.
Walter was a fine actor too, wasn’t he. Liked him Charlie Varrick especially. Not everybody gets to “fox the compass.”