Wes Studi

Wesley Studi (ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ), born December 17, 1947, is a Native American (Cherokee Nation) actor and film producer. He has gained critical acclaim for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. Studi has appeared in Academy Award-winning films like Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992), as well as in Academy Award-nominated films Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and The New World (2005). He is also known for his role as Sagat in Street Fighter (1994). Studi has appeared in a variety of other films, including Hostiles, Heat, Mystery Men, Avatar, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and the TV series Penny Dreadful. In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award, making him the first Native American and the second Indigenous person from North America to be recognized by the academy. The New York Times ranked him #19 on their list of the '25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far)' in December 2020.